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Thursday, March 12th, 2026

The Role of Non-Journalism Civic Information

The Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism is a research center exploring the ways in which technology is changing journalism, its practice and its consumption — as we seek new ways to judge the reliability, standards, and credibility of information online.

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For more on the key developments of tech platforms affecting publishers, see the Tow Center's Platform Timeline .

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