C.J. Robinson
@_cjrobinson
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reporting and research fellow @towcenter / @cjr previous data journalism student @columbiajourn
NYC
Joined January 2019
last week was big for AI-generated video! i wrote about it for cjr:
cjr.org
Public figures used to be off-limits in AI-generated video. A new Tow Center analysis shows how platforms are normalizing the practice.
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When Dhrumil Mehta and C.J. Robinson searched "Is DC safe?", the top Google News result was a White House article. @DataDhrumil @_cjrobinson @TowCenter
https://t.co/OqodZF8E5O
cjr.org
The Trump administration is publishing articles that are top-ranked on Google News.
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spending a lot less time on twitter these days and finding a lot more usefulness on bluesky! https://t.co/TPhuaCxWqF
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Excited to have my first election-related coverage (and first official byline ever!) out now!
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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More than 600 New York Times tech workers are now on strike -- right before Election Day -- after contract negotiations failed
nytimes.com
The Times Tech Guild represents more than 600 software developers and others who run the back-end systems behind The Times’s digital operation.
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Despite Legal and Economic Hurdles, First Legal Cannabis Dispensaries Open in Inwood and Washington Heights After banking difficulties, state delays and lawsuits, Happy Munkey and Sparkboro have opened for business. @rashimisir & Yushuo Wang report: https://t.co/O67qseQ8BS
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Read the full story published by Columbia Journalism Review (@CJR):
cjr.org
The campaign against solar benefited from two powerful forces funded by oil and gas interests. A former gas exec worked behind the scenes while the longstanding local paper, now in the hands of a...
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My final story for @theUptowner: there are only two safe injection sites in the U.S. and both are in uptown Manhattan. Why was one site so much more controversial than the other? https://t.co/9BXE93cguP
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This morning, we're giving you an update on how our worker-owned business is doing, and why it's making headlines. https://t.co/5dwWZ4zbaA
hellgatenyc.com
An update on how our worker-owned business is doing, and why it's making headlines.
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October 7th demonstrators at Columbia University protesting now in front of Low Library
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Nonprofit Loses Funds for After-School Programs At Harlem Schools Parents fear they’ll have to work fewer hours if their children can’t attend free after-school programs. @AnanyaBChetia report: https://t.co/Bxrwox8MYS
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The secret ingredient in Biden’s climate law? City trees.
grist.org
Caring for urban trees can be a challenge. $1.5 billion from the Forest Service should help cities manage the job.
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Excited to have my first solo story in @theUptowner :)
Chronic Absenteeism Remains High in Harlem Elementary Schools Over half of Harlem elementary schoolers are chronically absent, which can imperil students’ futures, experts warn. @_cjrobinson report: https://t.co/B5XYILmrQo
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NEW from me w/ @nytimes: The NYPD’s commissioner is burying cases of police brutality Chokeholds, Taserings, beating protestors w/ batons All cases snatched away from civilian oversight agency & buried before a public disciplinary trial We have videos https://t.co/IlBYUN7AZY
propublica.org
New York City’s Police Commissioner Edward Caban has repeatedly used a little-known authority called “retention” to prevent officers accused of misconduct from facing public disciplinary trials....
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NEW: How the Taliban opened Afghanistan’s mines We checked over 200 mining contracts issued since the takeover in 2021 and of the 128 that included information on contract areas, 88 show signs of activity on satellite imagery https://t.co/qLrdC44nkJ
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New project: these charts depict the climate classification of 70 global cities and how they shift with climate change. Explore how your city will feel in 2070: https://t.co/21qbdNTNeT
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happy one year anniversary to our newest official game, connections 🎉 here its creator, wyna, talks about a few of her favorite boards over the year!
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"The housing crisis—and the arbitrary regulations that fuel it—is killing off places to eat whether we like it or not, designing loneliness into American floor plans," @mnolangray writes:
theatlantic.com
A once-ubiquitous feature of floor plans is becoming a rarity.
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Happy Earth Day :) I explored data from @MrTrashWheel on how it's tackling plastic waste in our ecosystem and what an average day's haul looks like. Check it out here: https://t.co/yGqFg5Qwwj
#EarthDay
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