“We’re not super-interested in telling a story about one Iowa county using this infrastructure. But we’re making sure our reporters know which county in Iowa to go if they’re looking for one that has particular characteristics.”
“We were able to demystify this black box, this algorithm that had very scary connotations, and break it down into what ended up being a very simple linear model.”
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Schmidt, Christine. "Holding algorithms (and the people behind them) accountable is still tricky, but doable." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 21 Mar. 2018. Web. 7 Dec. 2023.
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Schmidt, C. (2018, Mar. 21). Holding algorithms (and the people behind them) accountable is still tricky, but doable. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved December 7, 2023, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2018/03/holding-algorithms-and-the-people-behind-them-accountable-is-still-tricky-but-doable/
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Schmidt, Christine. "Holding algorithms (and the people behind them) accountable is still tricky, but doable." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified March 21, 2018. Accessed December 7, 2023. https://www.niemanlab.org/2018/03/holding-algorithms-and-the-people-behind-them-accountable-is-still-tricky-but-doable/.
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