CalMatters spoke with Hernán Galperin on the efforts to solve California's digital divide. "Before the pandemic, there's been more attention to deployment issues," he said, "but much less attention to the affordability gap."
Wired interviewed Kate Crawford on what people don't understand about artificial intelligence. "It is presented as this ethereal and objective way of making decisions," she said. "But the name is deceptive: AI is neither artificial nor intelligent," she said.
CNN cited research from the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative on the lack of women composers in Hollywood.
The U.S. Master's Swimming website profiled Rook Campbell and how he works to help transgender and nonbinary swimmers feel comfortable and welcome.
Marketplace featured Allissa Richardson on how smartphones can be a powerful tool for holding police accountable for their actions. "With these kinds of videos that are done with cellphones, they have debunked how police are viewed by the public as the first arbiters of truth," she said.
KCBS-TV featued research by Hernán Galperin into how Californians view telemedicine and working from home.
The Los Angeles Times featured Taj Frazier on how the entertainment industry exploits Black trauma for profit. "There is a need and necessity to tell difficult stories, to interrogate the sickness of this infrastructure of white supremacy. But people are also asking, 'At what cost?'" he said.
In an essay for Vox, Allissa Richardson argues that sharing images of police violence serves only to traumatize Black communities. "Removing the financial incentive for news media to air these ghastly videos may force journalists to engage in more reparative storytelling," she wrote.
The San Francisco Chronicle featured research by Hernán Galperin on the pandemic-fueled rise in telehealth and telecommuting. "We're seeing a seismic shift in the way people want to work, learn and manage health visits among those who have broadband access," he said.
The Los Angeles Times quoted Martin Kaplan on how the late Walter Mondale redefined the modern vice presidency. “Mondale insisted on these changes as conditions for him to go on the ticket, and [Jimmy] Carter kept his word,’’ said Kaplan, Mondale's former speechwriter.
KPCC-FM's Take Two interviewed Christina Bellantoni on Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi opposing efforts by some Democrats to add more justices to the Supreme Court. "Pelosi's margin of power is extremely slim," she said. "This is not the issue she wants to be fighting about right now."
The Associated Press quoted Allissa Richardson on how newsrooms are handling showing graphic footage of police brutality. “It’s finally starting to sink in that we can tell these stories without the final moment of impact,” she said.