Prescription for journalists from journalists: Less time studying Twitter, more time studying math

An article in The Conversation by a Northeastern University assistant professor about what’s wrong with the news media, and the underlying data about the true problem areas and where journalists need to improve, mentions research coauthored by Kenny Joseph, assistant professor of computer science and engineering.

The research analyzed partisanship across more than 300,000 news articles produced by 644 journalists at 25 different U.S. news outlets.

Read the story here.

The article appeared in news outlets that include WTOP-AM in Washington, D.C. and Salon.