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Emily Merritt

Emily Merritt

Emily Merritt graduated summa cum laude from Mount Holyoke College with a B.A. in Linguistics and a minor in Mandarin Chinese. Passionate about technology and education, she has since worked at several EdTech startups in the San Francisco Bay Area, including TenMarks Education, Osmo, and Swivl, with a focus on forwarding the goals and narratives of tech savvy educators. Most recently she has worked as a Product Manager for the Corporate Events Team of a California-based tech giant. At Stanford, she plans to merge her interest in public issues reporting, news content distribution, and the startup landscape. In her spare time she manages STEM programs for kids, is an avid podcast listener, and seeks out opportunities to learn new languages.

AnalysisMarch 18, 2019

Analysis: State of the Union vs. Democrats’ Response

By Emily Merritt

The pool of Democrats running for president in 2020 is quickly broadening. Since the State of the Union address on Feb. 6, six new candidates have thrown their hat into the ring.

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Data Hub, News, SportsFebruary 26, 2019

Advertisers are spending more money on Super Bowl commercials and reaching fewer people

By Emily Merritt

Advertisers who invest in ad spots during the Super Bowl are paying dramatically higher costs year over year, while the number of people they reach by the dollar is steadily decreasing.

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News, TechnologyFebruary 11, 2019

Machine learning explained: How Facebook uses it to learn more about you

By Emily Merritt

Last month, tech writer Kate O’Neill sparked a debate online, with a sarcastic tweet speculating that Facebook’s “Ten Year Challenge” was really a ploy by the social media company to fuel it’s facial recognition machine learning algorithms. Her subsequent

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Business, NewsDecember 17, 2018

Mountain View city, businesses get creative to combat labor shortage

By Emily Merritt

MOUNTAIN VIEW — There’s a labor shortage that’s showing on the facades of downtown Mountain View’s businesses. But shop owners and the city officials have come up with strategies to entice workers — by providing better employee benefits, passing an increase in the minimum wage and developing more affordable housing.

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Election 2018, News, PoliticsNovember 3, 2018

California volunteers mobilize in 2018 midterms to support Democrats across the country

By Emily Merritt

PALO ALTO – Eager new phone bankers arriving at the Democratic Volunteer Center on San Antonio Road in Palo Alto are greeted with a big smile and a question: “Who would you like to make calls for today?”

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Housing + Development, NewsOctober 18, 2018

Cupertino residents divided over shopping mall redevelopment

By Emily Merritt

CUPERTINO — A Bay Area property company has begun demolishing a parking structure at the Vallco shopping mall, the first step towards construction of a new 58-acre mixed-use development that has divided the community.

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