Miguel Dobrich
@migueldobrich.bsky.social
Journalist and educator based in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Founder of Dobcast and Amenaza Roboto (@amenazaroboto.bsky.social).
2024 & 2023 Pulitzer Center grantee. Oxford Climate Journalism Network alum. 2018 Tow-Knight Fellow.
Founder of Dobcast and Amenaza Roboto (@amenazaroboto.bsky.social).
2024 & 2023 Pulitzer Center grantee. Oxford Climate Journalism Network alum. 2018 Tow-Knight Fellow.
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Miguel Dobrich
@migueldobrich.bsky.social
· Nov 30
Smaller newsrooms can address topics that legacy and larger media organizations may overlook. At Amenaza Roboto we try to fill that gap by running Uruguay’s sole data and climate journalism vertical.
You can read our latest investigation in English, Español, and Português.
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You can read our latest investigation in English, Español, and Português.
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arXiv will no longer accept review articles and position papers unless they have been accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
Attention Authors: Updated Practice for Review Articles and Position Papers in arXiv CS Category – arXiv blog
blog.arxiv.org
November 3, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Honored to be a @pulitzercenter.org AI Accountability Fellow — and inspired by the amazing journalists in this cohort.
Grateful to celebrate with the @amenazaroboto.bsky.social team & the @newmarkjplus.bsky.social, @nationalacademies.org & @schmidtsciences.bsky.social communities.
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Grateful to celebrate with the @amenazaroboto.bsky.social team & the @newmarkjplus.bsky.social, @nationalacademies.org & @schmidtsciences.bsky.social communities.
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Please welcome Uruguay’s Miguel Dobrich, founder and editor-in-chief of @amenazaroboto.bsky.social, to the fourth cohort of AI Accountability Fellows.
@migueldobrich.bsky.social's award-winning journalism focuses on climate, data, and science.
👉 bit.ly/25AIaccF
@migueldobrich.bsky.social's award-winning journalism focuses on climate, data, and science.
👉 bit.ly/25AIaccF
October 27, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Honored to be a @pulitzercenter.org AI Accountability Fellow — and inspired by the amazing journalists in this cohort.
Grateful to celebrate with the @amenazaroboto.bsky.social team & the @newmarkjplus.bsky.social, @nationalacademies.org & @schmidtsciences.bsky.social communities.
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Grateful to celebrate with the @amenazaroboto.bsky.social team & the @newmarkjplus.bsky.social, @nationalacademies.org & @schmidtsciences.bsky.social communities.
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Grateful for these inspiring days at the IMMAA Conference hosted by the American University in Cairo.
We shared @amenazaroboto.bsky.social's work, showing how open methodologies and educational resources can help journalists innovate and strengthen climate and data-driven accountability.
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We shared @amenazaroboto.bsky.social's work, showing how open methodologies and educational resources can help journalists innovate and strengthen climate and data-driven accountability.
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October 22, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Grateful for these inspiring days at the IMMAA Conference hosted by the American University in Cairo.
We shared @amenazaroboto.bsky.social's work, showing how open methodologies and educational resources can help journalists innovate and strengthen climate and data-driven accountability.
🌎🌏🌍🤖✊
We shared @amenazaroboto.bsky.social's work, showing how open methodologies and educational resources can help journalists innovate and strengthen climate and data-driven accountability.
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Don’t miss tomorrow’s panel: “Reinventing Journalism from the Global South: Innovation, Data, and Sustainability Beyond the Ad Model.” We’ll explore how innovation and open data can power a new kind of journalism.
Join us at the IMMAA Conference!
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cc @amenazaroboto.bsky.social
@pulitzercenter.org
Join us at the IMMAA Conference!
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cc @amenazaroboto.bsky.social
@pulitzercenter.org
October 18, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Don’t miss tomorrow’s panel: “Reinventing Journalism from the Global South: Innovation, Data, and Sustainability Beyond the Ad Model.” We’ll explore how innovation and open data can power a new kind of journalism.
Join us at the IMMAA Conference!
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cc @amenazaroboto.bsky.social
@pulitzercenter.org
Join us at the IMMAA Conference!
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cc @amenazaroboto.bsky.social
@pulitzercenter.org
R.I.P. D'Angelo.
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Me And Those Dreamin' Eyes Of Mine
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October 14, 2025 at 9:27 PM
R.I.P. D'Angelo.
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New #OSINT toolkit for investigating vessels!
We’ve put together a toolkit on how journalists can use OSINT for vessel tracking ⛴️🛳️.
We share practical tips on how to: map a vessel’s identifiers, understand its corporate structure, and more! 👇 bit.ly/4nRdqNK
We’ve put together a toolkit on how journalists can use OSINT for vessel tracking ⛴️🛳️.
We share practical tips on how to: map a vessel’s identifiers, understand its corporate structure, and more! 👇 bit.ly/4nRdqNK
How To Track Ships Like a Pro Using OSINT (Part I)
Knowing how to track ships helps journalists uncover hidden stories and hold wrongdoers accountable. From drug trafficking and illegal fishing to the smuggling of goods and weapons, maritime...
bit.ly
October 9, 2025 at 6:54 PM
New #OSINT toolkit for investigating vessels!
We’ve put together a toolkit on how journalists can use OSINT for vessel tracking ⛴️🛳️.
We share practical tips on how to: map a vessel’s identifiers, understand its corporate structure, and more! 👇 bit.ly/4nRdqNK
We’ve put together a toolkit on how journalists can use OSINT for vessel tracking ⛴️🛳️.
We share practical tips on how to: map a vessel’s identifiers, understand its corporate structure, and more! 👇 bit.ly/4nRdqNK
Reposted by Miguel Dobrich
Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91
Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91
Jane Goodall Institute says ‘tireless advocate’ for natural world died in California during US speaking tour
The world-renowned primatologist Jane Goodall has died at the age of 91, her institute has said.
The Jane Goodall Institute announced that she had passed away of natural causes while in California as part of a US speaking tour. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91
Big fan of Jenn’s work. Always rigorous, always insightful. A must-read (and must-see) 👇
September 28, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Big fan of Jenn’s work. Always rigorous, always insightful. A must-read (and must-see) 👇
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LinkedIn user? Starting November 3 posts will be used to train their AI.
Unless you opt out, actively.
Your text, your data, your choice! This should have been an opt-in, not op-out.
Unless you opt out, actively.
Your text, your data, your choice! This should have been an opt-in, not op-out.
September 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
LinkedIn user? Starting November 3 posts will be used to train their AI.
Unless you opt out, actively.
Your text, your data, your choice! This should have been an opt-in, not op-out.
Unless you opt out, actively.
Your text, your data, your choice! This should have been an opt-in, not op-out.
I have just learned of the passing of Hermeto Pascoal. Rest in peace, mestre. An immense and irreplaceable loss. My deepest condolences and love to my brothers and sisters in Brazil.
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Spotify – Web Player
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September 15, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I have just learned of the passing of Hermeto Pascoal. Rest in peace, mestre. An immense and irreplaceable loss. My deepest condolences and love to my brothers and sisters in Brazil.
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Sponsors of the National Academies help support a wide range of projects and activities — including workshops, roundtables, fellowship programs, and much more.
Learn more about working with the National Academies: buff.ly/F1Uh967
Learn more about working with the National Academies: buff.ly/F1Uh967
September 13, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Sponsors of the National Academies help support a wide range of projects and activities — including workshops, roundtables, fellowship programs, and much more.
Learn more about working with the National Academies: buff.ly/F1Uh967
Learn more about working with the National Academies: buff.ly/F1Uh967
So I guess antitrust isn't a thing anymore, huh?
a cartoon character from looney tunes is standing on a rock
ALT: a cartoon character from looney tunes is standing on a rock
media.tenor.com
September 11, 2025 at 8:32 PM
So I guess antitrust isn't a thing anymore, huh?
"Because that infrastructure was the people" 🙌
This is such an important thread, but this post really made me sad, because the broader scholarly infrastructure has (been) eroded to the point that knowledge exchange simply can't exist in the way it used to and there's little that journals can do about it.
Because that infrastructure was people.
Because that infrastructure was people.
Editors are trying their best to maintain the scholarly infrastructures of knowledge exchange. It's not easy or feasible for most to set up open access elsewhere. Our journals, whatever their myriad faults, have helped sustain fields over years and decades.
September 7, 2025 at 3:39 AM
"Because that infrastructure was the people" 🙌
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The Computation+Journalism Symposium will take place on December 11-12 at the University of Miami. Join us: cplusj2025.com
The deadline to submit a talk, workshop, or panel is September 7th: cplusj2025.com/submissions/
We've already announced several speakers. More coming soon!
The deadline to submit a talk, workshop, or panel is September 7th: cplusj2025.com/submissions/
We've already announced several speakers. More coming soon!
August 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The Computation+Journalism Symposium will take place on December 11-12 at the University of Miami. Join us: cplusj2025.com
The deadline to submit a talk, workshop, or panel is September 7th: cplusj2025.com/submissions/
We've already announced several speakers. More coming soon!
The deadline to submit a talk, workshop, or panel is September 7th: cplusj2025.com/submissions/
We've already announced several speakers. More coming soon!
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Call for Papers:
Special Issue of Global Media and China
AI and its Environmental and Labour Implications: China and Beyond
journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/PD...
Special Issue of Global Media and China
AI and its Environmental and Labour Implications: China and Beyond
journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/PD...
journals.sagepub.com
August 28, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Call for Papers:
Special Issue of Global Media and China
AI and its Environmental and Labour Implications: China and Beyond
journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/PD...
Special Issue of Global Media and China
AI and its Environmental and Labour Implications: China and Beyond
journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/PD...
🚆 Great data journalism by @suryamattu.com, @agordon.me & @mariepastora.bsky.social: NJ Transit Is NYC’s Least Reliable Commuter Rail — By a Long Shot.
Analysis of real-time data (190,000+ trains) shows NJT riders face service disruptions 6× more than other NYC commuter rails.
Analysis of real-time data (190,000+ trains) shows NJT riders face service disruptions 6× more than other NYC commuter rails.
NJ Transit Is NYC’s Least Reliable Commuter Rail — By a Long Shot
An analysis of real-time train data shows its passengers face major service disruptions at six times the rate of riders on other NYC commuter railways.
www.bloomberg.com
August 26, 2025 at 1:26 AM
🚆 Great data journalism by @suryamattu.com, @agordon.me & @mariepastora.bsky.social: NJ Transit Is NYC’s Least Reliable Commuter Rail — By a Long Shot.
Analysis of real-time data (190,000+ trains) shows NJT riders face service disruptions 6× more than other NYC commuter rails.
Analysis of real-time data (190,000+ trains) shows NJT riders face service disruptions 6× more than other NYC commuter rails.
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So much think-piecing and op-ed'ing about data centers. I wish folks knew that some scholars have been studying these things — as real estate, as geopolitical battlegrounds, as ecological disasters — for a decade+. Mél Hogan, Alix Johnson, Ingrid Burrington, Jen Holt, Patrick Brodie, et al
The making of critical data center studies - Dustin Edwards, Zane Griffin Talley Cooper, Mél Hogan, 2025
In this article, the authors demonstrate how the data center has become a key site, object, and metaphor for interdisciplinary scholarship of the internet. Whil...
journals.sagepub.com
August 24, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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Just learned of Leonard Tow’s passing. Grateful to have met him as a Tow-Knight Fellow. His vision and generosity left a lasting mark on many journalists. Here’s @jeffjarvis.bsky.social’s column in his honor:
buzzmachine.com/2025/08/12/l...
buzzmachine.com/2025/08/12/l...
Len Tow — BuzzMachine
We have lost a most generous soul. I have lost a benefactor, mentor, and friend. Leonard Tow died Sunday at age 97. Len held a PhD in economic...
buzzmachine.com
August 14, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Just learned of Leonard Tow’s passing. Grateful to have met him as a Tow-Knight Fellow. His vision and generosity left a lasting mark on many journalists. Here’s @jeffjarvis.bsky.social’s column in his honor:
buzzmachine.com/2025/08/12/l...
buzzmachine.com/2025/08/12/l...
They found Alec Luhn alive! I’m not a man of faith, but thank God.
www.vg.no/nyheter/i/B0...
www.vg.no/nyheter/i/B0...
Savnede Alec Luhn (38) funnet i live
– Vi er veldig, veldig glade! Tusen takk til alle i Norge som har bidratt til å finne ham, sier kona Veronika Silchenko til VG.
www.vg.no
August 6, 2025 at 12:10 PM
They found Alec Luhn alive! I’m not a man of faith, but thank God.
www.vg.no/nyheter/i/B0...
www.vg.no/nyheter/i/B0...
My heart is with Alec Luhn, missing in Norway’s Folgefonna national park. Hoping with everything that he’s found safe and sound soon. 🙏
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Rescuers in Norway resume search for journalist missing in wilderness
Bad weather hampers search for Alec Luhn after he set out for solo hike in remote Folgefonna national park
www.theguardian.com
August 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
My heart is with Alec Luhn, missing in Norway’s Folgefonna national park. Hoping with everything that he’s found safe and sound soon. 🙏
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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Have you checked out our educational resources?
¿Conocés los recursos educativos de #AmenazaRoboto?
🎯 "From Data To Action" - "De los datos a la acción"
This project was carried out through the ISF @pulitzercenter.bsky.social.
amenazaroboto.com/from-data-to...
¿Conocés los recursos educativos de #AmenazaRoboto?
🎯 "From Data To Action" - "De los datos a la acción"
This project was carried out through the ISF @pulitzercenter.bsky.social.
amenazaroboto.com/from-data-to...
From Data To Action
Welcome to a space designed to provide access to educational resources that promote climate data journalism. Here, you can download our guide and explore tutorial videos. Learn how to use open data to...
amenazaroboto.com
July 29, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Have you checked out our educational resources?
¿Conocés los recursos educativos de #AmenazaRoboto?
🎯 "From Data To Action" - "De los datos a la acción"
This project was carried out through the ISF @pulitzercenter.bsky.social.
amenazaroboto.com/from-data-to...
¿Conocés los recursos educativos de #AmenazaRoboto?
🎯 "From Data To Action" - "De los datos a la acción"
This project was carried out through the ISF @pulitzercenter.bsky.social.
amenazaroboto.com/from-data-to...
Still feeling grateful for the honor. Thanks again to @scicommexcellence.nationalacademies.org, @schmidtsciences.bsky.social, and the amazing team @amenazaroboto.bsky.social — especially my dear friend and data jedi @gabrielfarias.bsky.social, co-author of the awarded investigation.
@migueldobrich.bsky.social is a journalist, educator, and digital entrepreneur based in Uruguay. He's also the CEO and Editor-in-chief of Amenaza Roboto, a science and technology news website that hosts Uruguay's only data and climate journalism vertical. He shared a few of his #BTS moments with us.
July 23, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Still feeling grateful for the honor. Thanks again to @scicommexcellence.nationalacademies.org, @schmidtsciences.bsky.social, and the amazing team @amenazaroboto.bsky.social — especially my dear friend and data jedi @gabrielfarias.bsky.social, co-author of the awarded investigation.
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@migueldobrich.bsky.social is a journalist, educator, and digital entrepreneur based in Uruguay. He's also the CEO and Editor-in-chief of Amenaza Roboto, a science and technology news website that hosts Uruguay's only data and climate journalism vertical. He shared a few of his #BTS moments with us.
July 22, 2025 at 3:42 PM
@migueldobrich.bsky.social is a journalist, educator, and digital entrepreneur based in Uruguay. He's also the CEO and Editor-in-chief of Amenaza Roboto, a science and technology news website that hosts Uruguay's only data and climate journalism vertical. He shared a few of his #BTS moments with us.
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The Maintainers have released their “Maintainers Study Guide: A Guide to Ground Your Practice in Principles of Maintenance, Repair + Care” — a resource that “reflects nearly a decade of work” across The Maintainers’ conferences, fellowships, research networks, etc
themaintainers.org/study-guide/
themaintainers.org/study-guide/
July 10, 2025 at 1:05 AM
The Maintainers have released their “Maintainers Study Guide: A Guide to Ground Your Practice in Principles of Maintenance, Repair + Care” — a resource that “reflects nearly a decade of work” across The Maintainers’ conferences, fellowships, research networks, etc
themaintainers.org/study-guide/
themaintainers.org/study-guide/
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"The artificial intelligence boom means the Environment Agency has no idea how much water England will be short of in future decades, as datacentres do not have to report how much they are using to cool their servers."
AI boom means regulator cannot predict future water shortages in England
Datacentres, which do not have to report amount of water used to cool servers, leave Environment Agency with no idea of shortfalls
www.theguardian.com
June 18, 2025 at 11:32 AM
"The artificial intelligence boom means the Environment Agency has no idea how much water England will be short of in future decades, as datacentres do not have to report how much they are using to cool their servers."