Loading AI tools
Data journalism professor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Meredith Broussard is a data journalism professor at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University.[1] Her research focuses on the role of artificial intelligence in journalism.
Meredith Broussard | |
---|---|
Born | United States |
Education | Columbia University, Harvard University |
Occupation(s) | Associate Professor, Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute NYU |
Known for | Research in artificial intelligence and investigative reporting; coining the term "technochauvinism" |
Website | meredithbroussard |
Broussard was previously a features editor at The Philadelphia Inquirer, and a software developer at the AT&T Bell Labs and MIT Media Lab. Broussard has published features and essays in many outlets including The Atlantic, Harper’s Magazine, and Slate Magazine. She is the author of the nonfiction book Artificial Unintelligence: How Computers Misunderstand the World.[2]
As a fellow at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, she built Bailiwick, a tool designed to uncover data-driven campaign finance stories, created for the United States presidential election of 2016.[3]
Currently, Broussard is an associate professor at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute of New York University, a research director of the NYU Alliance for Public Interest Technology, and an advisory board member of the Center for Critical Race and Digital Studies.[4][5][6]
Broussard appeared as herself in the 2020 Netflix documentary, Coded Bias, which follows researchers and advocates as they explore how algorithms encode and propagate bias.[7][8] She has been interviewed on a number of topics, including algorithmic bias, for several media outlets, including The Verge, Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, and Harvard Magazine.[2][9][7][10]
Broussard has published a wide range of books examining the intersection of technology and social practice. Her book Artificial Unintelligence: How Computers Misunderstand the World, published in April 2018 by MIT Press, examines the limits of technology in solving social problems.[11] Her book More than a Glitch: Confronting Race, Gender, and Ability Bias in Tech will be published in March 2023.[12] She has been profiled in Communications of the ACM[13] and cited by Christopher Mims of The Wall Street Journal as an expert in the future of self-driving car technology.[14] Other publications and works of hers include:
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.