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Follow this series on "semantic journalism"

Submitted by yelvington on June 25, 2008 - 9:25am

With Semantic Journalism: Ideas, French media blogger Nicolas Kayser-Bril begins a series of posts in which he examines tools and ponders the future of semantic technologies applied to journalism. It looks to be well worth following, even if you're skeptical about the ability of machines to "understand" content.

Some good news from the AP

Submitted by yelvington on July 24, 2006 - 3:39pm

A couple of good-news items from the AP crossed my desk over the weekend:

  • Mac and Firefox support for AP Video. We've all griped about the IE-only, Microsoft-powered AP Video service. In the next few weeks AP will begin beta-testing a new video player that's compatible with non-Microsoft browsers like Firefox and will also run on the Mac. Full rollout is expected in September.
  • More metadata. This has been an itch for as long as I've been working online. The AP board has agreed that AP "should develop digital standards that all news organizations could use for tagging and organizing news content -- text, photos, audio and video. ... The digital standards, much like the AP Stylebook, are key to allowing faster, more accurate search of original news reporting. As part of the effort, AP will start working with a small number of member news organizations on ways to refine the standards and make them more widely available. The board believes that these steps will help news companies improve their online businesses."
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