Audio producer. Past: The Journal for @GimletMedia and @WSJ. @OnlyAGameNPR. @OnPointRadio. Martin.kessler91 (at) gmail (dot) com
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Our Kickstarter is live‼️
A new season of Burn It All Down is coming and we need your help to make it happen. Your support keeps independent, feminist sports media alive!
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***BREAKING NEWS***
WNBA in The Six is official. Larry Tannenbaum's Kilmer Sports Inc has finalized the deal. What a time for women's sports in Canada!
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I got bored waiting for basketball season so I made an Immaculate Grid-style game for @IvyLeague hoops:
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Today the first episode of Prodigies drops…
I am incredibly proud of this work + beyond grateful for my talented team @jessicawluther @khjones Jessica Bodiford who helped tell these important stories brilliantly and with care – at Austin, TX
Maligned and overlooked in society, the evolution of gymnastics runs through the voiceless 🙌
Introducing our newest pod, 'American Prodigies', hosted by @mirarose88.
Define your own LEGACY and listen now: bwpod.co/CzxqCH
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Facebook researchers have said slowing down the platform (i.e., making it harder for anything to go viral) could combat misinformation and dangerous movements
Today on #TheJournal: @JeffHorwitz on why Facebook didn't do that. And what it did instead
open.spotify.com/episode/4nf…
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🚨 New Facebook Files podcast episode 🚨
"Stop the Steal was just the fastest growing stuff on the platform." - @JeffHorwitz on Facebook's response to 2020 election and Jan. 6.
open.spotify.com/episode/4nf…
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NEW EPISODE: Facebook’s AI couldn’t tell the difference between car crashes and cockfights, even as the company was promoting it as a solution to its content moderation problems.
open.spotify.com/episode/7M7…
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Many parents pleaded guilty in the varsity blues college admissions scandal, but 2 say they're innocent
...so prosecutors have released SECRET PHONE TAPES
Today on #TheJournal: @melissakorn & @jenniferlevitz on what the recordings reveal open.spotify.com/episode/68T…
.@piagadkari made this fantastic episode happen 🙌
"The thing I want everyone to know is that Facebook is far, far more dangerous than anyone knows and it is getting worse" @FrancesHaugen_ tells @kate_linebaugh on @WSJ #TheJournal why she blew the whistle on Facebook Hear the conversation:
open.spotify.com/episode/4Z2…
"By six months in [at Facebook], I had learned so much about the consequences of the problem and felt so powerless to actually make progress on it that I was starting to have panic attacks."
In Part 6 of The Facebook Files from @WSJ and @gimletmedia: whistleblower @FrancesHaugen_ shares her story
open.spotify.com/episode/4Z2…
In Part 6 of The Facebook Files from @WSJ and @gimletmedia: whistleblower @FrancesHaugen_ shares her story
open.spotify.com/episode/4Z2…
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I spent the morning listening to the entire @WSJ Facebook Files podcast.
All instagram users (and parents!) should listen to this.
The Facebook Files, a Podcast Series: An unprecedented look inside the company wsj.com/articles/the-faceboo… via @WSJ
“Whistle-blowing gets us halfway there. We have to do the rest.”
The @WSJ’s “The Facebook Files series is motivating change,” writes @Klonick. “But it will take more than breathless reporting to make sure that reform happens in effective ways.” nyti.ms/39R7JuK
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New: we reviewed 10 years of Facebook employee lists. Some findings: Sheryl Sandberg’s share of staff has fallen in recent years. Javier Olivan has seen a huge jump in reports since ‘16. FB hiring ~lots~ of lawyers. W/ @sestamm & @JohnWest wsj.com/articles/facebook-em…
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A 🧵 about this Senate hearing on Instagram:
(My qualifications: I used to work on civic/election integrity at Facebook)
The Facebook Files, Part 5 is out.
This time, @georgia_wells details Facebook's internal plans to win young children.
"This is a serious business undertaking, a serious business effort, that marks children as this huge growth initiative."
open.spotify.com/episode/1N7…
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This @georgia_wells and @JeffHorwitz story is amazing “Why do we care about tweens?” FB doc says. “They are a valuable but untapped audience.” wsj.com/articles/facebook-in…
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Two new episodes of The Facebook Files from @WSJ & @Gimletmedia's The Journal are here! If you haven't listened yet, this series is much more than just audio versions of the print investigation—we worked w/the reporters to add depth & context to the story. open.spotify.com/playlist/0A…