Jonathan Stray

Research Scholar, Columbia University
Computational Journalist

Jonathan Stray is a computational journalist at Columbia University, where he teaches the dual masters degree in computer science and journalism and leads the development of Workbench, an integrated tool for data journalism. He’s contributed to The New York Times, The Atlantic, Wired, Foreign Policy and ProPublica. He was formerly the Interactive Technology Editor at the Associated Press, a freelance reporter in Hong Kong, and a graphics algorithm designer for Adobe Systems.

Participant In:

Lying

Saturday, September 21, 2019 at 2:30pm

Past Event

“Do you promise to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?” This familiar courtroom oath unpacks some of the subtleties of truth-telling. Making true statements is not all there is to it. What one says may be true, but what is omitted in the telling may present a false picture. And… read more »