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James T. Hamilton is the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and Hearst Professor of Communication at Stanford University. He is the Director of the Stanford Journalism Program and a Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research. Hamilton has published several books, including 'News That’s Fit to Sell' (Princeton, 2004), 'Channeling Violence: Economic Market of Violent Television Programming' (Princeton, 1998), and 'Democracy's Detectives: Economics of Investigative Journalism' (Harvard, 2016), emphasizing the economics of information markets and journalism. His recent work focuses on computational journalism, examining how data algorithms can enhance story discovery. He has received multiple prestigious awards such as the David N. Kershaw Award and the Goldsmith Book Prize from the Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center. Hamilton has taught at Duke University, where he held various positions, including the Charles S. Sydnor Professor of Public Policy. He holds a BA in Economics and Government from Harvard University and a PhD in Economics from Harvard as well.
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