Minds Behind Maps How Bloomberg's Data Scientists use Satellite Images for Reporting: Krishna Karra - MBM78
Krishna Karra is a data scientist & report for Bloomberg, having used machine learning & satellite images for reporting. Recent stories from him & his team include mapping refugee camps in Rafah & exposing illegal ship oil transfers in the middle of the Ocean.
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About Krishna
Shownotes
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- Bloomberg: The Clandestine Oil Shipping Hub Funneling Iranian Crude to China
- Bloomberg: A Detailed Map Shows How Airstrikes and Refugees Reshaped Rafah
- How Radar Satellites See through Clouds (Synthetic Aperture Radar Explained)
- National Land Cover Database (NLCD)
- What Ukraine Has Lost
- Graves in Suda by Joe Morrison
- Jean Martin Bauer on Minds Behind Maps
- Books & Podcast:
- Overstory by Richard Powers (Affiliate Link)
- Ezra Klein Show
Timestamps
(00:00) - Intro
(00:34) - Sponsor: Beemaps
(01:51) - Krishna describes himself
(03:27) - Example stories: Illegal Oil transfers
(05:29) - Stories are the goal
(07:07) - Why publish the data set?
(12:24) - How Journalism has and hasn't changed
(14:04) - How data changes a story
(18:23) - Putting the datasets together
(20:37) - Conveying trust
(24:07) - Showing the limitations of the data
(26:11) - Why is journalism important for satellite data?
(30:14) - News room process
(32:57) - Building custom tools
(38:19) - Timeline of a news story
(39:47) - What Krishna has learned as a data scientist in a news room
(40:49) - Stories that have stuck out
(42:57) - Different ways of showing the data
(44:19) - Krishna's wishlist
(51:12) - Book & podcast recommendation
(53:16) - Paid podcasts & media
(55:19) - Support the podcast on Patreon