Hello, my name is Aisvarya!
I am a computational journalist at Tow Center for Digital Journalism, studying the uses and impact of AI tools in journalism.
I am also a grantee in Brown Institute’s 2024-25 Magic Grant cohort, building PollFinder.ai.
RECENTLY PUBLISHED WORK
AI Search has a Citation Problem
TOW CENTER FOR DIGITAL JOURNALISM | experiment-design, analysis, writing, graphics
TOW CENTER FOR DIGITAL JOURNALISM | experiment-design, analysis, writing, graphics
How ChatGPT Search (Mis)represents Publisher Content
TOW CENTER FOR DIGITAL JOURNALISM | experiment-design, analysis, writing, graphics
TOW CENTER FOR DIGITAL JOURNALISM | experiment-design, analysis, writing, graphics
On Musk, Grok, and the Press
COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW | data analysis
COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW | data analysis
Platforms and Publishers Timeline
Tow Center for Digital Journalism | design, front-end
Tow Center for Digital Journalism | design, front-end
Presentations
OA, Attribution, and Addressing Faculty AI Concerns
May 2025 | SPARC
May 2025 | SPARC
Can LLMs Extract Transparency Metrics from Text Descriptions of Polling Methods
MAY 2025 | American Association for Public Opinion Research
MAY 2025 | American Association for Public Opinion Research
Using Large Language Models to Help Newsrooms Aggregate Polls For the 2024 Election
Oct 2024 | Computation + Journalism Symposium
Oct 2024 | Computation + Journalism Symposium
(Panel) Editing AI-powered Journalism | What We Have Learned So Far
SEPT 2024 | AI and the newsroom: Navigating what’s next (Organized by Tow Center for Digital Journalism)
SEPT 2024 | AI and the newsroom: Navigating what’s next (Organized by Tow Center for Digital Journalism)
PAST WORK
Balancing the Books- Creating Equitable Library Funding in Ohio
COLUMBIA JOURNALISM SCHOOL
COLUMBIA JOURNALISM SCHOOL
Fear and Luminescence on a New York Bike Trail
COLUMBIA JOURNALISM SCHOOL
COLUMBIA JOURNALISM SCHOOL
From PHAT to DEADASS- An Analysis of Slang in the NYT Crossword
COLUMBIA JOURNALISM SCHOOL
COLUMBIA JOURNALISM SCHOOL
The F-Word
COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW
COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW