A sample of just some of the articles, blog posts, and stories the NewsQ team has been reading recently.
Tag: algorithms
A sample of just some of the articles, blog posts, and stories the NewsQ team has been reading recently.
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?
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 […]
What challenges are there when attempting to incorporate fact-checking into news ranking systems that consider news quality?