“I’m not worried about this technology driving the humanity out of journalism. I’m really excited about the promise of technology bringing more humanity to journalism.” Also: a Michael Barbaro bot.
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.”
We sift through the academic journals so you don’t have to. Here are 10 of the most interesting studies about social and digital media published in 2015.
Lichterman, Joseph. "A new Tow Center report looks at the future of chat apps for news." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 10 Nov. 2015. Web. 23 Mar. 2025.
APA
Lichterman, J. (2015, Nov. 10). A new Tow Center report looks at the future of chat apps for news. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved March 23, 2025, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2015/11/a-new-tow-center-report-looks-at-the-future-of-chat-apps-for-news/
Chicago
Lichterman, Joseph. "A new Tow Center report looks at the future of chat apps for news." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified November 10, 2015. Accessed March 23, 2025. https://www.niemanlab.org/2015/11/a-new-tow-center-report-looks-at-the-future-of-chat-apps-for-news/.
Wikipedia
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