Natasha Singer is a technology reporter at The New York Times where she explores the intersection of data and society, with a particular focus on education, health, and behavioral advertising. She also writes a monthly column, called Technophoria, for the Sunday Business section. She will develop a taxonomy of educational data, identifying the types of information that schools and ed tech companies collect about prekindergarten through twelfth-grade students; the primary and secondary uses of that data; how those details are analyzed and disseminated; and the outcomes of those analyses.
Natasha Singer

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Tampa Bay TimesD&S affiliate Natasha Singer and Steve Lohr discuss the role of data in the 2016 election. Virtually all the major vote forecasters, including Nate Silver's FiveThirtyEight site, the New York Times' Upshot and the Princeto... Read on Tampa Bay TimesNovember 2016 -
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The New York TimesD&S affiliate Natasha Singer with Michael D. Shear co-wrote this piece discussing President Obama's legacy in technology and how he could continue to contribute in the future. Read on The New York TimesOctober 2016 -
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The Boston GlobeD&S affiliate Natasha Singer reports that Apple has developed a free coding app for middle-school students, yet it may not be as accessible as advertised. The Apple coding app is free, but it requires an iPad, the company’... Read on The Boston GlobeSeptember 2016 -
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The New York TimesD&S fellow Natasha Singer co-wrote a piece discussing Facebook's new partnership with Summit Public Schools to 'introduce a free student-directed learning system'. The Facebook-Summit partnership, by contrast, is more of a... Read on The New York TimesAugust 2016 -
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The New York TimesD&S Fellow Natasha Singer looks into exploitative interactive website design techniques known as “dark patterns". Persuasive design is a longstanding practice, not just in marketing but in health care and philanthropy. Cou... Read on The New York TimesMay 2016 -
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The New York TimesD&S Fellow Natasha Singer reports on Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Facebook, and Dr. Priscilla Chan, a pediatrician who is his wife, and their recent hire of James H. Shelton III, a former deputy secretary of the ... Read on The New York TimesMay 2016 -
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New York UniversityElana ZeideNatasha SingerHelen NissenbaumTed MagderRichard ArumAnya KamenetzKouross EsmaeliBrett FrischmannData & Society Fellow Natasha Singer participated in a panel alongside D&S Affiliates Elaina Zeide and Hellen Nissenbaum on the Implications of Data-driven Education as part of the Technology, Privacy, and the Future of... Read on New York UniversityMarch 2016 -
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The New York TimesD&S fellow Natasha Singer explores the differences in how the United States and Europe treat data protection and privacy. In the United States, a variety of laws apply to specific sectors, like health and credit. In the Eu... Read on The New York TimesJanuary 2016 -
The New York TimesD&S fellow Natasha Singer on the impact of Kinvolved, an app which automatically texts parents if a child is absent or tardy. Kinvolved’s goal is to spur greater parental involvement by increasing the details parents recei... Read on The New York TimesJanuary 2016
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The New York TimesD&S fellow Natasha Singer investigates the benefits and concerns around testing improvements in efficiency and care for patients based on data and new technology. Across the country, leading medical centers are trying new ... Read on The New York TimesDecember 2015