Tow Center

The Tow Center hosts a variety of diverse research projects that explore innovation at the intersection of journalism and technology. @[email protected]

[Columbia Journalism Review @CJR]

“Every generation, someone like me who has done a lot of profiles announces the death of the profile, and it’s never true.” - @taffyakner https://t.co/SPzjycan3B

[Columbia Journalism Review @CJR]

Betsy Morais, the editor of CJR, introduces our new special issue on access, as Access Hollywood is disappearing, but TMZ has gone to Washington: “Politics, press, performance—the bus rolls on.” https://t.co/UFxa3w0Mdj

[Columbia Journalism Review @CJR]

In the new CJR access issue: @gerryshih on Gaza, @lizskalka on White House correspondents, @banikarim on TMZ in DC, Haley Mlotek celebrities, @JoelSimonSays on interviewing dictators. Plus: Margaret Brennan, Jazmine Hughes, Jemele Hill, and Michael Wolff. https://t.co/3KURgRM2Zk

[Tow Center @TowCenter]

The Tow Center used AI to generate a first-draft fleet of Python scrapers in just minutes. Now we are sharing the code. @tblysik @_cjrobinson

https://t.co/fX1bJS3QVx

[Tow Center @TowCenter]

The importance of journalists becoming tool builders, Brown Institute for Media Innovation's Michael Krisch for our panel event launching our report on using AI to Map Local News in Charlotte, NC . @SarahStonbely

https://t.co/Ss8x2Ge7PY

[Tow Center @TowCenter]

The Tow Center used AI to generate a first-draft fleet of Python scrapers in just minutes. Now we are sharing the code. @tblysik @_cjrobinson

https://t.co/fX1bJS3QVx

[Columbia Journalism Review @CJR]

How has the nature of political influence changed? What are the implications for journalism? And what, if anything, can the left learn from the right’s success? Samuel Earle and Kim Phillips-Fein join @emilybell and @heatherchaplin on Journalism 2050. https://t.co/suhLA2XsO4

[Columbia Journalism Review @CJR]

Will AI-free higher education become an experience available only to people in elite environments? Kim Phillips-Fein and Samuel Earle join hosts @emilybell and @HeatherChaplin on Journalism 2050.
https://t.co/suhLA2XsO4

[Columbia Journalism Review @CJR]

How has the nature of political influence changed? What are the implications for journalism? And what, if anything, can the left learn from the right’s success? Kim Phillips-Fein and Samuel Earle join @emilybell and @heatherchaplin on Journalism 2050. https://t.co/suhLA2XsO4

[Columbia Journalism Review @CJR]

To believe in journalism is inherently to be pro-democracy. @HeatherChaplin cohosts Journalism 2050 with @emilybell. https://t.co/suhLA2XsO4

[Columbia Journalism Review @CJR]

AI Agents are coming for news. Can publishers reclaim control? Read Aisvarya Chandrasekar and Klaudia Jaźwińska of the @towcenter. https://t.co/ZshS2VZQcj

[Columbia Journalism Review @CJR]

What ‘NPC,’ Elon Musk’s favorite term of abuse, reveals about his worldview. Ben Tarnoff and Quinn Slobodian talk Muskism on Journalism 2050 with @emilybell and @heatherchaplin. https://t.co/QLj08943XH
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[Tow Center @TowCenter]

@NPR 's @AnnaBrugmann on the relationship between public broadcasting and local news from our latest panel event "Using AI to Map Charlotte's Local News and Civic Landscape".

Watch the full panel:
https://t.co/bcs7TVmIhs

Read the full report:
https://t.co/WcN2uNuZzt

[Tow Center @TowCenter]

@NPR 's @AnnaBrugmann on the relationship between public broadcasting and local news from our latest panel event "Using AI to Map Charlotte's Local News and Civic Landscape".

Watch the full panel:
https://t.co/tmipH7fAl6

View the full report:
https://t.co/Ss8x2Ge7PY

[C.J. Robinson @_cjrobinson]

Prediction markets have evolved drastically since 2024. New from me in @CJR looking at how--and if--journalists should cover these markets in the upcoming election cycle.
https://t.co/ZQMtoj1VRb

[Tow Center @TowCenter]

Tow Center's @DataDhrumil on the use of AI in newsrooms from our latest panel event "Using AI to Map Charlotte's Local News and Civic Landscape". https://t.co/6I31VZddeo

View the full report here: https://t.co/Ss8x2Ge7PY

[Tow Center @TowCenter]

Polymarket and Kalshi offer to predict the future. Journalists should be wary, especially during elections. Tow's @_cjrobinson for @CJR

https://t.co/Onj4vvVriA

[Columbia Journalism Review @CJR]

Polymarket and Kalshi offer to predict the future. Journalists should be wary, especially during elections, writes CJ Robinson. https://t.co/cVyBeQaXY7

[Columbia Journalism Review @CJR]

The only substitute for SpaceX is political will. Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff talk Muskism on Journalism 2050 with @emilybell and @heatherchaplin. https://t.co/QZStQgjLzu

[Tow Center @TowCenter]

Ben Tarnoff and Quinn Slobodian discuss Elon Musk's vision of society, what Muskism offers the public besides dystopia, and what journalism free from Muskism looks like. With hosts @emilybell and @heatherchaplin.

https://t.co/CrTT8pgxSs