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Editor in chief Angwin explains The Markup Method

Julia Angwin

Julia Angwin, the editor in chief of new tech news site The Markup, explains its method to covering stories.

Angwin writes, “The Markup is here to help you sort that out. We are a nonprofit newsroom with an unparalleled roster of quantitative journalists who are committed to finding the true meaning in large amounts of data.  Our programmers use the latest computational methods—from large-scale data collection to artificial intelligence—to pierce the veil of secrecy around tech used by big businesses and the government.

“The Markup uses these and other cutting edge methods to collect and analyze evidence showing how technology is being used and how it affects you, your family, and your community. Our goal is simple: We want to rebuild trust in journalism, one dataset at a time.

“We pursue stories through what we’re calling The Markup Method, an approach rooted in the scientific method. It’s a three-step process:

“Build. We ask questions and collect or build the datasets we need to test our hypotheses.

“Bulletproof. We bulletproof our stories through a rigorous review process, inviting external experts and even the subjects of investigations to challenge our findings.

“Show our work. We share our research methods by publishing our datasets and our code. And we explain our approach in detailed methodological write-ups.”

Read more here.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.

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