May 16, 2017 •
Ethics and Quality, Latest stories, Newsroom Management •
by Thomas Schmidt
Imagine you’re a journalist in 2027. You get in your self-driving car and while your personal virtual assistant reads you the headlines, the car’s sensors detect a deterioration in air quality. A quick statistical analysis...
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May 17, 2016 •
Digital News, Latest stories, Recent •
by Andreas Graefe and Mario Haim
Ever since the Associated Press started to fully automate the production of company earnings reports almost two years ago, algorithms that automatically write news stories from structured data have shaken up the news industry. This...
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February 18, 2014 •
Digital News •
by Jenny Dean
This article has been amended. Details below. The Associated Press news agency has developed an open-source tool to help journalists with data mining journalism to assist in original and investigative reporting. Overview, a Web...
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September 15, 2010 •
Digital News •
by Kate Nacy
New report discusses the legality of news aggregators. Likened to barnacles suckling at the underbelly of Industrious Reporting, news aggregators are often faulted for the decline of traditional media, xeroxing (there’s a traditional...
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February 17, 2010 •
Media and Politics, Newsroom Management •
by Kate Nacy
Associated Press agrees to high quota for daily news stories. A deal with Yahoo Finance requires the wire service to produce 500 news stories daily, a figure weighing heavily on reporters, inspiring anxiety and encouraging the production...
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