Most people don’t consume news because they want to be more informed about the news; they want to be informed about the news that they’re likely to talk about.

Most people don’t consume news because they want to be more informed about the news; they want to be informed about the news that they’re likely to talk about.
I joined ProPublica’s podcast this week to talk about Electionland, a collaboration with more than 1,110 journalists around the country that covered voting problems and ballot access issues during the 2016 election.
How algorithms are helping reporters expand coverage, engage audiences, and respond to breaking news
I submitted an open data request so you don’t have to. Here’s the building fire data for San Francisco from January 2004 to April 2015.
As a plan to renew a historic 15-acre public park in Cambridge takes shape, whose voices are guiding the direction of the project?
Environmental stories are local stories. But community media organizations increasingly lack the resources to dedicate to the in-depth reporting they require. That’s why Climate Confidential is starting Local Edition, a new series of stories produced in partnership with local newspapers and media.
A story on wearable tech in the Smart City. Written by Amy Westervelt, edited by me, and published by you.
I’m excited to be joining the 2014-2015 class of fellows at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard.
This week, Climate Confidential, a new reporting project from me and 5 of my favorite journalists is going live! Our team writes for big-name pubs like NYT, WSJ, Scientific American, The Economist, Wired, and Outside, and now we want to write for you.