Automated news stories often get dunked on when a publication first starts testing them out. Auto-generated crime stories, then, are likely to invite even more criticism. “Let’s be honest: Crime coverage is terrible,” Tauhid Chappell and Mike Rispoli wrote in their Nieman Lab prediction for 2021. “It’s racist, classist, fear-based clickbait masking as journalism.” In … Continue reading What types of local news stories should be automated? The Toronto Star is figuring it out