/u/thenewyorktimes's posts in /r/IAmA
We’re Max Fisher and Amanda Taub, writers for The New York Times. We investigated how YouTube’s algorithm, which is built to keep you hooked, can also spread extremism and conspiracies. Ask us anything.
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I’m Jennifer Valentino-DeVries, a tech reporter on the NY Times investigations team that uncovered how companies track and sell location data from smartphones. Ask me anything.
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I'm Jack Nicas, a tech reporter for The New York Times. I investigated con artists who impersonate American servicemen on Facebook and Instagram to scam women. For the story, I traveled to Nigeria to meet these scammers. Ask me anything about Facebook, internet cons and scamming culture in Nigeria.
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I'm Andy Newman, a reporter for The New York Times. I went undercover as a bike deliveryman for DoorDash/ Uber Eats /Postmates. My story prompted DoorDash to drop its policy of sort of keeping customers' tips (though it's more complicated than that). Ask me anything about delivering for food apps.
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I'm Katie Benner, Justice Department reporter for The New York Times. I covered the department's decision not to charge NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo in the death of Eric Garner. Ask me anything about that decision, the public reaction, the Garner case or the Justice Department's civil rights work.
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We’re Stacy Cowley and Jessica Silver-Greenberg, reporters for The New York Times. We investigated how legal and forensic flaws in alcohol breath testing have led to the dismissal of tens of thousands of tests in recent years. Ask us anything.
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I’m Astead W. Herndon, a national political reporter for The New York Times. I spent 3 months reporting on the Sunrise Movement, a group of young climate activists trying to push Democrats to the left ahead of the 2020 election. Ask me anything.
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Hello, I'm Anne Barnard, a New York Times reporter, here to answer your questions about my recent investigation of the Syrian government's sprawling system of torture prisons and my six years covering Syria and the Middle East as The Times's Beirut bureau chief. AMA.
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I'm Barry Meier and for two decades I've chronicled for The New York Times how opioid abuse has ravaged America. Ask me anything.
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