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Algorithms and journalisms, part two

Earlier I wrote a piece about using algorithms to help with your journalism, spurred on by this piece in Wired. Now I want to cover more the area that the piece mentions: Using algorithms to actually write stories. Read more – ‘Algorithms and journalisms, part two’.

Algorithms and journalisms, part one

This morning a story from Wired made the homepage of Hacker News. It was about a company that can take in data, run it through a program and spit out a basic news story. The company has been written about before, and when it first bounced around journalism blog-o-circle-sphericals I had meant to write something about it. This company is doing what we should be doing more of: Automation. Read more – ‘Algorithms and journalisms, part one’.

Stop Calling It A Blog, Please

News organizations, can we all do ourselves a favor? We should stop calling things "blogs." I know, that probably stings a little, but let me try and explain why. Read more – ‘Stop Calling It A Blog, Please’.

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