In this episode, Manasi and Sualeha sit down with Jackie Snow, a freelance journalist with words, photos, and videos published by The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and National Geographic. Previously, Jackie has also served as an Associate Video Producer at Fast Company, an Associate Director of Artificial Intelligence at MIT Tech Review, and an AI Business Reporter at the Messenger.

We kick off the episode by discussing Jackie’s overarching views on journalism through the vast multitude of styles and projects she’s worked on; diving into a deeper discussion of her early articles as an intern at the Atlantic, on topics like Apple’s patents in 2012 and Turkey’s startup ecosystem. We then shift to Jackie’s work in multimedia journalism and her projects at Fast Company, as well as the process of transitioning to MIT Tech Review where she began to focus more on AI-based pieces in 2017.

Later on the episode, Jackie shares more about her experience joining The Messenger, a nonpartisan digital media startup with a $50 million initial funding round, and walks us through her experience with its abrupt shutdown 8 months in, navigating a very unexpected event in the journalism world, and her consequent decision to pursue freelance journalism. We then wrap up the episode by discussing Jackie’s current work, focused on AI journalism, and how she weaves in narrative components to tell more grounded technological stories. At the end of the episode, Jackie shares more about her experience as a prior DC Books to Prisons Board Member and the importance of bringing books to incarcerated people.

Jackie’s Website: https://jackiesnow.co/