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Data journalism in the Covid19 era
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Length:
65 minutes
Released:
Aug 5, 2020
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Podcast episode
Description
This week The Turing Podcast welcomes our second external guest interviewee: Tom Chivers. Tom is a science writer and journalist who has previously worked for the Daily Telegraph and Buzzfeed UK, but now writes for the online publication UnHerd. His writing often focusses on topics such as rationalism and Artificial Intelligence and he has authored a popular science book titled: "The AI Does Not Hate You: Superintelligence, Rationality and the Race to Save the World". In this episode, the discussion revolves around the media coverage Covid19 pandemic, Tom's experience as data-savvy journalist and the challenges of accurately reporting on rapidly evolving science, at a time when public hunger for information is high and misinformation abounds!
You can keep up with Tom’s writing here: https://unherd.com/author/tom-chivers/ or follow him on twitter: @TomChivers
You can keep up with Tom’s writing here: https://unherd.com/author/tom-chivers/ or follow him on twitter: @TomChivers
Released:
Aug 5, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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