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John West

Awl Good Things…

An elegy for a great publication—too good for this bad internet.

Jan 20, 2018

Awl Good Things…

Jan 20, 2018

John West
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HackerNoon.com

Cyber Poetics: writing and publishing in the digital age

The following is a talk that I gave at Oberlin College on November 7, 2017 after being invited by the staff of Wilder Voice, Oberlin’s…

Nov 20, 2017

Cyber Poetics: writing and publishing in the digital age

Nov 20, 2017

John West
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Thoughts On Journalism

Media attention might be zero-sum, but our empathy isn’t.

A lesson from the media coverage of the Trump campaign

Nov 16, 2016

Media attention might be zero-sum, but our empathy isn’t.

Nov 16, 2016

John West
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Thoughts On Journalism

Save the media from itself

I haven’t read Julia Cagé’s book Saving the Media: Capitalism, Crowdfunding, and Democracy, but it sounds right up my alley. I think I’d…

Apr 28, 2016

Save the media from itself

Apr 28, 2016

John West
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Thoughts On Journalism

This is how you kill a newspaper

“There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy

Mar 5, 2016

This is how you kill a newspaper

Mar 5, 2016

John West
in
Thoughts On Journalism

Good Faith & Bad Acting

How Jonathan Chait trolled the Internet for fun and profit.

Feb 1, 2015

Good Faith & Bad Acting

Feb 1, 2015

John West

A Few Good Trolls

How do we engage with reactionary movements?

Oct 27, 2014

A Few Good Trolls

Oct 27, 2014

John West

Data Journalists are not Sociopaths

Really.

Jun 4, 2014

Data Journalists are not Sociopaths

Jun 4, 2014

John West

John West

I am the lead technologist in the Wall Street Journal’s R&D lab. Before that, I worked at Cortico, the MIT Media Lab, and Quartz.

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