Computational Journalism
Date and time:
Tue, 11/15/2011 - 2:15 PM - 3:25 PM
Computational Journalism is defined as the application of computation to the activities of journalism such as information gathering, organization, communication, and dissemination of information, while upholding values of journalism such as accuracy and verifiability. Journalists are increasingly adopting and using the proliferation of open-source tools and embracing different styles of journalism. Explore how newsrooms are opening, what new tools are being created, and how to use those tools most effectively.
Speakers
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David ClinchFounderClinch MediaDavid Clinch worked until April 2010 as part of the management team on the CNN International Desk in Atlanta and pioneered the use of Social Media for International Newsgathering at CNN. He played a leading part in training CNN staff in using Twitter, Skype and other online services for finding breaking news, guests and content. David left CNN in April 2010 to set up his own business – Clinch Media. He is currently working with Mark Little to launch a new Web News Content service “Storyful” which will supply professionally curated real-time news streams to businesses and consumers. David consults for a number of Companies and Organizations that want to develop a better Social Media and Skype strategy in order to find new content and to lower their costs. He is launching a new Global real-time Web Service called “WorldAlert” in 2010. WorldAlert harnesses the power of the Web and Skype to create a platform that will help to save lives during Emergencies, Natural Disasters and Humanitarian Crises. |
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Irfan EssaProfessorGeorgia TechIrfan Essa is a Professor in the School of Interactive Computing (iC) of the College of Computing (CoC), and Adjunct Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology (GA Tech), in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Irfan Essa works in the areas of Computer Vision, Computer Graphics, Computational Perception, Robotics and Computer Animation, with potential impact on Video Analysis and Production (e.g., Computational Photography & Video, Image-based Modeling and Rendering, etc.) Human Computer Interaction, and Artificial Intelligence research. Specifically, he is interested in the analysis, interpretation, authoring, and synthesis (of video), with the goals of building aware environments, recognizing, modeling human activities, and behaviors, and developing dynamic and generative representations of time-varying streams. He has published over 150 scholarly articles in leading journals and conference venues on these topics. He teaches classes in the areas of Computer Vision, Computational Photography, Computational Perception, Computer Animation, Digital Video Special Effects, Computational Journalism, and Computer, Society & Ethics. |
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King-wa FuResearch Assistant Professor, Journalism and Media Studies CentreUniversity of Hong KongDr. King-wa Fu is Research Assistant Professor at the Journalism and Media Studies Centre (JMSC), The University of Hong Kong. His research focuses on political participation and media use, computational journalism, mental health/suicide and the media, health communication, young people's Internet use, and statistics for journalism. He has a PhD from the JMSC, a MA in Social Sciences and a MPhil in Engineering from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He was a journalist at the Hong Kong Economic Journal. |
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Leonard WittLeonard Witt holds the Robert D. Fowler Distinguished Chair in Communication at Kennesaw State University and was named an Eminent Scholar by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia in 2008. Also in that year he received the university’s Distinguished Service Award. With substantial new funding from the Harnisch Foundation, he founded the Center for Sustainable Journalism |