Sachita Nishal

PhD Candidate, Northwestern University

Publications

Peer-reviewed Papers

Values as Problems, Principles, and Tensions in Sociotechnical System Design for Journalism
Sachita Nishal and Nick Diakopoulos
DIS 2025
🏆 Best Paper Honorable Mention
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Understanding Practices around Computational News Discovery Tools in the Domain of Science Journalism
Sachita Nishal, Jasmine Sinchai and Nick Diakopoulos
CSCW 2024
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From Crowd Ratings to Predictive Models of Newsworthiness to Support Science Journalism
Sachita Nishal and Nick Diakopoulos
CSCW 2022
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Voting with the Stars: Analyzing Partisan Engagement between Celebrities and Politicians in India
Ramaravind Kommiya Mothilal, Dibyendu Mishra, Sachita Nishal, Faisal M. Lalani, Joyojeet Pal
CSCW 2022
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Devotees on an Astroturf: Media, Politics, and Outrage in the Suicide of a Popular Film Star
Syeda Zainab Akbar, Ankur Sharma, Dibyendu Mishra, Ramaravind Kommiya Mothilal, Himani Negi, Sachita Nishal, Anmol Panda, Joyojeet Pal
COMPASS 2022
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DISMISS: Database of Indian Social Media Influencers (Snowballed Sequentially) on Twitter
Arshia Arya, Soham De, Dibyendu Mishra, … , Sachita Nishal, Saloni Dash, S. Shora, Syeda Zainab Akbar, Joyojeet Pal
ICWSM 2022
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Workshops Organized

News Futures: (Re-)Designing Socio-technical Systems for News Production and Consumption
Sachita Nishal, Marianne Aubin Le Quéré, Brian James McInnis, Bronwyn Jones, Kristen Vaccaro, Tanja Aitamurto, Mor Naaman, and Nick Diakopoulos
CHI 2025
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Workshop and Preconference Papers

Designing for Agency in LLM-Infused Writing Support Tools for Science Journalism
Sachita Nishal, Mina Lee, Nick Diakopoulos, and Jennifer Wortman Vaughan
Workshop on Tools for Thought at CHI 2025
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De-jargonizing Science for Journalists with GPT-4: A Pilot Study
Sachita Nishal, Eric Lee and Nick Diakopoulos
Computation+Journalism Symposium 2024
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Domain-Specific Evaluation Strategies for AI in Journalism
Sachita Nishal, Charlotte Li and Nick Diakopoulos
Workshop on Evaluating AI at CHI 2024
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Envisioning the Applications and Implications of Generative AI in the Newsroom
Sachita Nishal and Nick Diakopoulos
Workshop on Generative AI and HCI at CHI 2023

Motivations, Goals, and Pathways for AI Literacy for Journalism
Sachita Nishal and Mandi Cai
Workshop on AI Literacy at CHI 2023
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