Martin Stabe
@martinstabe.ft.com
Data journalist at @data.ft.com. These days mainly thinking about elections data and how to use automation and AI in news. #ddj #dataviz
No, because the AI is used to generate code which (1) creates an audit trail of the analysis and (2) must actually run correctly to get any results.
January 8, 2026 at 7:50 PM
No, because the AI is used to generate code which (1) creates an audit trail of the analysis and (2) must actually run correctly to get any results.
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This, by the way, is why newsletters are not a sustainable strategy by themselves for newsrooms that want to make first-party connections with their readers / audiences / communities. Inboxes are next to be intermediated.
Google is forcing more generative AI on Gmail users. I couldn’t think of a better moment to finally drop Gmail (and other Google services)!
I have a guide to do just that here: disconnect.blog/getting-off-...
I have a guide to do just that here: disconnect.blog/getting-off-...
January 8, 2026 at 1:27 PM
This, by the way, is why newsletters are not a sustainable strategy by themselves for newsrooms that want to make first-party connections with their readers / audiences / communities. Inboxes are next to be intermediated.
In which @jburnmurdoch.ft.com and @sarahoconnorft.ft.com discuss how social scientists have been using AI to write code for data analysis, and what this means for other professionals who do similar work … like data journalists: www.ft.com/content/9183...
The AI Shift: Agentic AI is coming for quantitative research
The real value of an analyst now lies in the quality and quantity of their ideas
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January 8, 2026 at 12:58 PM
In which @jburnmurdoch.ft.com and @sarahoconnorft.ft.com discuss how social scientists have been using AI to write code for data analysis, and what this means for other professionals who do similar work … like data journalists: www.ft.com/content/9183...
Never let the north-up convention get in the way of a good election map!
December 15, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Never let the north-up convention get in the way of a good election map!
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Harry Ford just met with reporters over Zoom. Was legitimately stunned by trade, loved Mariners org, but is looking forward to opportunity with similarly young Nats. He's currently in Oxford, England (where his father lives), says he plays to again play for Great Britain in WBC.
December 8, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Harry Ford just met with reporters over Zoom. Was legitimately stunned by trade, loved Mariners org, but is looking forward to opportunity with similarly young Nats. He's currently in Oxford, England (where his father lives), says he plays to again play for Great Britain in WBC.
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try out the FT's fiscal drag calculator!
www.ft.com/content/54cb...
www.ft.com/content/54cb...
November 26, 2025 at 8:46 AM
try out the FT's fiscal drag calculator!
www.ft.com/content/54cb...
www.ft.com/content/54cb...
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My latest work project is the calculator in this, we're starting to do more of these smaller custom component projects and it's really exciting. Kudos to everyone for how quickly this came together.
Britons brace for highly uneven impact of Rachel Reeves’ ‘stealth tax’
[FREE TO READ] Use the FT’s interactive calculator to understand how a further freeze to income tax thresholds could affect you
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November 26, 2025 at 5:19 AM
My latest work project is the calculator in this, we're starting to do more of these smaller custom component projects and it's really exciting. Kudos to everyone for how quickly this came together.
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NEW: The End of the Line: the centrepiece of Saudi Arabia’s Neom gigaproject - a 500m tall, 170km long wall-like building intended ultimately to house 9 million people - can’t get out of the ground, say more than 20 former Neom architects, engineers and senior executives.
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End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled
Mohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance
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November 6, 2025 at 6:56 AM
NEW: The End of the Line: the centrepiece of Saudi Arabia’s Neom gigaproject - a 500m tall, 170km long wall-like building intended ultimately to house 9 million people - can’t get out of the ground, say more than 20 former Neom architects, engineers and senior executives.
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This is absolutely fascinating: you can put your postcode in and see relative levels of deprivation (and the opposite) where you live in detail. I live where I grew up, so I could spend days doing this as I know the town so well. www.ft.com/content/9a1c... Huge congrats to @amyborrett.ft.com et al.
Interactive: explore England’s new deprivation map
Data analysis reveals ‘cheek by jowl’ inequalities in first study of country’s disadvantaged areas since pandemic
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October 31, 2025 at 7:21 AM
This is absolutely fascinating: you can put your postcode in and see relative levels of deprivation (and the opposite) where you live in detail. I live where I grew up, so I could spend days doing this as I know the town so well. www.ft.com/content/9a1c... Huge congrats to @amyborrett.ft.com et al.
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Exciting day: one of my fave colleagues @jburnmurdoch.ft.com and I are teaming up on a weekly newsletter to track what's really happening with AI & the labour market. No hype, just spreadsheets & shoe-leather. You can sign up here to get the first edition at lunchtime today! ft.com/AIshift
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October 23, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Exciting day: one of my fave colleagues @jburnmurdoch.ft.com and I are teaming up on a weekly newsletter to track what's really happening with AI & the labour market. No hype, just spreadsheets & shoe-leather. You can sign up here to get the first edition at lunchtime today! ft.com/AIshift
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NEW: How mega batteries are unlocking an energy revolution
Massive shipping containers packed with powerful batteries are shoring up grids & extending the use of clean power
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Latest visual story w/ @samlearner.bsky.social @inari-ta.bsky.social @samjoiner.bsky.social
Massive shipping containers packed with powerful batteries are shoring up grids & extending the use of clean power
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Latest visual story w/ @samlearner.bsky.social @inari-ta.bsky.social @samjoiner.bsky.social
How mega batteries are unlocking an energy revolution
Vast battery units are shoring up grids and extending the use of clean power
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October 13, 2025 at 11:47 AM
NEW: How mega batteries are unlocking an energy revolution
Massive shipping containers packed with powerful batteries are shoring up grids & extending the use of clean power
ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...
Latest visual story w/ @samlearner.bsky.social @inari-ta.bsky.social @samjoiner.bsky.social
Massive shipping containers packed with powerful batteries are shoring up grids & extending the use of clean power
ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...
Latest visual story w/ @samlearner.bsky.social @inari-ta.bsky.social @samjoiner.bsky.social
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🇳🇴 Nobel Institute probes leak of peace prize winner’s name
The Nobel committee is supposedly super secret, a bastion of confidentiality and yet... 🤔
FT www.ft.com/content/afc7...
The Nobel committee is supposedly super secret, a bastion of confidentiality and yet... 🤔
FT www.ft.com/content/afc7...
October 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
🇳🇴 Nobel Institute probes leak of peace prize winner’s name
The Nobel committee is supposedly super secret, a bastion of confidentiality and yet... 🤔
FT www.ft.com/content/afc7...
The Nobel committee is supposedly super secret, a bastion of confidentiality and yet... 🤔
FT www.ft.com/content/afc7...
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Via driehoeksverhoudingen willen ontwikkelaars, chipbouwers en investeerders zich verzekeren van expertise, kapitaal en vooral rekenkracht. Voor @tijd.be ontrafelen @thomasroelens.bsky.social, @raphael.cockx.com en Stephanie De Smedt het spinnenweb van belangen.
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October 10, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Via driehoeksverhoudingen willen ontwikkelaars, chipbouwers en investeerders zich verzekeren van expertise, kapitaal en vooral rekenkracht. Voor @tijd.be ontrafelen @thomasroelens.bsky.social, @raphael.cockx.com en Stephanie De Smedt het spinnenweb van belangen.
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The easiest way to show your newsroom is actually thinking about AI isn't the 50th summarization tool or chatbot. It's automating the jobs people don't want to do.
Like, bluesky's favourite: alt text!
I wrote about how we built this at the FT, with an interactive demo: tk.gg/posts/ai-alt...
Like, bluesky's favourite: alt text!
I wrote about how we built this at the FT, with an interactive demo: tk.gg/posts/ai-alt...
October 8, 2025 at 11:09 AM
The easiest way to show your newsroom is actually thinking about AI isn't the 50th summarization tool or chatbot. It's automating the jobs people don't want to do.
Like, bluesky's favourite: alt text!
I wrote about how we built this at the FT, with an interactive demo: tk.gg/posts/ai-alt...
Like, bluesky's favourite: alt text!
I wrote about how we built this at the FT, with an interactive demo: tk.gg/posts/ai-alt...
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Hi, I've been working on a lil' something.
October 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Hi, I've been working on a lil' something.
Great piece of data journalism on the widespread anomalies in council tax banding, by @jonathanvincent.bsky.social and Sam Fleming and involving our great engineering teams on both the front- and back-end of the project. #ddj Plus a nod to some classic #dataviz design by @theboysmithy.ft.com:
October 9, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Great piece of data journalism on the widespread anomalies in council tax banding, by @jonathanvincent.bsky.social and Sam Fleming and involving our great engineering teams on both the front- and back-end of the project. #ddj Plus a nod to some classic #dataviz design by @theboysmithy.ft.com:
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Great reporting here on the political pressure affecting prosecutions of white-collar crime in the US
Featuring also great use of LLMs for structuring data 👇👇
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Featuring also great use of LLMs for structuring data 👇👇
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September 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Great reporting here on the political pressure affecting prosecutions of white-collar crime in the US
Featuring also great use of LLMs for structuring data 👇👇
on.ft.com/3VFYuW3
Featuring also great use of LLMs for structuring data 👇👇
on.ft.com/3VFYuW3
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Good read on one of the most interesting characters in tech debate. As someone who used to read the housing bubble blogs like Calculated Risk back in 2005 /2006 (i.e. before the bubble burst), there's a similar vibe with @edzitron.com - and maybe he'll be proven right.
Ed Zitron is mad as hell
How a British-born hobbyist blogger became one of Big Tech’s punchiest critics
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September 25, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Good read on one of the most interesting characters in tech debate. As someone who used to read the housing bubble blogs like Calculated Risk back in 2005 /2006 (i.e. before the bubble burst), there's a similar vibe with @edzitron.com - and maybe he'll be proven right.
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This is wrong.
a) The article literally states we did the analysis with AI. We used semantic search to ID paragraphs relating to a topic, then grouped text into categories by their meaning.
b) The model outputs were, as below, boolean indicators about whether something fit a category.
a) The article literally states we did the analysis with AI. We used semantic search to ID paragraphs relating to a topic, then grouped text into categories by their meaning.
b) The model outputs were, as below, boolean indicators about whether something fit a category.
September 24, 2025 at 1:20 PM
This is wrong.
a) The article literally states we did the analysis with AI. We used semantic search to ID paragraphs relating to a topic, then grouped text into categories by their meaning.
b) The model outputs were, as below, boolean indicators about whether something fit a category.
a) The article literally states we did the analysis with AI. We used semantic search to ID paragraphs relating to a topic, then grouped text into categories by their meaning.
b) The model outputs were, as below, boolean indicators about whether something fit a category.
Please see the full thread where my colleague @chriscook.news corrects the misunderstanding of how this was done. The AI application here was classify and render semantically searchable the underlying documents.
September 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Please see the full thread where my colleague @chriscook.news corrects the misunderstanding of how this was done. The AI application here was classify and render semantically searchable the underlying documents.
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A cool use of AI in newsgathering, this. US companies are talking more and more about the risks rather than the benefits of AI in their SEC filings (while still being super-optimistic in earnings calls). By @melissahei.bsky.social @chriscook.news & @claradoodle.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/e93e...
September 23, 2025 at 11:45 AM
A cool use of AI in newsgathering, this. US companies are talking more and more about the risks rather than the benefits of AI in their SEC filings (while still being super-optimistic in earnings calls). By @melissahei.bsky.social @chriscook.news & @claradoodle.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/e93e...
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NEW: How prediction markets are shaking up sports gambling in America
@okr.bsky.social and I on prediction markets' entry into sports contracts under Trump's CFTC and the resulting legal fights with states, tribal groups, and the gaming industry
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@okr.bsky.social and I on prediction markets' entry into sports contracts under Trump's CFTC and the resulting legal fights with states, tribal groups, and the gaming industry
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How prediction markets are shaking up sports gambling in America
Kalshi is spearheading a legal battle to expand access to online betting, with support from some in Trump’s circle
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September 12, 2025 at 4:16 AM
NEW: How prediction markets are shaking up sports gambling in America
@okr.bsky.social and I on prediction markets' entry into sports contracts under Trump's CFTC and the resulting legal fights with states, tribal groups, and the gaming industry
on.ft.com/4nwVxDk
@okr.bsky.social and I on prediction markets' entry into sports contracts under Trump's CFTC and the resulting legal fights with states, tribal groups, and the gaming industry
on.ft.com/4nwVxDk
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our latest: black borrowers are twice as likely to be rejected for a US mortgage as white borrowers - even after you account for income, location etc etc. www.ft.com/content/217c...
Black applicants twice as likely to be rejected for a US mortgage
FT analysis finds all ethnic minorities have lower probability of being granted home loans than white counterparts
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September 4, 2025 at 7:29 AM
our latest: black borrowers are twice as likely to be rejected for a US mortgage as white borrowers - even after you account for income, location etc etc. www.ft.com/content/217c...
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We've built a football game and it's free to play!
Can you run a Premier League club? Step into the boardroom, navigate financial regulations and guide your team to glory in our new game.
👉 ft.com/football-game ⚽️💸
Can you run a Premier League club? Step into the boardroom, navigate financial regulations and guide your team to glory in our new game.
👉 ft.com/football-game ⚽️💸
Can you run a Premier League football club?
Step into the boardroom, navigate profit and sustainability rules and guide your club to glory
ft.com
August 23, 2025 at 7:58 AM
We've built a football game and it's free to play!
Can you run a Premier League club? Step into the boardroom, navigate financial regulations and guide your team to glory in our new game.
👉 ft.com/football-game ⚽️💸
Can you run a Premier League club? Step into the boardroom, navigate financial regulations and guide your team to glory in our new game.
👉 ft.com/football-game ⚽️💸
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My going-away page from the NYT included a gently mocking reference to my evangelization of Scoop, the in-house CMS.
I was right then and it's still true: investing in your CMS is among the best decisions a news org can make.
I was right then and it's still true: investing in your CMS is among the best decisions a news org can make.
Our CMS has a feature for fact-checking — once you've confirmed a name/fact/quote/whatever, you hit a button to underline and put a checkmark next to it.
I'm fact-checking an interactive that had to be produced in a different CMS, and being unable to put a visual indicator as I go is tormenting me
I'm fact-checking an interactive that had to be produced in a different CMS, and being unable to put a visual indicator as I go is tormenting me
August 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM
My going-away page from the NYT included a gently mocking reference to my evangelization of Scoop, the in-house CMS.
I was right then and it's still true: investing in your CMS is among the best decisions a news org can make.
I was right then and it's still true: investing in your CMS is among the best decisions a news org can make.