Key donors to The Markup, a non-profit technology news website set to launch later this year, said in a statement Wednsday that they intend “to reassess our support” after co-founder and editor-in-chief Julia Angwin said she was “forced out,” and at least five staff writers resigned in protest.
“We remain committed to the mission of The Markup, which is to focus on data-driven journalism covering the ethics and impact of technology on society,” read the statement, credited to six donors and posted to Twitter by Craigslist founder Craig Newmark and the MacArthur Foundation. “At this time we believe it is necessary to reassess our support and we are taking steps to do so.”
Newmark is The Markup’s lead donor, according to Crunchbase. The statement is also attributed to the Ethics and Governance of Artificial Intelligence Initiative, the Ford Foundation, John S and James L Knight Foundation, and the Open Society Foundations.
“We remain committed to the mission of The Markup, which is to focus on data-driven journalism covering the ethics and impact of technology on society,” read the statement, credited to six donors and posted to Twitter by Craigslist founder Craig Newmark and the MacArthur Foundation. “At this time we believe it is necessary to reassess our support and we are taking steps to do so.”
Newmark is The Markup’s lead donor, according to Crunchbase. The statement is also attributed to the Ethics and Governance of Artificial Intelligence Initiative, the Ford Foundation, John S and James L Knight Foundation, and the Open Society Foundations.
- 4/25/2019
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
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