A new questionnaire aims to help answer this question The COVID-19 pandemic has called attention to the importance of reliable health and science reporting. This type of reporting can have a powerful effect on the public’s understanding of, and attitude toward, scientific topics. However, because health and science reporting often involve the communication of complex […]
Category: News Algorithms
Journalism prizes, such as the Pulitzers, seem like natural indicators of news quality for general audiences and for ranking and recommendation algorithms, but are they really?
Some platforms have increased human intervention during the COVID-19 pandemic
Taking fact-checking as a straightforward signal for accuracy proves difficult because determining accuracy itself is challenging
Not all “news” sites are as transparent about the fact that they republish press releases.
What aspects of diversity are most important to consider when it comes to ranking and recommending the news?
The first of two blog posts. Many news consumers are unclear about the practice of fact-checking, which is commonly used as a proxy for accuracy in journalism. Over the course of two blog posts, I’ll dig deeper into what fact-checking actually is, in practice, and what it aspires to be. The second blog post will […]
Exploring the challenge reporting on COVID-19 online amid breaking news cycles.