RECENT WORK
Tow Center research on generative search and news:
- Why AI models are bad at verifying photos (w/ Aisvarya Chandrasekar for Columbia Journalism Review)
- AI Search Has A Citation Problem (w/ Aisvarya Chandrasekar for Columbia Journalism Review)
- Covered in Nieman Lab, Ars Technica, Axios, and El País, among others
- How ChatGPT Search (Mis)represents Publisher Content (w/ Aisvarya Chandrasekar for Columbia Journalism Review)
- Covered in TechCrunch, The Verge, and Futurism, among others
Contributions to Columbia Journalism Review’s “The Media Today” newsletter:
- AI Agents Are Coming for News. Can Publishers Reclaim Control? (w/ Aisvarya Chandrasekar)
- The Problem with Binding News and Prediction Markets
- AI Versus Accuracy? We’re Willing to Make the Trade-Off. (w/ Aisvarya Chandrasekar)
- AI Chatbots Can Search the Web—So Why Don’t They? (w/ Aisvarya Chandrasekar)
- Lawsuit or License?
- How AI Browsers Sneak Past Blockers and Paywalls (w/ Aisvarya Chandrasekar)
- Reddit Is Winning the AI Game
- Journalists Need Their Own Benchmark Tests for AI Tools (w/ Aisvarya Chandrasekar)
- Traffic Apocalypse
- The Long Peak of Newsletters
- A New Report Takes On the Future of News and Search
- Browser Wars: The Rise of AI
- The FTC Is Suing Meta. Will Trump Bail the Company Out?
- The TikTok Ticktock
- The Battle over AI and Copyright Enters a New Phase
- News Organizations Are Starting to Embrace Creator-Model Journalists
- On Musk, Grok, and the Press (w/ Aisvarya Chandrasekar)
- In a Volatile Landscape for AI and Labor Rights, Journalists at ABC Secure a Win
Through the Wire: The new world of remote work is changing the way that tech workers organize (Logic Magazine)
Implant recipients shouldn’t be left in the dark when a device maker cuts off support (STAT News)
The tech industry controls CS conference funding. What are the dangers? (Part 1 of 2) (Freedom to Tinker, Center for Information Technology Policy)
Recommendations for introducing greater safeguards and transparency into CS conference funding (Part 2 of 2) (Freedom to Tinker, Center for Information Technology Policy)
The online harassment of journalists poses a threat to democracy that demands systemic solutions (Institute for Rebooting Social Media, Berkman Klein Center)
Journalists still aren’t great at reporting on suicide (The Objective)
Related:
- Recommendations for reporting responsibly on suicide (International Journalists’ Network)
- How journalists can best report on mental health and suicide (International Journalists’ Network)
PAST WORK
[SERIES] The Power of YouTube’s Algorithm (Cardiff University master’s thesis project)
[PORTFOLIO] The Brown and White (Lehigh University student newspaper)
Selected pieces:
