Meredith Broussard | |
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![]() Broussard in 2018 | |
Born | United States |
Education | Columbia University, Harvard University |
Occupation(s) | Associate Professor, Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute NYU |
Known for | Research in artificial intelligence and investigative reporting; coining the term "technochauvinism" |
Website | meredithbroussard |
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.
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 books Artificial Unintelligence: How Computers Misunderstand the World [2] and More Than a Glitch: Confronting Race, Gender, and Ability Bias in Tech. [3]
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. [4]
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. [5] [6] [7]
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. [8] [9] 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 . [2] [10] [8] [11]
Broussard has published a wide range of books examining the intersection of technology and social practice. Her book Artificial Unintelligence: How Computers Misunderstand the World , published in April 2018 by MIT Press, examines the limits of technology in solving social problems. [12] Her book More than a Glitch: Confronting Race, Gender, and Ability Bias in Tech was published in March 2023. [13] She has been profiled in Communications of the ACM [14] and cited by Christopher Mims of The Wall Street Journal as an expert in the future of self-driving car technology. [15] Other publications and works of hers include: