meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Channels with Peter Kafka

The Markup co-founder Julia Angwin

Channels with Peter Kafka

Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Tv & Film, Business News, News

4.4585 Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2018

⏱️ 51 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Investigative journalist Julia Angwin talks with Recode's Peter Kafka about the Markup, a new data-driven nonprofit media outlet that will investigate the "societal harms of emerging technologies." In this episode: (02:05) What is the Markup?; (03:29) “Data journalism” doesn’t mean what you think it means (05:42) Angwin’s "greatest hits” of investigating Facebook; (08:15) Her background and why she left ProPublica; (14:42) Why is The Markup a nonprofit startup?; (17:21) Asking people for donations and respecting readers’ privacy; (19:50) Craig Newmark and other patrons of journalism; (24:36) People leaving Facebook and the dearth of user data; (26:00) "What They Know," data collection and post-2016 politics; (31:04) Do consumers understand ad tech now? And how much should they care?; (33:10) Testing the Facebook microphone-wiretapping theory; (34:58) Building tools to collect data — for good; (37:15) Crawling Facebook vs. receiving data donations; (40:00) The challenges of reporting on the tech industry; (42:44) “We are not against interesting stories"; (46:26) 🎮 👦🏻 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Today's show was brought to by ZipRecruiter, the presenting sponsor of Recode Media.

0:06.1

ZipRecruiter's powerful technology finds people with the right experience for your job and

0:10.9

actively invites them to apply so you get qualified candidates fast.

0:14.6

And now our listeners can try it for free at ZipRecruiter.com slash Peter.

0:24.3

Today's show is brought to you by Hilton.

0:26.9

Restaurant or room service, what would the boss do?

0:29.6

Either way, the boss would choose Hilton hotels and resorts to get down to business.

0:34.1

And a little pleasure.

0:35.7

Check out Hilton hotels and resorts and travel like the boss.

0:42.9

This is Recode Media with Peter Kafka. That is me. I'm part of the Vox Media Podcast Network here in New York City.

0:49.4

If you like this show, please tell someone else. Thank you. Okay, that's my intro. This is Julia Angwin, who I've known for, we're going to date ourselves, at least a decade. Yeah, let's just go with a decade. You used to work at the Wall Street Journal. I was part of All Things D, which was journal adjacent. Then you, so we kind of competed. You were great, and how many of her Pulitzer's? I did not. You went to ProPublica. You were kicking

1:11.6

ass there, covering Facebook and all sorts of abuses by tech giants and others. And now you have

1:17.1

founded a new company called The Markup, which is a publication to be. Yes, it will begin

1:23.8

publishing news in early 2019. Congratulations.

1:27.8

Thank you.

1:31.7

You announced this week, there's a couple different ways to fund a new publication these days.

1:34.9

You can go ask people for money, actual consumers for money.

1:38.4

That's a lot of people who come on this show, talk about their paywall or subscription strategy.

1:41.8

You can find a very wealthy person to fund your company.

1:43.6

You guys went with Strategy B for now.

1:49.8

Yes, we did. To be clear, we went with the nonprofit philanthropic model. So it's 23 million? Yes.

1:52.5

Seed money? Good seed. 20 that's from Craig Newmark, who most of us know is Craig from

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Vox Media Podcast Network, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Vox Media Podcast Network and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.