Jeremy B. Merrill's Clips

Here are some things I'm especially proud of.

clip Sep 2, 2026 The Washington Post
‘A friend I can trust’: How Americans described their relationship with AI
clip Aug 23, 2026 The Washington Post
See the moment when Republican politicians turned against data centers
clip Jun 23, 2026 The Washington Post
Why prediction markets’ election picks are useful, even when they seem wrong
clip May 19, 2026 The Washington Post
We had AI analyze 50 hours of sports on TV. It detected gambling ads everywhere.
clip May 13, 2026 The Washington Post
Elon Musk’s anonymous online BFF spreads his ideas and attacks his enemies
clip May 10, 2026 The Washington Post
We’ve calculated your chances of winning money on Polymarket
clip Apr 24, 2026 The Washington Post
Elon Musk’s near-daily online posts about race are turning off some fans
clip Apr 20, 2026 The Washington Post
He spreads hate online — and fans pay him hundreds of thousands of dollars
clip Mar 17, 2026 The Washington Post
A journalist reported a missile strike. Then came the death threats.
clip Feb 9, 2026 The Washington Post
Trump set off a surge of AI in the federal government. See what happened.
clip Jan 9, 2026 The Washington Post
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard used crypto to evade sanctions, report finds
clip Jan 7, 2026 The Washington Post
A perfectly timed bet on Maduro’s fall draws scrutiny of prediction markets
clip Dec 12, 2025 The Washington Post
TikTok’s mental health ‘rabbit hole’? It’s not in your head.
clip Dec 10, 2025 The Washington Post
Are you in TikTok’s cat niche? What 121,000 videos reveal.
clip Nov 13, 2025 The Washington Post
What are the clues that ChatGPT wrote something? We analyzed its style.
clip Nov 12, 2025 The Washington Post
We analyzed 47,000 ChatGPT conversations. Here’s what people really use it for.
clip Oct 31, 2025 The Washington Post
Kennedy Center ticket sales have plummeted since Trump takeover
clip Jul 16, 2025 The Washington Post
The White House’s plan to downsize the federal government, in charts
clip May 17, 2025 The Washington Post
Meet ‘Ice,’ ‘Ogle’ and other crypto millionaires who bought a night with Trump
clip May 8, 2025 The Washington Post
Small-time Trump coin buyers have seen their investments collapse
clip May 8, 2025 The Washington Post
See how Shein outfits cost more under Trump’s trade war
clip Apr 24, 2025 The Washington Post
How Trump team turned a dinner invite into a crypto boon worth millions
clip Apr 6, 2025 The Washington Post
Amid anti-DEI push, National Park Service rewrites history of Underground Railroad
clip Feb 20, 2025 The Washington Post
How Elon Musk used X to amplify Germany’s far right ahead of election
clip Feb 1, 2025 The Washington Post
How federal agencies have already changed their websites under Trump
clip Dec 17, 2024 The Washington Post
Musk’s influence on X eclipses all members of the incoming Congress, combined
clip Nov 3, 2024 The Washington Post
What’s in your TikTok feed? As elections near, it may depend on gender.
clip Oct 31, 2024 The Washington Post
In the podcast election, top shows cast doubt on integrity of 2024 vote
clip Oct 30, 2024 The Washington Post
Elon Musk says X users fight falsehoods. The falsehoods are winning.
clip Oct 29, 2024 The Washington Post
On Elon Musk’s X, Republicans go viral as Democrats disappear
clip Oct 23, 2024 The Washington Post
How a conspiracy-fueled group got a foothold in this hurricane-battered town
clip Oct 10, 2024 The Washington Post
A firehose of antisemitic disinformation from China is pointing at two Republican legislators
clip Sep 11, 2024 The Washington Post
Anatomy of a racist smear: How false claims of pet-eating immigrants caught on
clip Aug 11, 2024 The Washington Post
Elon Musk’s X feed becomes megaphone for his far-right politics
clip Aug 4, 2024 The Washington Post
What do people really ask chatbots? It’s a lot of sex and homework.
clip Apr 21, 2024 The Washington Post
As Meta flees politics, campaigns rely on new tricks to reach voters
clip Dec 10, 2023 The Washington Post
Tesla drivers run Autopilot where it’s not intended — with deadly consequences
clip Oct 27, 2023 The Washington Post
A year later, Musk’s X is tilting right. And sinking.
clip Aug 15, 2023 The Washington Post
Elon Musk’s X is throttling traffic to websites he dislikes
clip Aug 11, 2023 The Washington Post
California just opened the floodgates for self-driving cars
clip Jul 25, 2023 The Washington Post
How to protect yourself when buying gold
clip Jul 25, 2023 The Washington Post
How right-wing news powers the ‘gold IRA’ industry
clip Jun 10, 2023 The Washington Post
17 fatalities, 736 crashes: The shocking toll of Tesla’s Autopilot
clip Apr 15, 2023 The Washington Post
A year ago, Musk asked, ‘Is Twitter dying?’ He may have his answer.
clip Apr 13, 2023 The Washington Post
The AI bot has picked an answer for you. Here’s how often it’s bad.
clip Apr 12, 2023 The Washington Post
Fake ChatGPT preys on Facebook users
clip Mar 30, 2023 The Washington Post
Elon Musk’s Twitter pushes hate speech, extremist content into ‘For You’ pages
clip Feb 16, 2023 The Washington Post
Elon Musk reinvents Twitter for the benefit of a power user: Himself
clip Jan 19, 2023 The Washington Post
Amazon is closing its charity, which donated millions, citing limited impact
clip Nov 28, 2022 The Washington Post
High-profile Republicans gain followers in first weeks of Musk’s reign
clip Nov 28, 2022 The Washington Post
Elon Musk says Apple threatened to remove Twitter from App Store
clip Nov 22, 2022 The Washington Post
Advertisers are dropping Twitter. Musk can’t afford to lose any more.
clip Nov 16, 2022 The Washington Post
Musk issues ultimatum to staff: Commit to ‘hardcore’ Twitter or take severance
clip Nov 16, 2022 The Washington Post
Musk issues ultimatum to staff: commit to ‘hardcore’ Twitter or take severance
clip Nov 9, 2022 The Washington Post
How Twitter’s contentious new fact-checking project really works
clip Nov 6, 2022 The Washington Post
This year, GOP election deniers got a free pass from Twitter and Facebook
clip Nov 5, 2022 The Washington Post
With Musk at the helm, tweeting the boss may actually change Twitter
clip Nov 1, 2022 The Washington Post
MAGA porn, hate for Trump: China-based accounts stoke division
clip Oct 20, 2022 The Washington Post
Documents detail plans to gut Twitter’s workforce
clip Oct 14, 2022 The Washington Post
Crypto scam victims seek to hold Coinbase responsible for losses
clip Sep 22, 2022 The Washington Post
Is crypto a house of cards?
clip Sep 22, 2022 The Washington Post
Health apps share your concerns with advertisers. HIPAA can’t stop it.
clip Sep 20, 2022 The Washington Post
Trump’s ‘big lie’ fueled a new generation of social media influencers
clip Sep 12, 2022 The Washington Post
Elon Musk’s 19,000 tweets reveal his complicated relationship with Twitter
clip Aug 24, 2022 The Washington Post
Top crypto company defies U.S. sanctions on service that hid stolen assets
clip Jun 15, 2022 The Washington Post
Teslas running Autopilot involved in 273 crashes reported since last year
clip May 13, 2022 The Washington Post
Musk doesn’t own Twitter yet, but conservatives are racking up followers
clip Apr 23, 2022 The Washington Post
U.S. hasn’t stopped N. Korean gang from laundering its crypto haul
clip Apr 4, 2022 The Washington Post
An ex-cop fell for Alice. Then he fell for her $66 million crypto scam.
clip Mar 16, 2022 The Washington Post
Social platforms’ bans muffle Russian state media propaganda
clip Mar 3, 2022 The Washington Post
Ukraine asked for donations in crypto. Then things got weird.
clip Mar 1, 2022 The Washington Post
As Ukraine misinformation rages, Twitter’s fact-checking tool is a no-show
clip Feb 17, 2022 The Washington Post
Tesla ‘phantom braking’ issue is focus of federal safety probe after owners bombard government website with complaints
clip Feb 2, 2022 The Washington Post
Tesla drivers report a surge in ‘phantom braking’
clip Jan 20, 2022 The Washington Post
Pro-Trump influencers flocked to alternative social networks. Their follower counts stalled soon after.
clip Jan 4, 2022 The Washington Post
Facebook groups topped 10,000 daily attacks on election before Jan. 6, analysis shows
clip Dec 11, 2021 The Washington Post
This Amazon program has funneled thousands to anti-vax activists during the pandemic
clip Nov 11, 2021 The Washington Post
Elon Musk sells roughly $5 billion in Tesla stock in series of whirlwind transactions
clip Oct 26, 2021 The Washington Post
Five points for anger, one for a ‘like’: How Facebook’s formula fostered rage and misinformation
clip Oct 8, 2021 The Washington Post
Read that link carefully: Scammers scoop up misspelled cryptocurrency URLs to rob your wallet
clip Sep 25, 2021 The Washington Post
Fallout begins for far-right trolls who trusted Epik to keep their identities secret
clip Aug 24, 2021 The Washington Post
Telling conservatives it’s a shot to ‘restore our freedoms’: How online ads are promoting coronavirus vaccination
clip May 13, 2021 The Markup
Ads Are Impersonating Government Websites in Google Results, Despite Ban
clip Apr 13, 2021 The Markup
How Facebook’s Ad System Lets Companies Talk Out of Both Sides of Their Mouths
clip Feb 11, 2021 The Markup
Google Has Been Allowing Advertisers to Exclude Nonbinary People from Seeing Job Ads
clip Jan 21, 2021 The Markup
Tech Firms Profited from Far-Right Militia Content Despite Ban on “Three Percenters”
clip Nov 17, 2020 The Markup
Targeting Trump Fans, QAnon Ad Slips Through Facebook’sFilters
clip Nov 7, 2020 ProPublica
Trump Won Florida After Running a False Ad Tying Biden to Venezuelan Socialists
clip Oct 29, 2020 The Markup
Facebook Charged Biden a Higher Price Than Trump for Campaign Ads
clip Oct 20, 2020 ProPublica
“Trumpcare” Does Not Exist. Nevertheless Facebook and Google Cash In on Misleading Ads for “Garbage” Health Insurance.
clip Sep 25, 2020 Quartz
Metals.com is shut down by US regulators after years of allegedly scamming seniors
clip Sep 23, 2020 The Marshall Project
Trump's Crime and Carnage Ad Blitz is Going Unanswered on Facebook
clip Aug 24, 2020 The Markup
Does Facebook still sell discriminatory ads?
clip May 29, 2020 Quartz
Amazon turns in its own sellers for Covid-related price gouging.
clip Apr 15, 2020 Quartz
A well-heeled liberal group is filling the local news void with Trump-bashing coronavirus ads
clip Mar 1, 2020 Quartz
Theme: Covering Politics in 2020 using Machine Learning
clip Feb 11, 2020 Quartz
Dark money groups on Facebook attack Bernie and Biden
clip Feb 1, 2020 Platforms
Theme: Monitoring the platforms: discriminatory ads, "banned" ads and secret data about you
clip Jan 15, 2020 Quartz
AI for Investigations: Sorting through the Luanda Leaks
clip Dec 23, 2019 Explanatory
Explaining online campaign tactics, like A/B testing and listbuilding
clip Nov 19, 2019 Quartz
Facebook ads targeted Fox News fans for shady silver coin scheme
clip Nov 1, 2019 Investigative
The fight against financial advertisers using Facebook for digital redlining
clip Apr 12, 2019 Quartz AI Studio
A Crash Course for Journalists In Classifying Text with Machine Learning
clip Mar 7, 2019 Quartz AI Studio
How you’re feeling when machine learning might help
clip Mar 1, 2019 Quartz AI Studio
Here’s what Lyft talks about as risk factors that other companies don’t
clip Dec 26, 2018 ProPublica
What We Learned From Collecting 100,000 Targeted Facebook Ads
clip Nov 5, 2018 ProPublica
A Mysterious Facebook Group Is Using Bernie Sanders’ Image to Urge Democrats to Vote for the Green Party
clip Nov 1, 2018 ProPublica
How Big Oil Dodges Facebook’s New Ad Transparency Rules
clip Oct 29, 2018 ProPublica
Groups Mask Partisan Attacks Behind Neutral-Sounding Names in Facebook Ads
clip Sep 18, 2018 ProPublica
Facebook Is Letting Job Advertisers Target Only Men
clip Aug 23, 2018 ProPublica
Besieged Facebook Says New Ad Limits Aren’t Response to Lawsuits
clip Jul 17, 2018 ProPublica
Facebook Political Ad Collector — Homepage Redesign
clip Jun 15, 2018 ProPublica
Facebook's New Screening System Flags the Wrong Ads as Political
clip May 24, 2018 ProPublica
What Facebook's New Political Ad System Misses
clip Apr 30, 2018 ProPublica
How To Wrestle Your Data from Cambridge Analytica, Silicon Valley and Data Brokers
clip Apr 24, 2018 ProPublica
What's Congress Talking About?
clip Jan 1, 2018 ProPublica
Facebook Political Ad Collector
clip Dec 15, 2017 ProPublica
Lobbying Database
clip Nov 20, 2017 ProPublica
Chamber of Secrets: Teaching a Machine What Congress Cares About
clip Oct 4, 2017 ProPublica
Chamber of Secrets: Teaching a Machine What Congress Cares About
clip Jul 19, 2017 ProPublica
Authenticating Email Using DKIM and ARC, or How We Analyzed the Kasowitz Emails
clip May 29, 2017 The New York Times
As Computer Coding Classes Swell, So Does Cheating
clip Nov 7, 2016 The New York Times
Why Facebook Showed You That Ad for the Candidate You Hate
clip Nov 6, 2016 The New York Times
Campaign Social Media Databases and Tools
clip Aug 24, 2016 The New York Times
Political Ad Tracker: Crowdsourced Collection of Facebook Political Ads
clip Aug 24, 2016 The New York Times
Liberal, Moderate or Conservative? See How Facebook Labels You
clip May 20, 2016 The New York Times
Montreal Played Role in Plan to Get Donald Trump’s Plane Flying Again
clip May 11, 2016 The New York Times
Hillary, Donald and Bernie Don’t Catch On as Baby Names
clip Apr 26, 2016 Source
Natural Language Generation + Statistics = A Funny Bogus Pundit Bot
clip Apr 26, 2016 The New York Times
After Legal Maneuver, Donald Trump’s Jet Is Cleared to Fly
clip Mar 4, 2016 The New York Times
Michael Bloomberg Moved His Website as Speculation About Intentions Grew
clip Feb 1, 2016 The New York Times
On Wikipedia, Donald Trump Reigns and Facts Are Open to Debate
clip Dec 5, 2015 The New York Times
How Donald Trump Talks
clip Nov 7, 2015 The New York Times
Marco Rubio’s Use of Party Credit Card Reinforces a Picture of Messy Finances
clip Oct 15, 2015 The New York Times
Men Dominate in Political Giving; Hillary Clinton’s Donors Are an Exception
clip Jul 27, 2015 The New York Times
Blame Uber for Congestion in Manhattan? Not So Fast
clip Jun 25, 2015 The New York Times
When a Company Is Put Up for Sale, in Many Cases, Your Personal Data Is, Too
clip Jun 24, 2015 The New York Times
Honors for Confederates, for Thousands of Miles
clip Jun 23, 2015 The New York Times
The Northeast Corridor's Curviest Stretches, and Amtrak's Plans for Safety and Speed
clip Apr 26, 2015 The New York Times
A Search Tool for Emails, Websites or... Anything
clip Nov 4, 2014 The New York Times
The Most Detailed Maps You’ll See From the Midterm Elections*
clip Oct 23, 2014 The New York Times
One-Third of Top Websites Restrict Customers' Right to Sue
clip Apr 22, 2014 The New York Times
The Upshot site
clip Apr 9, 2014 ProPublica
How the Labor Department Has Let Companies Off the Hook for Unpaid Internships
clip Jul 22, 2013 ProPublica
Upton: A Web-Scraping Framework
clip Jun 13, 2013 ProPublica
Unpaid Interns Win Major Ruling in ‘Black Swan’ Case — Now What?
clip May 30, 2013 ProPublica
Free The Files: Massively-Crowdsourced Transcriptions
clip May 30, 2013 ProPublica
Dollars for Docs: Data Update
clip May 30, 2013 ProPublica
Bailout Uploader
clip Mar 25, 2013 ProPublica
Heart of Nerd Darkness: Why Updating Dollars for Docs Was So Difficult
clip Nov 5, 2012 The New York Times
Imago: a NYT web app for curating photos and building slideshows
clip Apr 17, 2012 Claremont Port Side
CMC Falsely Reported More Than Just SATs, Report Shows
clip Mar 27, 2012 Claremont Port Side
State of CMC: Gann Discusses SAT Scandal and Master Plan
clip Feb 28, 2012 Claremont Port Side
Investigating Campus Safety’s Use of Pepper Spray
clip Feb 24, 2012 Claremont Port Side
Wealth and Salaries at the Claremont Colleges
clip Feb 15, 2012 Claremont Port Side
Visualizing the SAT Scandal
clip Feb 12, 2012 Claremont Port Side
SAT Scandal Involved Systematic Score Manipulation
clip Feb 12, 2012 Claremont Port Side
President Pamela Gann Speaks About SAT Scandal
clip Feb 12, 2012 Claremont Port Side
Kiplinger Drops CMC from “Best Value” Rankings
clip Feb 12, 2012 Claremont Port Side
In SAT Score Scandal, CMC Admissions Dean Richard Vos Resigns
clip Sep 24, 2011 Uncategorized
Integrating Open Source Into the Newsroom