I have provided expert commentary and analysis for various forms of journalism and public outreach. I have worked on breaking news stories reported in the New York Times, provided analysis for ITV’s Election Night coverage and offered my own expert insight across different media forms across newspapers, TV and radio.
A list follows below, it is broken down by journalism based upon my research, or my commentary used within journalism.
Journalism based upon my research
- US election: Huge clue suggests possible Donald Trump victory despite polls favouring Biden win. New Zealand Herald. 30th October, 2020.
- Commentary: Who’s winning the social media race – Trump or Biden? Channel News Asia. 14th October, 2020.
- ITV Election Night coverage. ITV News. 12/13th December, 2019.
- Spending on Facebook political ads reveals ‘complicated battleground’ as Hull heads to the polls. Hull Live. 12th December, 2019.
- UPDATE 1-Thousands of UK political ads missing from Facebook archive searches. CNBC News. 10th December, 2019.
- Thousands of UK Political Ads Went Missing From Facebook Archive Searches. New York Times. 10th December, 2019.
- Political ads disappear from Facebook tracking tool in ‘catastrophic loss’ for transparency campaigners. The Independent. 10th December, 2019.
- Researchers fear ‘catastrophe’ as political ads ‘disappear’ from Facebook library. Sky News. 10th December, 2019.
- The Big Brexit Bet That Isn’t Paying Off. Bloomberg Opinion. 6th December, 2019. Using research I undertook for Who Targets Me on Liberal Democrat marginals.
- The Tories are using Facebook to wipe out the Lib Dem vote. Wired. 7th December, 2019. Using research I undertook for Who Targets Me on Conservative targeting.
- Tories hiding Boris Johnson from London voters in Facebook adverts. Evening Standard. 4th December, 2019.
This story was based upon research I had undertaken into Conservative targeting, you can read it here and here.
- lo fi boriswave: Why are the Conservatives posting 71-minute hypnotic videos to YouTube? New Statesman. 26th November, 2019.
- Voters ‘used as lab rats’ in political Facebook adverts, warn analysts. Observer/Guardian. 9th November, 2019.
- Facebook is restricting search results – is this taking transparency seriously. The Conversation. April 11th, 2018.
- Facebook risks starting a war on knowledge. The Conversation. August 17th, 2018.
Journalism features
- Big tech’s ‘uneven’ and confusing political advertising rules under fire. The Telegraph. 3rd November 2020.
- US Election Day 2020. BBC World News. 3rd November 2020.
- Social Media and Section 230. BBC World Service. 28th October, 2020.
- Saturday Morning Show. Voice of Islam Radio. 17th October, 2020.
- Twitter hacked content policy change. BBC World News. 16th October, 2020.
- PayPal shut down a COVID-19 conspiracy theorist’s account after they crowdfunded almost $30,000 from supporters – but YouTube won’t take down their videos. Business Insider. October 7th, 2020.
- Glastonbury Facebook group anti-vaccine content. BBC Radio Somerset. 1st October 2020.
- COVID-19 has triggered a new wave of conspiracy theories among those who fear a ‘cashless society’. Business Insider. 31st July 2020.
- Trump ads on Facebook claiming ‘TikTok is spying on you’ reached up to 5 million Americans and targeted younger voters. Business Insider. 24th July 2020.
- LIVE! Social Media & Global Politics with Sree. Scroll.in. 6th July, 2020.
- Sky News with Colin Brazier. 17th June, 2020.
- How the Conservatives won the social media campaign. The Economist. 16th January, 2020.
- General Election 2019: Labour presented a more optimistic social media campaign than the Conservatives, but it failed to translate to voters. iNews. 13th December, 2019.
- The real impact of political ads on social media. The Drum. 12th December, 2019.
- Iain Dale show. LBC. 11th December, 2019.
- Jeremy Corbyn has reached nearly 650k people online – and reached beyond his base. The Mirror. 11th December, 2019.
- Facebook charges more for ads that aim to cross the political divide. New Scientist. 11th December, 2019.
- Interview on BBC Radio Hereford and Worcester. 11th December, 2019.
- A Tory social media blitz is taking over Facebook and YouTube. The Telegraph, 10th December, 2019.
- Snapchat enjoys a bump in political advertising. Financial Times, 8th December, 2019.
- UK election: parties take battle for ideas to social media. France 24 via AFP. 7th December, 2019. This article via the Agence France-Presse also featured internationally via Gulf News, Malay Mail, IstoÉ Dinheiro, La Libre Belgium ans El Universal.
- UK Election: The main parties embrace a local digital strategy to win over voters. First Draft News. November 23rd, 2019.
- UK Election: How political parties are targeting voters on Facebook, Google and Snapchat ads. First Draft News. November 14th, 2019.
- Drive-time Facebook campaign report. BBC Radio Bristol. 21st November, 2019.
- Report on Facebook advertising – BBC North East and Cumbria. 4th December, 2019.
- Report on A/B testing. Channel 5 News. November 20th, 2019
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