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Podcast: Data on Purpose / Do Good Data Fireside Chat

Listen to Lucy Bernholz and Julia Angwin discuss algorithmic bias, digital security for nonprofits, and how big data is informing and reshaping journalism and the social sector at large. 


As the opening event for the 2017 Data on Purpose / Do Good Data conference, Lucy Bernholz, Senior Research Scholar at Stanford PACS and Director of its Digital Civil Society Lab, held a fireside chat with ProPublica Senior Reporter Julia Angwin at the Institute for the Future (IFTF).

Introduced by Marina Gorbis, Executive Director of IFTF, Bernholz and Angwin discussed algorithmic decision-making, ProPublica’s data-driven approach to journalism, digital data challenges and opportunities for nonprofits, and more.

To listen to the full discussion, use the audio player above or visit the Digital Impact podcast on iTunes.


Presented by the Stanford Social Innovation Review and the Digital Civil Society Lab at Stanford PACS, the 2017 Data on Purpose / Do Good Data conference was held in February 2017 at Stanford University. Visit ssirdata.org to view videos of key sessions from the conference.