S2 EP9: Julia Angwin's Investigations Haunt Facebook

Published: Dec. 6, 2018, 4:30 a.m.

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Julia Angwin, the award-winning reporter whose investigations\\xa0make Facebook sweat, just got $20 million from Craig Newmark (yes, as in\\xa0Craig\'s List) to start her own publication. Hear her vision for The MarkUp, why we need a new kind of watchdog journalism, and how she plans to combine hardcore data analysis with shoe-leather reporting. Plus,\\xa0the honest lowdown on how Julia beats decision fatigue, as a startup founder and a parent. It\'s not all black turtlenecks and green smoothies, but it\'s close.

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GO DEEPER:
\\nJulia Angwin\'s investigations\\xa0for ProPublic.\\xa0Mark Zuckerberg Doesn\\u2019t Understand Journalism. Looking back\\xa0at Craig\'s List. Jessica Lessin left the Wall Street Journal five years ago to found\\xa0The Information.\\xa0Closing Rookie: hard truths about digital media from teenage entrepreneur Tavi Gevinson.

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Who You\\u2019ll Hear:

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@manoushz (Manoush Zomorodi) @JuliaAngwin (Investigative journalist and Cofounder of The MarkUp)

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ZigZag is the business show about being human.

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Join a community of listeners riding the twists and turns of late-capitalism, searching for a kinder, more sustainable way. Manoush Zomorodi and Jen Poyant investigate how work and business impact our wellbeing and the planet we live on. On Seasons 4 and 5, hear from rebels and visionaries with radical ideas on how we can build stable lives, careers, and companies.

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\\n**If you\\u2019re also interested in Jen and Manoush\\u2019s personal story and their adventures in starting their own business with a little help from blockchain technology, listen to the first three seasons, starting with Season 1, Chapter 1.

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