Meredith Broussard Explained

Meredith Broussard
Birth Place:United States
Occupation:Associate Professor, Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute NYU
Known For:Research in artificial intelligence and investigative reporting; coining the term "technochauvinism"
Education:Columbia University, Harvard University

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.

Career

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 .[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] 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.[8] [7] [9]

Publications

Broussard has published a wide range of books examining the intersection of technology and social practice. Her book , published in April 2018 by MIT Press, examines the limits of technology in solving social problems.[10] Her book More than a Glitch: Confronting Race, Gender, and Ability Bias in Tech will be published in March 2023.[11] She has been profiled in Communications of the ACM[12] and cited by Christopher Mims of The Wall Street Journal as an expert in the future of self-driving car technology.[13] Other publications and works of hers include:

Selected academic publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Meredith Broussard. Journalism.nyu.edu.
  2. Web site: Chen. Angela. 2018-05-23. How computers misunderstand the world. 2021-09-25. The Verge. en.
  3. Web site: Washington Post Monkey Cage Blog. Washington Post.
  4. Web site: Faculty. 2021-09-25. NYU Journalism. en-US.
  5. Web site: Associates – NYU Alliance for Public Interest Technology. 2021-09-25. en.
  6. Web site: 2016-12-07. About. 2021-09-25. Center for Critical Race and Digital Studies. en-US.
  7. Web site: Gibson. Lydialyle. 2021-08-02. Bias in Artificial Intelligence. 2021-09-25. Harvard Magazine. en.
  8. Web site: 2018-04-26. Talking with Meredith Broussard about 'Artificial Unintelligence'. 2021-09-25. Los Angeles Times. en-US.
  9. Web site: Quito. Anne. The Anthony Bourdain audio deepfake is forcing a debate about AI in journalism. 2021-09-25. Quartz. en.
  10. Book: Broussard, Meredith. Artificial Unintelligence. 2018-04-01. Mitpress.mit.edu. MIT Press. 9780262038003.
  11. Web site: Greenawalt . Marc . 2022-12-02 . Spring 2023 Announcements: Science . 2022-12-14 . Publishers Weekly.
  12. Web site: Putting the Data Science into Journalism. Cacm.acm.org.
  13. News: Mims. Christopher. 2018-09-13. Driverless Hype Collides With Merciless Reality. en-US. Wall Street Journal. 2020-12-22. 0099-9660.
  14. Broken Technology Hurts Democracy. Broussard. Meredith. May 12, 2017. The Atlantic.
  15. How to Think About Bots. Broussard. Meredith. February 23, 2016. Motherboard.
  16. News: New Airbnb Data Reveals Some Hosts Are Raking In Big Bucks. Broussard. Meredith. December 2, 2015. Huffington Post.
  17. The Irony of Writing Online About Digital Preservation . Broussard. Meredith. November 20, 2015. The Atlantic.
  18. The Secret Lives of Hackathon Junkies . Broussard . Meredith. July 8, 2015. The Atlantic.
  19. When Cops Check Facebook. Broussard. Meredith. April 19, 2015. The Atlantic.
  20. Why Poor Schools Can't Win at Standardized Testing. Broussard. Meredith. July 15, 2015. The Atlantic.

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