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  • Press Coverage
    Politico
    D&S Fellow David Merritt Johns' work, along with other researchers, was cited in this Politico article, discussing how researchers cited their articles in public health research on sodium. Sandro Galea, who served on the... Read on Politico
    February 2016
  • Press Coverage
    Medical Daily
    D&S fellow David Merritt Johns was cited in this Medical Daily piece discussing his article about primary reviews in health research. The researchers found many of the systematic reviews summarizing research to date had ... Read on Medical Daily
    February 2016
  • Press Coverage
    The Washington Post
    D&S fellow David Merritt Johns' work, in conjunction with other researchers, was cited in a Washington Post article discussing how scholars cite their findings. “We found that the published literature bears little imprin... Read on The Washington Post
    February 2016
  • Announcement
    Data & Society
    The Open Web Fellows program – a collaboration between Ford Foundation and Mozilla – is an international leadership initiative that brings together technology talent and civil society organizations to advance and pr... Read more
    February 2016
  • Press Coverage
    New York Times
    D&S affiliate Elana Zeide was quoted in this piece by the New York Times discussing digital privacy in schools. “We’re really just starting to sort out the risks and rules for digital security and data collection and us... Read on New York Times
    February 2016
  • Press Coverage
    CBC
    D&S Fellow Mark Latonero participated in this episode of CBC Radio discussing how mobile tech can help refugees and also smugglers. Researcher Mark Latonero argues that all manner of mobile technologies - from messaging ... Read on CBC
    January 2016
  • Press Coverage
    Haverford College
    D&S Fellow Sorelle Friedler won the Knight News Challenge on Data, a $35,000 prize, that will help fund research in data discrimination. "We're not assigning motive or malicious intent to this algorithm, but we are sayin... Read on Haverford College
    January 2016
  • Announcement
    Data & Society
    Please join us in welcoming... We are tremendously excited that Janet Haven is joining Data & Society in February as our first director of programs! For more than a decade, Janet has been doing amazing work at the Open So... Read more
    January 2016
  • Uncategorized
    Data & Society
    Today the Knight Foundation announced the winners of the Knight News Challenge on Data. Thanks to everyone who threw their hat in the ring, and congrats to the winners. "The winners highlight data as an essential element ... Read more
    January 2016
  • Press Coverage
    Huffington Post
    D&S founder danah boyd was quoted in this Huffington Post piece discussing the impacts of higher rates of surveilling workers. “Pushing for efficiency is destabilizing low-wage workers.” And thus, she implied, when we th... Read on Huffington Post
    January 2016