Because environmental journalism requires a ton of science, Sara Rai explains, it might require a fellowship or other significant investment to make a story possible. She was able to report on climate change and wildfires only because of support from CNN and MacArthur #GVSummit2024
Trump's victory has me thinking about the problems of listening at scale, which is one of the hardest problems in democracy.
Polls are out, listening is in
The systems that allow us to hear our fellow citizens are failing. Donald Trump’s surprise victory demonstrates that
 (This column is inspired by brilliant new work from Eric Gordon - excited about his forthcoming book.)
Alexandros Efstratiou presented a terrific paper from UCL, Binghamton U and the fine folks at iDrama lab, which helps unpack the spread of COVID-19 misinfo. We all know that misinformation about COVID flooded the internet, but this study examines how scientific literature was used and misused during the pandemic and how it spread on Twitter. (
arXiv.org
"Here's Your Evidence": False Consensus in Public Twitter Discussions of COVID-19 Science
The COVID-19 pandemic brought about an extraordinary rate of scientific papers on the topic that were discussed among the general public, although ...
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