S2 EP9: Julia Angwin's Investigations Haunt Facebook

And she's got big money to do more probing into Big Tech.

Julia Angwin, the award-winning journalist whose reporting makes Facebook sweat, just got $20 million from Craig Newmark (yes, as in Craig's List) to start her own publication. Hear her vision for The MarkUp, why we need a new kind of watchdog journalism, and how she plans to combine hardcore data analysis with shoe-leather reporting. Plus, the honest lowdown on how Julia beats decision fatigue, as a startup founder and a parent. It's not all black turtlenecks and green smoothies, but it's close. 

GO DEEPER:

Julia Angwin's investigations for ProPublica. Mark Zuckerberg Doesn’t Understand Journalism. Looking back at Craig's List. Jessica Lessin left the Wall Street Journal five years ago to found The Information. Closing Rookie: hard truths about digital media from teenage entrepreneur Tavi Gevinson. 

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Thalia Beaty, Producer

David Herman, Audio Engineer and Composer

Dan Dzula, Audio Engineer

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