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    Articles by Jonathan Stray

    Jonathan Stray is a senior scientist at the Center for Human-compatible AI at UC Berkeley, where he studies how algorithmic media drives political conflict. Previously he was an editor at the Associated Press and taught computational journalism at Columbia University.
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    July 25, 2012
    Who should see what when? Three principles for personalized news
    There’s too much news for anyone to consume. Three key words should determine who gets served what: Interest, effects, and agency.
    July 11, 2012
    Are we stuck in filter bubbles? Here are five potential paths out
    Algorithms can help, but more fundamentally, we need to figure out what we want a diverse pool of information to look like.
    How do you tell when the news is biased? It depends on how you see yourself
    Does the quest for balance in news stories open journalists up to claims of bias? It’s all about the framing.
    June 18, 2012
    There’s no such thing as an objective filter: Why designing algorithms that tell us the news is hard
    Technologists and humanists take different approaches — and speak different languages.
    June 13, 2012
    Beyond the crime scene: We need new and better models for crime reporting
    How we report on everything from murders to burglaries is tied to pre-Internet realities, Jonathan Stray argues. What would a digital-native crime report look like?
    May 30, 2012
    What is it that journalists do? It can’t be reduced to just one thing
    In the start of a regular column for Nieman Lab, Jonathan Stray argues that a too-narrow definition of the work of journalism limits the field’s potential.
    December 16, 2010
    Jonathan Stray: In 2011, news orgs will finally start to move past the borders of their own content
    August 5, 2010
    How The Guardian is pioneering data journalism with free tools
    June 25, 2010
    The Wikipedia of news translation: Yeeyan.org’s volunteer community
    June 16, 2010
    What will Iceland’s new media laws mean for journalists?
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