Catherine Buni is an award-winning freelance writer and Type Investigations reporter covering online content moderation, risk, and security. Her articles, essays, and stories have appeared in The Atlantic.com, The Common, The Los Angeles Review of Books, Orion, The Verge, and others.
On Sept. 6 of last year, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed California Assembly Bill 179 into law and, with it, dedicated $25 million to funding local reporting in places underserved and underrepresented by the press in the state. The money … Read more
On September 28, a detailed investigation by Channel 4 News in the U.K. revealed that Trump’s election campaign had deployed an ad strategy it called “Deterrence.” The campaign bought ads on Facebook, using its microtargeting ad … Read more
On April 3, Mandy Jenkins paused from her work as general manager of The Compass Experiment — a partnership between Google and McClatchy to explore new business models for local news — to take a call. She had to be … Read more
