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C.J. Robinson
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reporting and research fellow @ ‪tow center for digital journalism

https://cj-robinson.github.io/
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November 20, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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gelliottmorris.com
Good morning. I've got a banger new post out today that develops a new method for placing voters on the left-right ideological spectrum, and adds a new, "non-ideological"/affordability axis to usual way we chart & think about US voters (esp swing voters). www.gelliottmorris.com/p/not-just-l...
Not just left vs right: Most voters think about affordability and material wellbeing, not in ideological terms
Most voters want a party that emphasizes cost of living issues and makes the world a better place. Few Americans think in solidly ideologically terms. "Moderates" are mostly non-ideological.
www.gelliottmorris.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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albertocairo.com
My new big visualization project is out: The Trans News Initiative, a collaboration between UM's School of Communication, the Trans Journalists Association, and Polygraph (The Pudding): transnewsinitiative.org Here's a piece about it in the Columbia Journalism Review: www.cjr.org/news/visuali...
Trans News Initiative
A database and analysis of news coverage affecting trans communities.
transnewsinitiative.org
November 18, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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upshot.nytimes.com
A national survey found that half of all immigrants in the U.S. say they feel less safe since Trump took office. Still, many say their future remains bright.

From NYT National:

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
Under Trump, Immigrants Are More Fearful but Determined to Stay, Poll Finds
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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abtran.bsky.social
Tracking the spread of bird flu using genetic markers, satellite imagery, property records, and more reminds me of John Snow’s Cholera investigation/map. Howe’s Hens is the modern day Broad Street Pump. Amazing work from @natlash.bsky.social & @chrisalcantara.com. www.propublica.org/article/meth...
November 18, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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mantzarlis.com
New on @indicator.media: The single most active contributor to Community Notes since Sep. 1 is Zesty Walnut Grackle.

Zesty is an AI bot, one of eight currently active on X after the platform onboarded them in a bid to boost flagging participation.
An AI bot is now the top contributor to Community Notes on X
But synthetic contributors aren’t replacing humans – yet
indicator.media
November 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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columjournreview.bsky.social
How right-wing forces struck a coordinated blow to the BBC. Read Jem Bartholomew. www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
The Plan to Bring Down a Giant: How right-wing forces struck a coordinated blow to the BBC.
How right-wing forces struck a coordinated blow to the BBC.
www.cjr.org
November 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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puddingviz.bsky.social
The Pudding Cup is back for 2025! We want to see your best non-commercial visual and data-driven projects!

🗓️ Deadline: Friday, December 5, 2025 (free entry)
📢 Winners announced: the week of December 9, 2025
💸 Up to 3 winners each get $1,500

pudding.cool/pudding-cup/
November 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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francescabria.bsky.social
The Authoritarian Stack: how tech billionaires are building a post-democratic America and why Europe is next.

My new project is an interactive investigation and open data platform to expose tech authoritarianism and mobilize collective power for democratic alternatives.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
www.authoritarian-stack.info
November 8, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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infowetrust.com
This chart kills fascists: 1943 anti-Nazi information booklet, spread by the RAF.

🔴 Allies
⚫️ Axis powers

"Many dogs are the death of the hare!"
November 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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rahulbot.bsky.social
We at Media Cloud recently hosted a small New(s) Knowledge Symposium to share learning and examples of teams and projects building knowledge from streams of news content. Curious about the event? See @cj-robinson.bsky.social's piece for @columjournreview.bsky.social
. www.cjr.org/tow_center/w...
Why economists and doctors are monitoring local news.
A reflection on the New(s) Knowledge Symposium.
www.cjr.org
November 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
cj-robinson.bsky.social
meet the new community note writers on X:
www.cjr.org/analysis/x-t...
line chart showing increase in AI-written community notes on X since September 2025
November 7, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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upshot.nytimes.com
Trump Shrank Staffing of National Parks. See How Many Are Struggling.

More than 90 parks have reported problems like lost revenue and cuts to emergency services.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...
August 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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columjournreview.bsky.social
When Dhrumil Mehta and C.J. Robinson searched "Is DC safe?", the top Google News result was a White House article.
www.cjr.org/analysis/the... @dmil.bsky.social @towcenter.bsky.social
The White House Is Its Own Media Outlet
The Trump administration is publishing articles that are top-ranked on Google News.
www.cjr.org
August 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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aatishb.bsky.social
NEW: We simulated a disease outbreak to show how vaccines can stop the spread of a contagious disease. With @fparis.bsky.social @upshot.nytimes.com (Paywall-free gift link) 🎁
How Much Vaccination Stops a Measles Outbreak? (Gift Article)
An interactive explanation of outbreaks, vaccines and herd immunity.
www.nytimes.com
April 13, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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alv9n.com
My latest for @puddingviz.bsky.social: The Middle Ages

Read: pudding.cool/2025/02/midd...
Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4zL...
The Middle Ages
Follow hundreds of kids as they navigate their treacherous middle school years.
pudding.cool
March 3, 2025 at 7:02 PM
cj-robinson.bsky.social
play strands today to see the devious little theme we picked! missing the folks at nyt games a little extra today

www.nytimes.com/games/strands
February 19, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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jasonkoebler.bsky.social
Scoop: The databases powering DOGE.gov are insecure, and people outside the government have already pushed their own updates to the site to prove it:

www.404media.co/anyone-can-p...
Anyone Can Push Updates to the DOGE.gov Website
"THESE 'EXPERTS' LEFT THEIR DATABASE OPEN."
www.404media.co
February 14, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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themarkup.org
NEW: Your next Hinge or Tinder date could have a history of sexual assault, but the company behind these dating apps isn’t telling you that.

What our investigation found, with @pulitzercenter.bsky.social, @us.theguardian.com and @19thnews.org: themarkup.org/investigatio...
Dating App Cover-Up: How Tinder, Hinge, and Their Corporate Owner Keep Rape Under Wraps – The Markup
The company behind more than a dozen dating apps, Match Group, has known for years about the abusive users on its platforms, but chooses to leave millions of people in the dark
themarkup.org
February 13, 2025 at 12:50 PM
cj-robinson.bsky.social
For the Great American Coffee Survey, @jameshoffmann.bsky.social sent 4K Americans four different kinds of coffee. One was an experimental light roast--older respondents did not love it.

cj-robinson.github.io/coffee-survey/
A ridge chart showing distributions of ratings by age group. Older respondents rated the experimental coffee a one while younger respondents rated it a five
February 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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upshot.nytimes.com
Tracking all of Trump's major moves so far.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
February 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
cj-robinson.bsky.social
new story for our data studio course: 2024 nyc evictions were the highest since COVID despite new eviction restrictions passed in april
cj-robinson.github.io/2024-nyc-evi...
New York City evictions increased in 2024 despite new tenant protections
Legislators passed 'good cause' eviction laws in April 2024. Why have evictions continued to rise since then?
cj-robinson.github.io
February 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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emmbadger.bsky.social
Part of the confusion around the OMB funding freeze lay in the spreadsheet that was circulated with it: It named about 2,600 federal programs, a virtual copy-and-paste of how the U.S. government spends money.

We translated it more legibly here...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Which Federal Programs Are Under Scrutiny? The Budget Office Named 2,600 of Them. (Gift Article)
The Trump administration ordered temporary freezes in funding for programs spanning virtually every part of the government. Here’s the full list.
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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leonyin.org
NEW: Bloomberg reviewed +1K hours of YouTube vids from 9 popular streamers and podcasters who cater to American men. We analyzed 2 yrs of guests and transcripts to see how they discussed political topics and understand their role as a new mainstream info hub www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
January 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM