Sam Morris

Graphics Editor

Sam Morris is an editorial designer, art director, and developer who helps make complex stories and issues more accessible.

Before joining The Markup, he worked at The Guardian, on both the product and editorial sides.

His work has earned various awards presented by design and journalism organizations, including D&AD, Webby, The Society for News Design, The Society of Publication Designers, Communication Arts, Information Is Beautiful, and more.

sam@themarkup.org @sammorrisdesign

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Dark Patterns that Mislead Consumers Are All Over the Internet

Think you can tell a dark pattern from an ethically designed prompt? Take our quiz to find out

June 3, 2021 10:00 ET

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News

NYC’s School Algorithms Cement Segregation. This Data Shows How

New numbers show how many students are locked out by the system

May 26, 2021 08:00 ET

Show Your Work

How We Investigated NYC High SchoolAdmissions

New York City schools’ extensive use of screens to choose students is cementingsegregation

May 26, 2021 08:00 ET

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Citizen Browser

Facebook Said It Would Stop Recommending Anti-Vaccine Groups. It Didn’t

As COVID-19 surged, the social media company pointed users to all sorts of anti-vaccine and anti-maskgroups

May 20, 2021 08:00 ET

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Citizen Browser

How Big Pharma Finds Sick Users on Facebook

We found drug ads targeted at users interested in everything from bourbon to therapy

May 6, 2021 08:00 ET

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Citizen Browser

Credit Card Ads Were Targeted by Age, Violating Facebook’s Anti-DiscriminationPolicy

Such ads, along with other age-targeted financial product ads, may violate civil rights laws, attorneys say

April 29, 2021 08:00 ET

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Google the Giant

Google Blocks Advertisers from Targeting Black Lives Matter YouTube Videos

“Black power” and “Black Lives Matter” can't be used to find videos for ads, but “White power” and “White lives matter” were just fine

April 9, 2021 08:00 ET

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How We Discovered Google’s Social Justice Blocklist for YouTube Ad Placements

Despite committing to dismantling systemic racism, YouTube blocks advertisers from using many racial justice and cultural identity terms to target videos for ads

April 9, 2021 08:00 ET

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Show Your WorkGoogle the Giant

How We Discovered Google’s Hate Blocklist for Ad Placements on YouTube

We got under the hood of Google Ads and found poorly executed limitations meant to hide hate YouTube videos and channels fromadvertisers

April 8, 2021 08:00 ET

Google the Giant

Google Has a Secret Blocklist that Hides YouTube Hate Videos from Advertisers—But It’s Full of Holes

Many well-known White supremacist and White nationalist terms and slogans were not blocked

April 8, 2021 08:00 ET

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