Meredith Broussard

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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 forResearch in artificial intelligence and investigative reporting; coining the term "technochauvinism"
Website meredithbroussard.com

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.

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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 Artificial Unintelligence: How Computers Misunderstand the World. [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] [8] 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] [9] [7] [10]

Publications

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. [11] Her book More than a Glitch: Confronting Race, Gender, and Ability Bias in Tech will be published in March 2023. [12] She has been profiled in Communications of the ACM [13] and cited by Christopher Mims of The Wall Street Journal as an expert in the future of self-driving car technology. [14] Other publications and works of hers include:

Selected academic publications

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  2. 1 2 Chen, Angela (2018-05-23). "How computers misunderstand the world". The Verge. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
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  5. ↑ "Associates – NYU Alliance for Public Interest Technology" . Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  6. ↑ "About". Center for Critical Race and Digital Studies. 2016-12-07. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  7. 1 2 Gibson, Lydialyle (2021-08-02). "Bias in Artificial Intelligence". Harvard Magazine. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  8. ↑ Kantayya, Shalini (2020-11-11), Coded Bias (Documentary), 7th Empire Media, Chicken And Egg Pictures, Ford Foundation - Just Films, retrieved 2021-09-25
  9. ↑ "Talking with Meredith Broussard about 'Artificial Unintelligence'". Los Angeles Times. 2018-04-26. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  10. ↑ Quito, Anne. "The Anthony Bourdain audio deepfake is forcing a debate about AI in journalism". Quartz. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  11. ↑ Broussard, Meredith (2018-04-01). Artificial Unintelligence. MIT Press. ISBN   9780262038003.{{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  12. ↑ Greenawalt, Marc (2022-12-02). "Spring 2023 Announcements: Science". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
  13. ↑ "Putting the Data Science into Journalism". Cacm.acm.org.
  14. ↑ Mims, Christopher (2018-09-13). "Driverless Hype Collides With Merciless Reality". Wall Street Journal. ISSN   0099-9660 . Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  15. ↑ Broussard, Meredith (May 12, 2017). "Broken Technology Hurts Democracy". The Atlantic .
  16. ↑ International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. 43(2) 150–157. 2017. doi : 10.1177/0340035216686355 .
  17. ↑ Broussard, Meredith (February 23, 2016). "How to Think About Bots". Motherboard.
  18. ↑ Broussard, Meredith (December 2, 2015). "New Airbnb Data Reveals Some Hosts Are Raking In Big Bucks". Huffington Post .
  19. ↑ Broussard, Meredith (November 20, 2015). "The Irony of Writing Online About Digital Preservation". The Atlantic .
  20. ↑ Broussard, Meredith (July 8, 2015). "The Secret Lives of Hackathon Junkies". The Atlantic .
  21. ↑ Broussard, Meredith (April 19, 2015). "When Cops Check Facebook". The Atlantic .
  22. ↑ Digital Journalism . (Taylor & Francis)  2015. doi : 10.1080/21670811.2015.1074863 .
  23. ↑ Newspaper Research Journal . 36(3) 299 –313. 2015. doi : 10.1177/0739532915600742 .
  24. ↑ Broussard, Meredith (July 15, 2015). "Why Poor Schools Can't Win at Standardized Testing". The Atlantic .
  25. ↑ Digital Journalism . (Taylor & Francis)  2014. doi : 10.1080/21670811.2014.985497 .
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