Dr. Bette Dam

@BetteDam

Dr. en Journo. Unheard @Towcenter @Columbiajourn. Book on coverage US' most wanted: tinyurl.com/f4bkwv6h TEDTalk: tinyurl.com/tjlrjya

Currently in Amsterdam bettedam.com Joined January 2009

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Dr. Bette Dam @BetteDam Feb 27, 2025

🚨 New project alert! 🚨 The @TowCenter at @columbiajourn & investigative journalist @BetteDam are launching UNHEARD, a groundbreaking AI-driven initiative to audit news sources and uncover overlooked narratives in journalism. 📰🔍 #MediaTransparency

Tow Center @TowCenter Feb 20, 2025

Can LLMs be helpful in creating source audits? The Tow Center helped a reporter who spent 15 years covering Afghanistan identify who got to shape the narrative.
cjr.org/tow_center/unh…
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Dr. Bette Dam @BetteDam Apr 16

Every story begins with a choice: who to listen to.
In times of growing doubt about journalism, returning to this question of sourcing feels urgent.
We’ll workshop in Perugia at the @journalismfest
Unheard’s session: Friday at 11:30. journalismfestival.com/programme-side…

www.journalismfestival.com Whose voice is missing from your story? Let’s test it—together Unheard starts from a simple idea: instead of debating media quality, we can look more closely at how journalism is made—especially who gets to speak. Like an annual check-up, we scan articles for...

Dr. Bette Dam @BetteDam Apr 13

Unfortunately, yes.

Asrar Syeed @AsrarSyeed1 Mar 15

“The first is a promise from Allah. The second is a promise from President Bush. We will see which promise turns out to be true”- Mullah Omar

Read this by @BetteDam ,over the last few days, & what a timing as U.S fights another so called war against “Terror”. #IranWar‌

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Dr. Bette Dam @BetteDam Oct 21, 2025

Kandahar is still without wifi- 4g is so unstable that filling in a form for a visa is not easy. The Kabul area has wifi but it makes one wonder how many other provinces are in the same situation as Kandahar.

Dr. Bette Dam @BetteDam Oct 1, 2025

Follow the flotilla here with live coverage - they have reached the risky zone. The last flotilla was intercepted in this same zone. x.com/i/broadcasts/1…