CNN • 23rd September 2023 Interview: CNN's The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper I appeared as an expert in CNN's hour-long documentary, "Waiting for JFK: Report from the Fringe."
Nieman Foundation & Columbia University • 21st March 2023 J. Anthony Lukas Award My forthcoming book for Crown Publishing, The Quiet Damage, won the 2023 J. Anthony Lukas Work-In-Progress Award from Harvard University's Nieman Foundation and the Columbia University School of Journalism.
NBC News • 14th March 2023 Senators seek answers from Pinterest following NBC News investigation Pinterest says it hired thousands of additional content reviewers and took other "aggressive action" after NBC News revealed how men on the site create sex-themed image boards of little girls.
NBC News • 10th March 2023 Live Interview: NBC News Daily I joined Kate Snow on NBC News Daily to talk about my investigation into sex-themed image boards of little girls on Pinterest, and the platform's role in facilitating this issue.
NBC News • 9th March 2023 Investigation: Men on Pinterest are creating sex-themed image boards of little girls. The platform makes it easy. Pinterest’s algorithm is inadvertently curating images of young children for adults who go looking for them.
NBC News • 20th January 2023 Government ‘imposters’ are using Google ads to prey on small businesses, experts say The scheme illustrates just how easily alleged bad actors can buy visibility on the world’s largest search engine.
NBC News • 8th June 2022 Live Interview: NBC News NOW I went on NBC News NOW to discuss my reporting on a new lawsuit against Meta alleging its platform, Instagram, is to blame for a young girl's eating disorder and self-harm.
NBC News • 7th June 2022 Exclusive: Family sues Meta, blames Instagram for daughter’s eating disorder and self-harm Lawyers say the case makes unprecedented use of documents released with the Facebook Papers.
NBC News • 2nd June 2022 Live Interview: NBC News NOW I joined Jake Ward on NBC News NOW to dive into my reporting on the disproportionate harm that the crypto crash has caused to marginalized communities.
NBC News • 24th May 2022 Live Interview: NBC News NOW I appeared on NBC News NOW with Alison Morris to break down my reporting on online price gouging of baby formula.
NBC News • 24th May 2022 Desperate parents plead with Big Tech to crack down on price gouging amid formula shortage As sellers jack up prices by as much as 300 percent, parents say platforms are doing little or nothing to intervene.
iHeart Radio • 24th May 2022 Interview: The Daily Dive on iHeart Radio I went on The Daily Dive podcast to discuss my reporting into the lack of effective regulation surrounding celebrity-endorsed NFTs.
NBC News • 22nd May 2022 Celebrity-endorsed NFTs leave investors 'financially crippled' Largely free from oversight and accountability, NFT-shilling stars are selling their fans wild get-rich-quick fantasies. The reality can be devastating.
BBC • 16th May 2022 Interview: The BBC I was interviewed for the first episode of The Future Will Be Synthesized, a BBC documentary series on deepfakes and synthetic media.
HuffPost • 17th February 2022 Scoop: Google Has Made Millions Advertising Phony Government Handouts Paid Google ads urging people to apply for fake payments were viewed more than 100 million times in five months — and stayed up until HuffPost reached out.
Synthetic Futures • 16th February 2022 Panel: Synthetic Futures I was a panelist in a Synthetic Futures event discussing automated image abuse and how to fight deepfakes’ use in non-consensual porn.
CNN • 30th October 2021 Interview: Anderson Cooper 360 on CNN I talked to CNN correspondent Donie O'Sullivan about my research into anti-vaccine conspiracy theories.
HuffPost • 9th September 2021 Scoop: Trump Insiders Are Quietly Paying Teen Memers To Post Partisan Sponcon Documents show that meme accounts rife with disinformation have also become shadowy advertising tools for some notable Republicans.
The Damage Report • 4th September 2021 Interview: The Young Turks I joined John Iadarola on The Damage Report to discuss my article on a new and dangerous deepfake porn tool.
HuffPost • 10th August 2021 A Powerful New Deepfake Porn Tool Has Digitally Undressed Thousands Of Women The AI-generated nudes, which look horrifyingly realistic, are sweeping the web.
