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The Public Tech Media Lab hosts a boot camp training for open-source investigation techniques. by Aaron R. Conklin June 8, 2026 Back in 2017, Mexico City was devastated by a 7.1-magnitude earthquake that leveled parts of the city and beyond, killing nearly 400 people and injuring more than 6,000. For Gisella Peréz de Acha, who was living there …
Call for Papers The Routledge Handbook of Open Source Investigations Open source investigations (OSINV) leverage the widespread availability of natively digital or digitized data to build narratives about “what actually happened” that rely on source and methodological transparency and replicability to convince readers. Given their close ties to the digital subcultures that emerged on the …
Tomás Dodds is leading the new Public Tech Media Lab, which aims to be a resource for journalists hoping to be deliberate about how to ethically use new technology. by Margaret Shreiner April 27, 2026 The field of journalism, and media in general, is facing a pivotal moment. The rise of artificial intelligence technologies is changing the …
Journalisten laten zich makkelijk meeslepen in nieuwe technologie, omdat ze bang zijn om achter te blijven en de techsector te vriend willen houden. Daardoor vergeten ze weleens dat ze zelf invloed hebben op de manier waarop de technologie zich ontwikkelt, stelt een internationale groep mediawetenschappers. Een van hen is Tomás Dodds, die onlangs de Universiteit Leiden …