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Tow Tea: Parsing Tech Talk  On Thursday, November 5th, the Tow Center for Digital Journalism hosts Farai Chideya and Josh Begley of The Intercept, along with Columbia Journalism School's  Marguerite Holloway for a Tow Tea on "Parsing Tech Talk."  The discussion will focus on tips and strategies for effectively reporting on science, medicine and technology - as well as how best to communicate these complex topics to a general audience. RSVP here   Race & Digital Media  On Wednesday, November 11th, the Tow Center, the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race and the MA Program for American Studies will host a panel discussion consisting of both academic and non-academic commentators on and practitioners of new media publishing. They will speak both about their sense of the contemporary situation of web publishing as well as their trajectories as professionals within the new media environment. Read more here    Virtual Reality Journalism On Wednesday, November 11th, the Tow Center along with the Brown Institute for Media Innovation present a new report on Journalism in Virtual Reality, by Tow Center research Fellows Fergus Pitt and Taylor Owen.  The launch of this report coincides with the launch of "Ebola Outbreak: A Virtual Journey" on Gear VR; Ebola Outbreak is a collaborative project between PBS Frontline, The Secret Location, and the Tow Center for Digital Journalism. Read more here   ON THE TOW BLOG Input Please? Review v 0.1 of My Technology Criticism Reading List Sara Watson Reading together has always been important to me. It’s the reason I started up an instance of Tech Book Club and helped kick off Angry Tech Salon back in Cambridge. Now that I’m in Singapore I have fewer opportunities to share reading notes in person. Thankfully, there’s internet! Inspired by other colleagues who conduct research in the open and share their process like Nate Matias recently did with his generals reading, I wanted do the same with my Tow Center Technology Criticism research. Read the entire blog post here   Algorithms Everywhere Nicholas Diakopoulos Two teenage twins walk into the DMV in Georgia. Two teenage twins leave without their driver’s permits. What happened? An algorithm, that’s what. DMVs nationwide are adopting automated fraud detection systems that use computer vision algorithms to detect whether they think someone is trying to get a new license under an assumed name. The algorithm couldn’t figure out the difference between the twins and thought one of them a fraud. So, no permits. Ridiculous. Read the entire blog post here   RECENT EVENTS Tow Tea: Computational Journalism in Practice On October 15, Meredith Broussard (NYU), Tom Kent (AP) and Olga Pierce (ProPublica) joined us for Tow Tea to discuss “Computational Journalism in Practice.” Below, learn a bit more about each panelists’ background, and their answer to a key question about computational journalism. Panelist Profiles JOB OPPORTUNITY Post-Doctoral Position in HCI/Computer Security & Journalism A multidisciplinary team of researchers from Clemson, Columbia Journalism School and the University of Washington seek diverse, well-qualified candidates interested in investigating human-centered aspects of computer security and privacy in journalism. Read more and apply here TOW CENTER REPORTS Columbia Journalism School Guide to Digital Publishing The Tow Center for Digital Journalism Digital News Report, 2015 Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism The Traffic Factories: Metrics at Chartbeat, Gawker Media, and The New York Times Caitlin Petre TOW CENTER IN THE NEWS Journalism and the Internet: So Many, Many, Many Words Disruptive Competition Project Secret Location takes a 360 look at Ebola Stream Daily Tips for Moving the Needle: How Newsroom Managers Can Design a Sensible and Useful Metrics Policy Michael Keller and Caitlin Petre   'Like' on Facebook Follow on Twitter Share on Tumblr Watch Tow Events Tow Center Website