Artificial Intelligence for Investigative Reporting: Using an expert system to enhance journalists’ ability to discover original public affairs stories

Meredith Broussard

doi:10.1080/21670811.2014.985497

Artificial Intelligence for Investigative Reporting: Using an expert system to enhance journalists’ ability to discover original public affairs stories

Meredith Broussard

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Abstract

This paper describes an artificial intelligence-based software system that augments public affairs reporters’ ability to sort through data and identify investigative storytelling opportunities. A prototype of the model was developed and was used to analyze education data. The successful prototype and the social impact of the stories derived from the prototype suggest this approach as a valid option for newsrooms that seek to tell more compelling, data-rich stories about public affairs issues.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	814-831
Number of pages	18
Journal	Digital Journalism
Volume	3
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2014.985497
State	Published - Nov 2 2015

Keywords

artificial intelligence
computational journalism
data journalism
expert systems
innovation
public affairs journalism

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Communication

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