The future of News: Data Mining, Interactivity and Visualization (Panel 3)

(From Princeton University Center for Information Technology Policy)

To what extent will new tools for visualizing and artfully presenting large data sets reduce the need for human intermediaries between facts and news consumers? How can news be presented via simulation and interactive tools? What new kinds of questions can professional journalists ask and answer using digital technologies?

- Matthew Hurst, Microsoft Live Labs. Blogger at Data Mining: Text Mining, Visualization and Social Media
- Kevin Anderson, the Guardian
- David Blei, Princeton Department of Computer Science