Subramaniam Vincent

Why did the affordability crisis, misinformation, immigration chaos, and endless wars not split the Black women’s vote? Civic duty and protecting hard-won freedoms.

U.S. Journalism leaders offer lessons and moral framing to help political reporters better cover low-income and poor Americans as voters.

The Kamala Harris-Donald Trump presidential debate missed the voices of America's biggest category of 'swing voters'--low-income and poor people.

At the NABJ convention in Chicago on July 31st, Donald Trump Asked Rachel Scott To Define DEI. She Should Have.

How might a 90-minute format accommodate a limited review of lies and false claims in near real time? There is a way, using collaboration and a little friction.

Nothing comes close to a flashpoint like Forbes’ recent accusation about Perplexity AI. This is a unique moment because it is about journalistic labor and form.

Of the roughly 2000+ stories on protests, conflict and violence on U.S. university campuses during Apr 29-May 3, a mere 23 stories or roughly 1% ran with headlines about agreements and deals universities struck with students.

NBC reversed itself on the hiring of Ronna McDaniel after the network’s top anchors mounted a revolt on air. We need a pro-democracy standard.

New investments are flowing into local news in American cities. But to democratize storytelling, the way reporters identify people as sources needs to change.

How might news platforms and products ensure that ethical journalism on chronic issues is not drowned out by the noise of runaway political news cycles?

The (DEI) Audit Toolkit for News helps journalists track the diversity of the expert quotes used in article drafts, providing real-time updates and helping reporters ensue equitable representation of the communities they cover.

Journalism brands can learn something after recent reports of Sports Illustrated (SI) running “product review” articles by synthetic authors. 

The analysis of openly available or accessible digital footage and data to answer intelligence questions is particularly useful as an independent truth-determination capacity at times of conflict.

Cataloging stories from the grassroots of real impact will show another kind of pressing forward. A society pressing forward to make democracy work, and in doing so help reimagine local journalism itself.

There is worry about an increase of deceptive generative AI-based political ads, triggering more confusion as the political season heats up. That in turn, will make lies easier to sell.

How might news platforms and products ensure that ethical journalism on chronic issues is not drowned out by the noise of runaway political news cycles?

Why do people disagree so passionately about what is right and how can journalists unpack political speech and reframe their questions to get past those disagreements?

Should the news media industry should use Generative AI for journalistic writing.

Subramaniam "Subbu" Vincent was honored with SPJ NORCAL's Distinguished Service to Journalism award.

A new application helps journalists track the diversity of the expert quotes used in article drafts, providing real-time updates and helping reporters ensue equitable representation of the communities the cover.

In a comparison of the summer 2020 Black Lives Matter protests and riots and the January 6, 2021 protests and insurrection, there are important similarities and distinct differences.

Subramaniam Vincent and Courtney Davis ’21 of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics provide comment to Facebook’s oversight board on the ethical considerations of Donald Trump’s deplatforming.

The news media has historically oversimplified and stereotyped coverage of people of color in general and Asian-American communities in particular.

By their very design, social media platforms have offered equal opportunity to sellers of “Big Lies,” conspiracy theories, and political disinformation.

In January 2021, the Journalism and Media Ethics Program at the Ethics Center is set launch a new and timely prototype project with funding from the Google News Initiative (GNI).

Before reconciliation can be achieved in our country, we need to understand the actual problem, including who needs to be brought together and on what they’re divided.

Should the media “cover” Kellyanne Conway’s daughter and her posts on TikTok?

A three-step process and a framework of questions to make ethical reporting decisions, with recent convalescent plasma reporting as an example.

An opinion article that ran in Newsweek included ethically questionable assumptions by the author about Kamala Harris’ citizenship.