Transcript Computational Journalism Brad Stenger & Nick Diakopoulos – 7/23/09 – OSCON

Computational Journalism
Content-Plus = Content + Interfaces, Services
Brad Stenger & Nick Diakopoulos – 7/23/09 – OSCON
Crime Mapping
Crime Mapping
LA Times Crime Mapping
LA Times Crime Mapping
Comparing LA and Oakland
Journalism = Q/A
2004
Trends 2004 - 2009
Sketching
Interfaces: Social News Experiences
Interfaces: Analytic Communication
www.videolyzer.com
Interfaces: Social Analytics + Aggregation
INSERT LINK
Interfaces: Automated Analytics
narc.computational-journalism.com
Interfaces: Interactive Visualization
Interfaces: Vis + Social Analytics
Interfaces: Data Visualization Theater
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Data Visualization is a news medium, but an immature one
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CNN uses human narrators to overcome the difficulty users sometimes
have with self-service visualization
Interfaces: Editorial News Games
www.newsgaming.com
Interfaces: News Games
www.audiopuzzler.com
Interfaces: Experience Mining
budgethero.publicradio.org
Interfaces: Mobile Social
Trends 2004 - 2009
Services: Ongoing Context | Feeds
Services: Online Community
Services: Augmentation: Maps
Services: Augmentation: Inventory
Services: Augmentation: Local
Opportunities to Add Value
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4 Dimensions (all simultaneously applicable)
 Social
 Playful
 Productive
 Mobile
A hypothetical new product spectrum:
Productive
Playful
Mobile
Social
Thanks!
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Brad Stenger
 [email protected]
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Nick Diakopoulos
 [email protected]
 http://www.nickdiakopoulos.com
Questions | Comments | Thoughts?