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Alexandra Swanson, The Conversation

When journalists write for free, it hurts our democracy

While some are being given new platforms to express their views, the decline of paid journalism is shutting others out.

Alexandra Swanson, The Conversation
· Aug 31, 2015 · 07:30 pm
Crowdsourcing the Serengeti: how citizen scientists classified millions of photos from home

Sometimes the best way to deal with mountains of data is to turn to the public for help. That's what Snapshot Serengeti did to classify millions of photos from savanna camera traps in Tanzania.

Alexandra Swanson, The Conversation
· Jun 14, 2015 · 06:35 am