Social Media and Politics
How Political Influencer Campaigns Actually Work
In February 2020, a run of oddly earnest posts appeared on some of the biggest meme accounts on Instagram, each one asking...
Editor
Lena ran the website of a regional newspaper during the 2008 primaries and has followed online campaigning ever since. She edits the blog and writes about social platforms and civic tech.
Social Media and Politics
In February 2020, a run of oddly earnest posts appeared on some of the biggest meme accounts on Instagram, each one asking...
Online Video
Every election season my inbox fills with the same kind of message from friends and former newsroom colleagues: a 20 second...
Games
Fog of war is one of the oldest ideas in strategy gaming.
Games
A spectator mode lets people watch a match they are not playing, and over the last decade it quietly became one of the most...
Political Ads
You scroll past a political ad and it feels as if it was written for you, naming an issue you care about in language that fits...
Games
Every competitive game with a tournament ladder has to answer a quiet question before a single match is played.