We’ve all seen the influence of social media platforms on elections, but closed platforms like WhatsApp are much harder to track than Facebook or Twitter. Increasingly, however, this is how people g...
Surya Mattu
Surya Mattu is a Brooklyn-based investigative data journalist, engineer and artist and who looks at the ways in which algorithmic systems perpetuate systemic biases and inequalities in society. Currently he leads the Digital Witness Lab at Princeton University. Previously, he has worked as a data journalist at news rooms such as The Markup, ProPublica and Gizmodo's Special Projects Desk. At ProPublica, he worked on Machine Bias, a series that aims to highlight how algorithmic systems can be biased and discriminate against people. Machine Bias was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for Explanatory Journalism. He has shown work at The Haus der Kulturen der Welt , Museum of Art & Design, The Whitney Museum, V&A Museum and Bitforms Gallery.
Events IJF 2024
AI is a field that generates both hype and hysteria. How do you go about reporting on it responsibly and what needs to be kept in mind while you do so? In this session, some of the best names in the b...
Collaboration not instrumentalisation: how newsrooms can work genuinely with artists to produce compelling journalism
As journalism continues its radical metamorphosis, many legacy and small-scale publications express interest or seek to incorporate work made by artists. Yet, the impulse of many editors and publisher...
Collaboration not instrumentalization: how newsrooms can work genuinely with artists to produce compelling journalism
As journalism continues its radical metamorphosis, many legacy and small-scale publications express interest in, or seek to incorporate, work made by artists. Yet, the impulse of many editors and publ...
