Toward better tech journalism
Toward better tech journalism “Could technology journalists be in service of something better than more speech, improved content moderation, unbiased algorithms, and consensual surveillance capitalism?” Continuing Nieman Lab’s tradition of expressing hopes as predictions, I see an even better kind of technology journalism rising in 2021. Reporting on how technology shapes and reflects social, political, economic, and cultural life has improved greatly in recent years. Coverage has moved far beyond the business, innovation, gadget, and trade beats, and fewer stories, thankfully, celebrat...