Computational Journalism Research Project
Computational journalism can be defined as the application
of computation to the activities of journalism such as information gathering,
organization, sense-making, communication and dissemination of news
information, while upholding values of journalism such as accuracy and
verifiability.[1] The field draws on technical aspects of computer science
including artificial intelligence, content analysis (NLP, vision, audition),
visualization, personalization and recommender systems as well as aspects of
social computing and information science.
Week 1-4
(Insert work I SHOULD have done here.)
Week 5
Preliminary data gathering.
Joined Stanford Computational Journalism Lab email newsletter
http://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2011/10/131400-computational-journalism/fulltext
http://news.stanford.edu/news/2015/march/hamilton-computational-journalism-031315.html
Week 6
Create reading list (and start reading):
-What should
the digital public sphere do?, Jonathan Stray
-Computational
Journalism, Cohen, Turner, Hamilton
-Precision
Journalism, Ch.1, Journalism and the Scientific Tradition, Philip Meyer
-The Jobless
rate for People Like You, New York Times
-Dollars for
Docs, ProPublica
-What did
private security contractors do in Iraq and document mining methodology,
Jonathan Stray
-Message
Machine, ProPublica
Week 7
Expand research into related fields:
Computational journalism, Database journalism, Computer-assisted
reporting, Data-driven journalism
What computer science
theory and/or subject matter will it illuminate?
Computational Journalism is a rapidly rising field of
computer science. It is already an important field and will only become more so
as time goes on. This research project will render a better understanding of
the concept and its intricacies.
What will you learn
in accomplishing it?
I wish to learn about the development of compilers, and how
automata theory relates to AI development.
What resources will
you use?
I plan on mostly using scientific journals and research
papers.
How will you know when you are done (i.e. what criteria
should I use in judging the completion of the project)?
Week 8
Watch CJ lecture-
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjlPyEkDKrA
Week 9
Reading list:
-Fundamentals
of Computer Graphics, Third Edition - Tamara Munzner
http://www.cs.ubc.ca/labs/imager/tr/2009/VisChapter/akp-vischapter.pdf
-how the
guardian is pioneering data journalism with free tools
www.niemanlab.org/2010/08/how-the-guardian-is-pioneering-data-journalism-with-free-tools/
-Preference
Networks: Probabilistic Models for Recommendation Systems
http://crpit.com/confpapers/CRPITV70Truyen.pdf
Week 10
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