Dhrumil Mehta

Associate Professor in Data Journalism @columbiajourn; Deputy Director @towcenter; Visiting Associate Professor in Public Policy @Kennedy_School

[C.J. Robinson @_cjrobinson]

Those "BREAKING" news alerts on your timeline might be connected to Polymarket.

Read my new story from the @TowCenter on the betting market's affiliation to innocuously named accounts like @NewsWire_US and @rawsalerts

https://t.co/yC2IeEqirG

[Tow Center @TowCenter]

When we asked seven different AI models to identify the location, date and source of photos taken by photojournalists, they collectively only answered 14 out of 280 queries completely correctly.
@Aisvarya17 @klaudiajaz @CJR @columbiajourn

https://t.co/kwj9LuRFyp

[Nathaniel Rakich @baseballot]

Just a reminder that all the data FiveThirtyEight collected—polls, election results, and much more—is available for download (for now) on our GitHub page. https://t.co/aZPWYlVD3o

[Walter Hickey @WaltHickey]

damn. end of an era. ABC completely fumbled a real jewel.

[David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik]

🚨This is an invaluable resource for many a journalist and researcher - utterly non partisan but a source for transparency about money in politics now under financial threat

[Dhrumil Mehta @DataDhrumil]

This comes as initiatives are looking to revive struggling local newsrooms. “What could that $6 million have done if it was dedicated to local quality journalism?” wondered Anna Brugmann of Rebuild Local News.

You can read the story here on CJR! https://t.co/mUsMohZoN2

[Dhrumil Mehta @DataDhrumil]

Students in the Data Journalism MS program @columbiajourn worked with @TowCenter to track a big October digital ad spend by Courier Newsroom, an organization that blurs the line between political campaigning and local journalism.
https://t.co/mUsMohZoN2

[Dhrumil Mehta @DataDhrumil]

Some of the ads (like the ones shown here) were explicitly political ads aiming to mobilize votes for Democratic candidates.

[Dhrumil Mehta @DataDhrumil]

@bencasselman @NateSilver538 Great thread @bencasselman!

I see a lesson plan ✏️ :)

[Columbia Journalism Review @CJR]

Courier Newsroom spent big on a Meta ad blitz in October. Combined, the progressive “newsroom”’s over $6 million ad spend on Meta was second only to the Trump and Harris official campaigns. From @TowCenter https://t.co/yfxrQpV9XJ

[Tow Center @TowCenter]

Today is the final day to register for our AI and the Newsroom conference!
RSVP on Eventbrite:
https://t.co/oDjHyDUR6F

[Dhrumil Mehta @DataDhrumil]

@MishaTeplitskiy @profjamesevans This sounds great! Would you mind sharing what dataset you’re using? Or if anybody has a good one that they’ve tried this with I’d be excited to see it.

[Tow Center @TowCenter]

Join us for a sweeping exploration of AI and ethics in today’s journalism, including discussions from leading industry thinkers and news practitioners, hands-on workshops, and new research. @columbiajourn

Reserve your spot:
https://t.co/oDjHyDUR6F

[Dhrumil Mehta @DataDhrumil]

Haven't heard of us? Join the Data Journalism Teachers' Club or check out our past events 📆 and blogposts 🖊️at https://t.co/DRNIfiwpif!

[Dhrumil Mehta @DataDhrumil]

𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗙𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝘀!

The Data Journalism Teachers' Club's first✏️online hands-on course design workshop✏️ with Dr. @anitasundrani is on Wednesday.

🛠️Sign up below to build with us!🛠️
https://t.co/pb47KJr178

[Dhrumil Mehta @DataDhrumil]

This summer Dr. @anitasundrani will lead us through a "Backwards Design" approach to designing classes!

Part 1 : July 10 - Effective Assessments
Part 2: Aug 14 - Building a Better Syllabus
Part 3: Sept (TBD) - Aligning your teaching with your new syllabus

[Azmat Khan @AzmatZahra]

There is more to say, but for now let me tell you how proud I am of our @columbiajourn students, whom I've watched report non-stop for days, sleep on floors, support one another & give their all to bearing witness under dire conditions: https://t.co/uRvlyG4Gxp @PulitzerPrizes

[Sheila Coronel @SheilaCoronel]

Dismayed at the dis- and misinformation swirling around the protests @columbia , #cjsStabile students @columbiajourn are exposing falsehoods in a new @X account called @CJS_FACTCHECK.

[Azmat Khan @AzmatZahra]

My @columbiajourn students are out reporting non-stop: working sources they've built over months, navigating the campus unlike any outsider, and adding much-needed context, humanity and depth to coverage.

If you're an editor looking to commission them, get in touch.