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Friday, January 11th, 2008Computer science researchers talk about Sensemaking when they’re exploring the role computation plays in helping people to organize information and find meaning in data. A related subject, Information Visualization, deals with the interactive, graphical presentation of information, which serves as a visual Sensemaking aid. Fortunately, journalists know these subjects, but under different names. Sensemaking is […]
Ubiquitous Journalism Panel
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008Ubiquitous Journalism is our invented term for how the data flowing from large networks of sensors and/or people can be applied to journalism. In the Ubiquitous Journalism Panel we’re exploring big news data flows, whether they’re coming from lots of digital sensors in confined geography, or from lots of human reporters globally. The discussion […]
Opening Keynotes
Friday, January 4th, 2008The Symposium starts at 1pm on Friday, February 22, (late enough for travelers from the Midwest and Northeast to take early a.m. flights to Atlanta). Starting the meeting will be Opening Keynote talks from Krishna Bharat, Principal Scientist at Google, and Michael Skoler, Executive Director of the Center for Innovation in Journalism at American Public […]
Advances in News Gathering Panel
Thursday, January 3rd, 2008We’re announcing the conference agenda panel by panel as our participants fall into place.
The Advances in News Gathering Panel will highlight efforts at news organizations to deploy technology that enhances news gathering. It’s one of the more journo-centric panels we plan to have. And it will take place early in the Symposium when it can […]