Below, Kalev H. Leetaru, a data scientist and the past 2013-2014 Yahoo Fellow at Georgetown University, writes about the future of mass translation of the world’s news media. Imagine a world without language barriers, where journalists and citizens can access real-time information from anywhere in the world in any language, seamlessly translated into their native […]
Article · March 27, 2015 by Kalev H. Leetaru
Below, Kalev H. Leetaru, a data scientist and the past 2013-2014 Yahoo Fellow at Georgetown University, writes about reimagining news as emotion using the Internet Archives, which Knight Foundation supports. Figure 1 – Intensity of the emotion “anxiety” in American television news over the last four years The world’s news media isn’t merely a clinical […]
Article · October 22, 2014 by Kalev H. Leetaru
Figure 1: Mapping the Geography of American Television News Knight News Challenge: Libraries closes today, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014. The challenge offers applicants a chance to share in $2.5 million by focusing on the question “How might we leverage libraries as a platform to build more knowledgeable communities?” Below, Kalev H. Leetaru, a data scientist and the […]
Article · September 30, 2014 by Kalev H. Leetaru