In recent years, some news organizations have been applying algorithms to automatically generate news. For example, the Associated Press has started to automate the production of its quarterly corporate earnings reports. News organizations are using automation to create content on a large scale to save time and money and …
With the ubiquity of personal mobile phones and the low cost of data, Mobile Instant Messaging applications have become popular with ordinary citizens and professionals. WhatsApp, one of the MIM applications, is growing rapidly, allowing its users to send and receive not only text but …
The data journalists use in their reporting often comes from sources like large government agencies, but concerns arise over whether this “black-boxed” data decreases on-the-ground reporting and local source cultivation. Wilson Lowrey, professor in the Department of Journalism and Creative Media at the University of Alabama, Ryan Broussard, assistant professor …
