Weiland is a Stanford Graduate Fellow, Graduate Public Service Fellow, and second year doctoral student in the Communication Department at Stanford University. Her research focuses on the intersection of American journalism and digital technologies. Her work is specifically focused on investigating how rapidly evolving networked technologies impact the creation and delivery of a public good, journalism and a free press, and how these changes impact the conditions for democratic participation and media accountability. To that end, her work engages with journalists, citizens, and activists to achieve media reform. Before joining Stanford’s Communication Department, Weiland worked at Media Matters for America as a Research Project Manager. She has a BA in Political Science and Cinema & Media Studies from Carleton College.