Editorial director for AI initiatives at the @nytimes. Not active on Twitter, anymore. Find me here, instead: https://xitter.cf/t.co/xxS6oERuxp

New York, NY
Joined January 2009
The A.I. Initiatives team that I work on at @nytimes is hiring a fellow. This yearlong position is perfect for anyone looking to blend journalism and A.I. — and help define future-facing projects, tools and investigative reporting. Apply by Dec. 2. My DMs are open.
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I wrote about how much discussion and news coverage of migration excludes the very people the story is about, and how @THECITYNY, @Gothamist, and @Documentedny have been notable, hopeful exceptions. zachseward.com/migration-is-…
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I wrote briefly about my odd experience of the northeast blackout, as a camp counselor in Maine, 20 years ago. zachseward.com/the-blackout/
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I wrote briefly about my odd experience of the northeast blackout, as a camp counselor in Maine, 20 years ago. zachseward.com/the-blackout/
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I wrote a personal essay about keeping score and keeping memories alive. zachseward.com/keeping-score…
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The mayor says New York City is full. But these groups aren't willing to give up on migrants or the city's future. I wrote about charities stepping up to assist the 100,000 migrants seeking shelter in the city: zachseward.com/whos-helping-…
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My list of groups helping migrants in NYC that are worth supporting with donations: @LegalAidNYC @MaketheRoadNY @WINNYC_ORG @SBXMutualAid @LaMoradaNYC @THECITYNY @Gothamist
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Here's the summary: • Adopting a formal affirmative-action plan • Accepting applications from anywhere • Requiring genuinely diverse finalist pools • Standardizing our interview process • Reading memos from finalists blind • Working with the union to craft these policies
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I wrote at length about initiatives that helped diversify the Quartz newsroom between 2020 and 2022, when a racial reckoning that could easily have gone nowhere actually resulted in some progress, thanks to the whole company’s efforts. zachseward.com/a-few-tactics…
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This week we learned the FTX Foundation once planned to buy the nation of Nauru, an island in Micronesia, as a kind of apocalyptic bunker. It’s worth viewing in the context of Nauru’s particularly grim colonial history. I wrote about it. 🇳🇷 zachseward.com/nauru/
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I’m blogging again for the first time since it became known as writing a newsletter. Sign up? zachseward.com/
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I wrote about presuming your audience, to take for granted who's reading without giving it much thought, which often takes the form of nationalism in digital media. zachseward.com/presumed-audi…
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