Reporting on data security and privacy: Tips from Dipayan Ghosh
Privacy engineer Dipayan Ghosh offers tips to help journalists improve their coverage of data security and privacy issues, including the GDPR.
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Research roundups, articles, explainers and tip sheets about how journalists report the news and how audiences consume it
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Tom Wheeler: The former head of the FCC shares his thoughts on net neutrality
Tom Wheeler discusses the U.S. Senate vote to preserve net neutrality.
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In bleak funding climate, academics turn to crowds to finance research
The crowd has wisdom, sure, but it also has capital. Now academics are turning to crowdfunding to finance their research.
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Airbnb prices lower among minority hosts in San Francisco
Airbnb hosts who are Asian or Hispanic charge 8-10 percent less than white hosts on similar rental properties in San Francisco.
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Digital media research: The most interesting studies of early 2018
We spotlight some of the most interesting academic studies published in early 2018, which delve into topics such as fake news, audience analytics, populism, virtual reality and fact-checking.
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Foodborne illness: Causes, identification and costs
Foodborne illness can hide in our favorite comestibles. Luckily, researchers are developing tools to identify outbreaks and mitigate risks.
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Data security: Research on privacy in the digital age
Research on consumer attitudes toward digital privacy and the practices of tech companies that shape data collection and use policies.
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Local news hurt by broadcast media conglomerate
Local TV news focuses more on national politics and slants more to the right at present than in recent years, new research finds.
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Political involvement during 2016 presidential election wasn’t very different
New research contradicts claims media organizations and political commentators have made about unusually high levels of political involvement among the public in 2016.
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5 takeaways from First Draft’s identifying misinformation course
A new online course from First Draft — our partner across the hall at Harvard’s Shorenstein Center — helps journalists use free tools to track down, source and verify information they find online.
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