January 1, 2012
Posted by Jennifer Valentino
Portfolio
Writing and Reporting
‘Stingray’ Phone Tracker Fuels Constitutional Clash
A Page One story on law-enforcement use of cellphone-tracking devices and the questions they raise about technology and Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable searches
Race Is On to ‘Fingerprint’ Phones, PCs
With my editor, Julia Angwin, a Page One story on the new use of “device fingerprinting” to develop profiles of people for advertising purposes, part of the Journal’s “What They Know” series on digital privacy
Using the iPad to Connect
A Technology Journal story on parents using the iPad in speech therapy for their children
‘Nerd Lobby’ Shows Muscle in Debate Over Piracy Bills
A post for the Journal’s Digits blog
How to Avoid the Prying Eyes
One in a series of “how-to” articles for the Journal’s “What They Know” series
Does a Stock by Any Other Name Smell as Sweet?
A C1 (Money & Investing cover) story on ticker symbols (available for WSJ.com subscribers here)
Online Projects
The Surveillance Catalog
A look at a trove of marketing materials from the burgeoning “off the shelf” surveillance industry
The @whattheyknow Twitter account
Using social media to provide information and encourage debate on digital privacy, as part of the “What They Know” series
A Week on Foursquare
An analysis of check-ins on location-sharing service Foursquare, comparing the tech scenes in New York and San Francisco.
State Unemployment Graphic
Tracking unemployment figures by state
Jen in Translation {樊珍婷}
A blog from my studies in China that includes examples of video and audio production (note: uses a few Chinese characters)
Samples of editing are not posted here because they inherently involve other people’s work.
