Dhrumil Mehta
@DataDhrumil
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Associate Professor in Data Journalism @columbiajourn; Deputy Director @towcenter; Visiting Associate Professor in Public Policy @Kennedy_School
Joined March 2013
When we asked seven different AI models to identify the location, date and source of photos taken by photojournalists, they collectively only answered 14 out of 280 queries completely correctly. @Aisvarya17 @klaudiajaz @CJR @columbiajourn
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“You don't know when it's just making stuff up.”
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Just a reminder that all the data FiveThirtyEight collected—polls, election results, and much more—is available for download (for now) on our GitHub page.
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FiveThirtyEight has 30 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.
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damn. end of an era. ABC completely fumbled a real jewel.
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🚨This is an invaluable resource for many a journalist and researcher - utterly non partisan but a source for transparency about money in politics now under financial threat
SCOOP: OpenSecrets, the nonpartisan money-in-politics research nonprofit, laid off 10 employees yesterday due to financial difficulties. Much of the research team were among the casualties, which constituted around a third of the group’s total headcount. https://t.co/agT13qJyeD
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This comes as initiatives are looking to revive struggling local newsrooms. “What could that $6 million have done if it was dedicated to local quality journalism?” wondered Anna Brugmann of Rebuild Local News. You can read the story here on CJR!
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The $6 million–plus the progressive ‘newsroom’ spent on Meta lagged only the official Trump and Harris campaigns.
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Some of the ads (like the ones shown here) were explicitly political ads aiming to mobilize votes for Democratic candidates.
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The organization operates 11 "newsrooms", most in key political battleground states. It spent over $6 million on Meta Ads in October. Over $4 million of that was spent in the final days before Meta's election ads restriction period.
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Students in the Data Journalism MS program @columbiajourn worked with @TowCenter to track a big October digital ad spend by Courier Newsroom, an organization that blurs the line between political campaigning and local journalism. https://t.co/mUsMohZoN2
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Courier Newsroom spent big on a Meta ad blitz in October. Combined, the progressive “newsroom”’s over $6 million ad spend on Meta was second only to the Trump and Harris official campaigns. From @TowCenter
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The $6 million–plus the progressive ‘newsroom’ spent on Meta lagged only the official Trump and Harris campaigns.
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Today is the final day to register for our AI and the Newsroom conference! RSVP on Eventbrite: https://t.co/oDjHyDUR6F
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This two-day event is sponsored by the Tow Center for Digital Journalism and the Craig Newmark Center for Journalism Ethics and Security
Join us for a sweeping exploration of AI and ethics in today’s journalism, including discussions from leading industry thinkers and news practitioners, hands-on workshops, and new research. @columbiajourn Reserve your spot: https://t.co/oDjHyDUR6F
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Join us for a sweeping exploration of AI and ethics in today’s journalism, including discussions from leading industry thinkers and news practitioners, hands-on workshops, and new research. @columbiajourn Reserve your spot: https://t.co/oDjHyDUR6F
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This two-day event is sponsored by the Tow Center for Digital Journalism and the Craig Newmark Center for Journalism Ethics and Security
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Haven't heard of us? Join the Data Journalism Teachers' Club or check out our past events 📆 and blogposts 🖊️at https://t.co/DRNIfiwpif!
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A place to discuss pedagogy in data journalism education.
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This summer Dr. @anitasundrani will lead us through a "Backwards Design" approach to designing classes! Part 1 : July 10 - Effective Assessments Part 2: Aug 14 - Building a Better Syllabus Part 3: Sept (TBD) - Aligning your teaching with your new syllabus
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𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗙𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝘀! The Data Journalism Teachers' Club's first✏️online hands-on course design workshop✏️ with Dr. @anitasundrani is on Wednesday. 🛠️Sign up below to build with us!🛠️ https://t.co/pb47KJr178
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You’ll learn about the different categories of assessments and how to use them in class
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There is more to say, but for now let me tell you how proud I am of our @columbiajourn students, whom I've watched report non-stop for days, sleep on floors, support one another & give their all to bearing witness under dire conditions: https://t.co/uRvlyG4Gxp
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Dismayed at the dis- and misinformation swirling around the protests @columbia , #cjsStabile students @columbiajourn are exposing falsehoods in a new @X account called @CJS_FACTCHECK.
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My @columbiajourn students are out reporting non-stop: working sources they've built over months, navigating the campus unlike any outsider, and adding much-needed context, humanity and depth to coverage. If you're an editor looking to commission them, get in touch.
Hi, newsrooms: If you are relying on Columbia-affiliated journalists, namely student professionals in various programs at @columbiajourn, for exclusive, inside-campus coverage of protests and events, it is common (industry) courtesy and standard to compensate them for their work.
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There's a lot of speculation about the uses of AI in elections, but I'm always keeping an eye out for actual documented uses. So excited to follow this project. I know I'll be checking this feed regularly throughout the year.
I'm VERY excited to launch a new project today! @restofworld's AI Elections Tracker will track incidents of AI being used around elections globally - for campaigning, misinformation, and memes. Check out our entries so far -
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Tshirts for the #nicarscavengerhunt have arrived!!!! Come find me before or after #NICAR24 lightning talks if you ordered one! ⚡️
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Are you a student at #NICAR24? Join the #nicarscavengerhunt and talk to journalists about data concepts from your classes! Participating students and professors will get access to the example bank that we all build together! Visit https://t.co/zYzynYdCNc to participate!💻
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