The 2024 Computation + Journalism Symposium
October 25-27, 2024
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Hosted by Northeastern University
Boston, Massachusetts
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About the Symposium
The Computation + Journalism Symposium is a space for anyone working at, or curious about, the intersections of computation and journalism. This includes practicing journalists, independent data storytellers, computational social scientists, artists, digital humanities scholars, cartographers, and others. It has been hosted in prior years at Stanford, Northwestern, Georgia Tech, Columbia, ETH Zurich, and Univ. of Miami.
While welcoming many perspectives, C+J is hosted by universities and embraces an academic approach to conferences, inviting proposals for short papers, contributed talks, and contributed sessions.
Panels and Workshops
Topics include:
- Data and journalism
- Newsroom practice
- AI in journalism
- Local news
- Language analysis
- Audience and representation
View the complete list of panels and workshops
Dates:
Conference: October 25-27
Location:
Northeastern University (Boston), ISEC Building
Registration: SOLD OUT
Please Register at Brown Paper Ticket
Details:
Northeastern University will be hosting C+J, beginning the evening of Friday, October 25, and running through Sunday, October 27.
RSVP for our opening reception
Join us at ISEC on Friday, October 25th for drinks and hors d’œuvres. Catch up with colleagues and welcome new researchers. We’ll ask you to RSVP after you register, closer to the conference date. Hope to see you there!
Download the complete agenda for C+J 2024
Join us at ISEC
Northeastern University’s Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex brings together researchers from diverse disciplines, like computation and journalism, to solve global challenges. Connecting the Fenway and Roxbury neighborhoods of Boston, the building is at the heart of Northeastern’s campus. ISEC is LEED Gold certified, using 78% less energy than a traditional lab building.
RSVP for our opening reception
Join us at ISEC on Friday, October 25th for drinks and hors d’œuvres. Catch up with colleagues and welcome new researchers. We’ll ask you to RSVP after you register, closer to the conference date. Hope to see you there!
Keynote Speakers
Julia Angwin
Julia Angwin is an American investigative journalist, author, and entrepreneur. She co-founded and was editor-in-chief of The Markup, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates the impact of technology on society.
Aaron Sankin
Aaron Sankin is an editor on the Marshall Project’s data team. Prior to joining the Marshall Project, he was an investigative reporter at The Markup reporting on algorithmic discrimination, and at the Center for Investigative Reporting, covering online extremism.
Alan Mislove
Alan Mislove is a professor and the senior associate dean for academic affairs at Khoury College of Computer Sciences at Northeastern University. He recently served as Deputy U.S. Chief Technology Officer for Privacy at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Conference Leadership
Rahul Bhargava, Piotr Sapieżyński, Chenyan Jia
Co-Chairs, Program Committee
John Wihbey
General Chair
Susan Conover
Finance Chair
Dan Zedek, Matt Carroll
Faculty Conference Directors
Amelia Keany, Libby Phillips
Staff Administrators
Emma Klekotka
Student Co-Director and Web Lead
Thank you to our event sponsors
Questions?
Contact John Wihbey, j.wihbey@northeastern.edu
Prior Conferences
ETH Zurich (2023)
Columbia University (2022)
Northeastern University & online w/ the Brown Institute (2021)
University of Miami (2019)
Northwestern University (2017)
Stanford University (2016)
Columbia University (2015)
Columbia University (2014)
Georgia Tech (2013)
Georgia Tech (2008)