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Associate Professor in Data Journalism @columbiajourn; Deputy Director @towcenter; Visiting Associate Professor in Public Policy @Kennedy_School
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Mapping local news in Charlotte, North Carolina

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By Sarah Stonbely, Dhrumil Mehta Verified, Michael Krisch
| Editor & Publisher Verified
When local news mapping gained prominence a decade ago, the widespread concern was with news deserts. Now that local news — from journalism outlets, civic information providers, or independent newsfluencers — is available via social media, newsletters, YouTube and elsewhere, people are more likely to feel adrift in information oceans. This paradigm shift requires us to reinvent our understanding of local news provision.
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How politicians and the press battle for eyeballs.

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By Tory Lysik Verified, Dhrumil Mehta Verified
| Columbia Journalism Review Verified
Last month, in CJR's new Journalism 2050 issue, Kyle Paoletta described a model of political communication that might be called " direct to consumer." The "internet election" of 2008, he wrote, evolved into the "Twitter election" of 2016 and eventually the "podcast election" of 2024. Whatever the next election will be called, one thing is clear: American politicians are increasingly bypassing traditional media gatekeepers and speaking directly to constituents.
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When the pink-slime researchers become the pink slime.

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By Dhrumil Mehta Verified, C.J. Robinson
| Columbia Journalism Review Verified
We love to hear when journalists engage with our research, so in October, we set up an LLM agent to sort through Google Alerts for Tow Center's work and notify us when our research is cited in news. The bot began to diligently filter alerts for new mentions of the Tow Center and sent us Slack notifications with references to our work. We celebrated the small wins.
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