Lucas Graves is a PhD candidate in communications at Columbia University. His dissertation studies the fact-checking movement in American journalism as a window onto changes in the news ecosystem. He has worked as a technology and media analyst with Digital Technology Consulting and before that with Jupiter Research, where he covered web technology as well as online advertising and commerce. He is also is a longtime magazine journalist, now on the masthead of Wired magazine. He holds an MA in communications and an MS in journalism from Columbiaʹs J‐School, and a BA in political science from the University of Chicago.
“The facts unearthed by reporters and other watchdogs are a resource for public action, but they tend to make a real difference only when they are mobilized by political campaigns or social movements, or used to trigger institutional responses from regulators or the courts.”
Nieman Foundation at Harvard
