Detecting media bias with NLP
NLP analysis of local news to surface media and journalist bias — machine learning pointed at a civic problem.
Problem
Local news shapes how a community sees itself — but slant and bias are hard to see from the inside.
Approach
I led a data/AI-driven journalism initiative analysing local news with NLP to detect media and journalist bias (“Sotto la Lente”).
Result
A body of data journalism that bridges machine learning and the public interest (publication forthcoming).
Notes
This is where my two sides meet — the engineering and the community work. It’s also a good preview of the ☀ “human” mode of this site.
Screenshots coming soon.