The sheer amount of information at the fingertips of the modern journalist is both a blessing and a curse. …
This embarrassment of riches has not gone overlooked by major news organizations, which are coming up with ways to separate the signal from the noise and find worthwhile stories. One such outlet is Reuters, which this week launched a redesigned website that houses and displays three years of the news service’s online polling data. To help provide context for this sprawling repository, Reuters is using algorithms that sift through the data and surface potentially interesting interpretations. CONT.
Benjamin Mullin, Poynter