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Northwestern newsbots churn out copy with the touch of a button - Aug 14, 2009 | 10:42:51
posted by: Marta Lawrence
Beware sports journalists, Northwestern grad students could put you out of business and not just because the super-smart Medill grads will soon be out in the ever-shrinking journalism job market. According to the Medill Web site, "Medill students Nicholas Allen, Tian Huang, John Templon and computer science student Thu Cung have developed a way to take raw sports scores (box scores and play-by-plays) and turn them into written news stories. All in a matter of seconds." Ok, to be fair, the students aren't looking to unleash an army of newsbots to replace we inferior humans. Rather, they believe it's a good tool to help shrinking newsroom budgets and personnel. "Our project is a way to keep journalism thriving," Huang was quoted as saying in the Medill release. "By expanding coverage and freeing reporters from writing the basic game stories, we're giving journalists the time to really focus on the features and analysis that drive readers to their publications." So, what do you think? Is this technology good news or bad news for the news industry? Is there a use for it in sports information departments? 
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