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Emily Saltz

Emily Saltz

Product and UX leader with a focus on misinformation and social impact

New York, NY
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Brooklyn, NY
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Joined March 2026
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Summary

Emily Saltz is a dedicated Product and UX leader with extensive experience in driving product success and business operations in technology companies like Datavant and Bevi. Her career demonstrates a strong ability to manage and optimize complex processes, from supply chain analysis at Just Salad to leading product success teams. rocketreach+1
She possesses a significant background in user experience (UX) research and design, particularly within the realm of media, misinformation, and online platforms. Her work at Jigsaw (Google) and The New York Times R&D Lab highlights her expertise in developing strategies for media verification, labeling manipulated content, and designing prosocial comment experiences to combat online harms and promote healthy digital ecosystems. emilysaltz+5
Emily combines her business acumen with a creative and speculative design approach, exploring the intersection of technology, art, and societal impact. Her projects include generative music specials, AI art installations, and interactive experiences that delve into critical questions surrounding AI, accessibility, and human interaction with digital systems. emilysaltz+3
Her academic foundation in Economics and Environmental Studies from Brown University, coupled with an MBA from Harvard Business School, provides her with a unique interdisciplinary perspective. She applies this to her work, addressing complex problems like misinformation through user-centered design and data-driven insights. rocketreach+2

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Writing

Re-Ranking News Comments by Constructiveness and Openness to Dialogue

January 1, 2024

This paper explores how re-ranking news comments based on constructiveness and openness to dialogue can impact user engagement and understanding. Authored by Emily Saltz from Google Jigsaw.

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Misinformation interventions are common, divisive, and poorly understood

October 1, 2021

This article describes a representative sample of the American public’s attitudes towards and experiences with online platform responses to misinformation, or “interventions.” It uses survey data to understand how the public experiences and interprets misinformation interventions on social media, and how different traits predict attitudes towards these interventions.

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Speech Recognition for Media: It’s Not All About Accuracy

A call for publishers to consider the benefits of imperfect machine-generated transcripts.

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Potato is a Mass Noun

A newsletter about language, life, and technology.

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Using Speech Technology for Political Analysis

A project by the Pop Up Archive team to analyze how text analysis tools can bring insight about speech patterns and key topics in an Oakland mayoral race.

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Prototyping With Data: Visualizing Environmental Triggers Of Asthma

A blog post about exploratory data visualization of asthma triggers for an asthma service design interface.

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Hobbies

Produces a generative music special called ALGOBOG for her weekly radio show Discobog on WFMU, featuring live AI-generated audio and visuals. emilysaltz+2

Engages in art and speculative design, exploring themes of AI art creation, sound installations, and interactive experiences. emilysaltz+1