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.
Jonathan Stray
Research Scholar, Columbia University
Computational Journalist
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Lying
This roundtable explores the nature of truth and lying, examining how statements can be true, misleading, or shaped by omission, belief, and context. It considers psychological and philosophical perspectives on deception, including how and why individuals construct and believe falsehoods.