Lakshmi SivadasUsing Bots to Engage Communities2016 was the year of the bots in news. Quartz had first launched its “bot studio” with a $240,000 grant from the Knight foundation. In the…Nov 16, 20185Nov 16, 20185
Lakshmi SivadasElectionland: Tracking the Strength of a DemocracyWe’ve had our eyes on November 6th ever since we started school at the CUNY j-school (aka the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism…Nov 13, 20181Nov 13, 20181
Lakshmi SivadasTransparency & the Patient Safety CommunityAs social journalists at the Newmark J-school, CUNY, we do many things. The first of which is to rethink journalism as it has been thus…Oct 26, 20182Oct 26, 20182
Lakshmi SivadasDiversity, Representation and The Embedded JournalistThe idea of getting into the thick of the action and truly becoming one with your cause has always been a source of intrigue to me…Oct 19, 2018Oct 19, 2018
Lakshmi SivadasIt’s Not Always Either-Or and It Doesn’t Have to BeIn 2017, twenty five Trump voters were brought together with twenty five Clinton voters as part of the Alabama/California Conversation…Oct 6, 20181Oct 6, 20181
Lakshmi SivadasLearning Journalism from a Community OrganizerHow can journalists work better with communities? Ask a community organizer.Sep 28, 20182Sep 28, 20182
Lakshmi SivadasPower to the People“Take a member of the public with you when you report, let them ask questions,” said Bridget Thoreson, engagement consultant at Hearken.Sep 20, 20186Sep 20, 20186
Lakshmi SivadasHere’s How I’m Going to ListenI just completed reading over ten posts* on reddit starting from 2013 on various cases of medical malpractice. In some the victims…Sep 8, 20188Sep 8, 20188
Lakshmi SivadasCan We Please Reinvent this Wheel?Eight years ago, it would have confounded me to think that someone would leave a career in journalism only to head back to graduate school…Aug 30, 20181Aug 30, 20181
