Julia Angwin, The Markup | Nieman Journalism Lab

Articles by Julia Angwin, The Markup

February 6, 2023

A journalistic lesson for an algorithmic age: Let the scientific method be your guide

“One of the best parts about using the scientific method as a guide is that it moves us beyond the endless debates about whether journalism is ‘fair’ or ‘objective.’ Rather than focus on fairness, it’s better to focus on what you know and what you don’t know.”

February 2, 2023

Is text-generating AI an industry killer or just another wave of hype?

“There can potentially be massive shifts, benefits, and risks in many industries, but I cannot see a scenario where this is a ‘sky is falling’ kind of issue.”

November 21, 2022

Can Mastodon be a reasonable Twitter substitute for journalists?

Adam Davidson: “I think we got lazy as a field, and we let Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey, and, god help us, Elon Musk and their staff decide all these major journalistic questions.”

July 18, 2022

Can a national nonprofit news “utility” — funded by taxing Big Tech — help save local news?

“Just as gas taxes go toward road maintenance, ad taxes should go toward journalism.”

June 13, 2022

“Like a slow-motion coup”: Brazil is on the brink of a disinformation disaster

“I think about January 6, and the fact that Brazil is a much younger democracy. I’m really worried. Everybody knows this is going to happen, because every single day [President Jair Bolsonaro] says these things.”

April 6, 2022

“It’s an existential moment”: Maria Ressa’s plan to defend facts against lies

“In 2016, it only took six months for President Duterte to destroy our trust in existing institutions. And I’m not out of the woods. I still have to ask myself, ‘Am I going to jail or not?’ I don’t know.”