Julia Angwin
co-founder and editor-in-chief The Markup
Julia Angwin is editor-in-chief and co-founder of The Markup, a nonpartisan, nonprofit newsroom based in New York that produces meaningful data-centered journalism that illuminates how powerful institutions are using technology in ways that impact people and society.
She is an award-winning investigative journalist, formerly of the independent news organization ProPublica and The Wall Street Journal. She has twice led investigative teams that were Finalists for a Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Reporting. In 2003, she was on a team of reporters at The Wall Street Journal that was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Reporting for coverage of corporate corruption. Her book, Dragnet Nation: A Quest for Privacy, Security and Freedom in a World of Relentless Surveillance, was published by Times Books in 2014. She is also the author of Stealing MySpace: The Battle to Control the Most Popular Website in America (Random House, March 2009).
News orgs that are doing it differently
David Boardman
Aron Pilhofer
Rosan Smits
Whether it is their ownership structure, business model or editorial focus, more and more news organizations are moving away from the well-worn paths of the past. This panel will feature three news or...
Media capture in the digital age
Mira Milosevic
Anya Schiffrin
Media capture, the control of journalism outlets by business tycoons and their government cronies, has already existed. In the digital age however it takes new forms. This panel will discuss the role ...
Radical change in the world calls for radical changes in journalism
Mathew Ingram
Alan Rusbridger
Around the world, most recently including liberal democracies, journalism and journalists are under attack. But that is a symptom of a much deeper trend: a move away from the basic freedoms that were ...
Witness vs. forensics: the future of data-driven investigative reporting. #ijf19talk by Julia Angwin
#ijf19talk by Julia Angwin. Moderated by Dan Gillmor. Journalism has long focused on being a witness to events that the public would not otherwise get to see. But now that the public has its own witn...
The Perugia Principles: new guidelines for journalists working with whistleblowers
Suelette Dreyfus
Frederik Obermaier
Julie Posetti
Gerard Ryle
This session will represent the global industry launch of The Perugia Principles – a new set of guidelines for journalists working with whistleblowers in the digital context published in English, Sp...
#IJF18 / 14 april 2018
Can journalism hold platforms accountable?
As platform companies have grown to mediate core aspects of our society, a central question has emerged of who should and can hold them accountable? With many governments unwilling or unable to govern...
Holding algorithms accountable
Fabio Chiusi
Julia Angwin runs an award-winning team that has pioneered a new field of algorithmic accountability journalism. Working with two programmers and a researcher, her team has unveiled the hidden discrim...
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