[Recorded April 16, 2025]
From data journalism, which uses data analysis and visualization to uncover and explain news stories, to AI, technology continues to reshape the future of news. Since 2022, CHM has convened a diverse range of journalism and technology leaders for a series of Tech and the Future of News roundtables and public forum events from New York to Silicon Valley. In the dynamic news environment of 2025, computing technology continues to enable better reporting.
Join us for a dynamic and timely public forum on tech and the future of news, featuring top newsmakers, experts, and changemakers.
What You’ll Experience
-Learn the secret of how Cofounder of 404 Media Jason Koebler and his colleagues have built one of today’s hottest new media startups reporting on uses and misuses of technology.
-Hear directly from Marian Chia-Ming Liu, The Washington Post’s projects editor of special newsroom initiatives and partnerships, on innovative, multitechnology approaches to storytelling.
-Explore how Alex Reed, lead data analyst for Mapping Black California, works at the intersection of data and storytelling.
FEATURED PARTICIPANTS
Moderator
David Yarnold
Pulitzer Prize-winning former Executive Editor of The San Jose Mercury News
David Yarnold is a Pulitzer Prize-winning former executive editor at the San Jose Mercury News and the author and primary photographer of The Geography of Hope: Real-Life Stories of Optimists Mapping a Brighter Future. Previously, he led a turnaround as CEO of the National Audubon Society and was executive director of the Environmental Defense Fund, where he helped create the first carbon trading project in China.
Speaker
Jason Koebler
Cofounder, 404 Media
Currently the #2 most cited reporter on Techmeme’s Leaderboard of "the most influential and prolific writers in technology," Jason Koebler is a cofounder of 404 Media, a journalist-founded digital media company exploring the ways technology is shaping—and is shaped by—our world. A year after its launch, 404 Media received the 2024 EFF Award for Fearless Journalism. Jason writes about consumer rights, generative AI, privacy, internet culture, and public records. Jason previously was editor-in-chief of VICE’s Motherboard and was an executive producer on Netflix’s Encounters, a documentary series about humanity’s search for alien life.
Speaker
Marian Chia-Ming Liu
Projects Editor of Special Newsroom Initiatives and Partnerships
The Washington Post
A Pulitzer-winning multimedia journalist, Marian Chia-Ming Liu is a projects editor at The Washington Post focused on new initiatives, which includes Lede Lab, The Post’s storytelling R&D team, and other strategic initiatives. She works with partners across the company to identify and realize opportunities to expand the reach of Post journalism. Liu previously was with CNN, The Seattle Times, and the San Jose Mercury News, among other publications. She also serves as national vice president of civic engagement for the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA).
Speaker
Alex Reed
Project Manager and Lead Data Analyst, Mapping Black California
Alex Reed is project manager and lead data analyst for Mapping Black California and provides support as a data researcher and visualizer for its initiatives. She works at the intersection of data and storytelling and as a data activist has addressed issues ranging from disparities in health and education to social justice and civil rights for a variety of institutions, including The Andy Warhol Museum, Carnegie Mellon University and WorldStage, Inc.
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