Meredith Broussard
Associate Professor
Dr. Meredith Broussard is a professor at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute of New York University and the research director at the NYU Alliance for Public Interest Technology. Her award-winning books include Artificial Unintelligence: How Computers Misunderstand the World (2019), and More than a Glitch: Confronting Race, Gender, and Ability Bias in Tech (2023). Her research focuses on investigative reporting with and about artificial intelligence. She also works on AI ethics and is interested in data analysis for social good. She appears in the Emmy-nominated documentary “Coded Bias” and in “Unknown: Killer Robots.”
A former features editor at the Philadelphia Inquirer, she has also worked as a software developer at AT&T Bell Labs and the MIT Media Lab. Dr. Broussard’s research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Institute of Museum & Library Services, and the Tow Center at Columbia Journalism School. Her features and essays have appeared in The Atlantic, Harper’s, Slate, and other outlets. Contact her on social media @merbroussard or via meredithbroussard.com.
Published Articles & Essays
April 16th, 2025
AI systems train on imperfect data and perpetuate biases
March 20th, 2025
Auditing Algorithmic Medical Systems to Uncover AI Harms and Remedy Racial Injustice
January 29th, 2025
Big Tech’s big influence on the Trump Administration, plus AI regulation
August 21st, 2024
Meredith Broussard in Artnews, “Eight Essential Books About AI”
February 20th, 2024
Would you trust a cancer screening by artificial intelligence?
September 26th, 2023
The Challenges of AI Preservation
June 15th, 2023
Coding Needs to Get Beyond the Gender Binary
September 8th, 2020
When Algorithms Give Real Students Imaginary Grades
March 20th, 2018
Self-Driving Cars Still Don’t Know How to See
May 12th, 2017
Broken Technology Hurts Democracy
October 18th, 2016
This new tool that allows you to easily visualize 2016 campaign finance data
February 23rd, 2016
How to Think About Bots
December 2nd, 2015
New Airbnb Data Reveals Some Hosts Are Raking In Big Bucks
November 20th, 2015
The Irony of Writing Online About Digital Preservation
July 8th, 2015
The Secret Lives of Hackathon Junkies