Alexandra MaMainstream media isn’t dead. Here in the UK, it’s as strong as everDespite growing criticism of mainstream media amid the rise of the alternative news industry, mainstream media still features heavily in…Jun 13, 2017Jun 13, 2017
Alexandra MaAl Jazeera’s latest ‘newsgame’ takes interactive storytelling to a new levelIts latest project, #HACKED, immerses readers in Syria’s underreported cyberwar by challenging them to collect the maximum amount of…Mar 8, 2017Mar 8, 2017
Alexandra MainInterhacktivesInterhacktives Newsletter #2: Schrödinger’s BellingcatWelcome back to our second newsletter of the year, and a warm welcome to our new subscribers! We’ve been working hard to bring you some new…Mar 5, 2017Mar 5, 2017
Alexandra MainInterhacktivesInterhacktives Newsletter #1: We’re backWelcome to Interhacktives’ first newsletter of the year! We are a team of 17 nerds from City, University of London, blogging about anything…Feb 2, 2017Feb 2, 2017
Alexandra MainInterhacktives3 ways journalists can deal with ‘alternative facts’Honest journalism has a new competitor. It’s called fake news.Jan 26, 2017Jan 26, 2017
Alexandra MaAmericans are more optimistic about President Trump’s foreign policy than Europeans areA recent survey asked Europeans and Americans what foreign policy issues in which they expect Trump to do the “right thing” and “wrong…Jan 23, 2017Jan 23, 2017
Alexandra Ma4 times Donald Trump moved stock prices simply by tweetingIn an interview with The Times of London earlier this week, Donald Trump said he would continue using his infamous Twitter account after…Jan 19, 2017Jan 19, 2017
Alexandra MaOne shocking graph shows female scientists still aren’t being noticed enoughVera Rubin, an astronomer at the Carnegie Institute for Science in Washington, DC, died on Christmas Day aged 88. She confirmed the…Jan 1, 2017Jan 1, 2017
Alexandra MaOver 1,000 aid workers have been killed since 2006I analysed data regarding attacks on humanitarian, emergency and development aid workers that have resulted in deaths, kidnappings and…Dec 28, 2016Dec 28, 2016
Alexandra MaLessons about data journalism, via Gilmore Girls, coffee and alcoholI charted the number of times Lorelai and Rory drank coffee and alcohol in the Gilmore Girls’ Netflix revival. It was productive, I swear!Dec 5, 2016Dec 5, 2016