
Hello World
The Color of Data
Dyeing fabric might seem like the farthest thing from data journalism, but one artist used it to try to quantify pollution in her community
Big Tech Is Watching You. We’re Watching Big Tech.
Maddy Varner was an investigative data journalist for The Markup. She left in May 2023.
Maddy extracts datasets from public documents and databases to help build a more concrete understanding of how organizations use technology to predict and affect behavior—and the problems in those assumptions.
Before The Markup, she was a researcher at ProPublica, where she was on a team that won a Loeb Award for Beat Reporting in 2017 for “Monetizing Hate,” a series of stories that examined Facebook’s ad practices.
Hello World
Dyeing fabric might seem like the farthest thing from data journalism, but one artist used it to try to quantify pollution in her community
Show Your WorkInvestigation
Year after year, White people have been rated highly “vulnerable” more often than Black people
Investigation
An investigation by The Markup found racial disparities in L.A.’s intake system for unhoused people
Story Recipes
The survey we investigated was also used in dozens of other cities and counties, according to its creators. Here are our tips for looking into it
Working for an Algorithm
An investigation by The Markup found that Uber is slow to respond to law enforcement requests, leaving drivers vulnerable to repeated attacks
Working for an Algorithm
Meanwhile, Uber confirms 24,000 alleged physical assaults and threatened assaults against its drivers from 2017 to 2020
Citizen Browser
The ads appear as the company faces criticism for limiting content about medication abortions
The Breakdown
Georgia and Alabama laws say gig workers won’t be considered employees
The Breakdown
Turns out, it depends on who you are
News
The bill, backed by the two companies, would prevent drivers from receiving some employee benefits
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