“It’s basically like with anything that you do in media: Is it interesting? Is it easily accessible? Is it compelling? Are there reasons for me to come back?”
The Quartz Bot Studio (which the publication intends to maintain after the grant funding is used up) will develop new bots for messaging platforms like Slack and voice interfaces like Amazon Echo or Google Home.
“Instead of asking you to come to us and be part of this massive room of people shouting over each other, you can bring us to you, and have us be, essentially, one more person in your conversation.”
Owen, Laura Hazard. "The New York Times’ new Slack 2016 election bot sends readers’ questions straight to the newsroom." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 5 Feb. 2016. Web. 17 Apr. 2024.
APA
Owen, L. (2016, Feb. 5). The New York Times’ new Slack 2016 election bot sends readers’ questions straight to the newsroom. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved April 17, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2016/02/the-new-york-times-launches-a-slack-2016-election-bot-that-accepts-questions-from-readers/
Chicago
Owen, Laura Hazard. "The New York Times’ new Slack 2016 election bot sends readers’ questions straight to the newsroom." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified February 5, 2016. Accessed April 17, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2016/02/the-new-york-times-launches-a-slack-2016-election-bot-that-accepts-questions-from-readers/.
Wikipedia
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