Google News Lab is the tech giant’s project to support journalists with software tools, data and training programs.
On Dec. 10, OPC Governor Daniel Sierberg, who serves as the company’s global head of media outreach, outlined numerous web-based tools, data sets and collaborations connected to the project. The event took place at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism in New York.
“It certainly felt like 2015 was a year of news, and tech companies, for lots of reasons,” Sierberg told attendees, “[were] being talked about and focused on a lot more.”
With a core team of about 12 people, News Lab has worked with newsrooms around the world to help journalists to make better use of Google products like maps, fusion tables, trends, a cache of verified news clips, surveys and polling data.
On News Lab’s main portal, journalists can watch dozens of short tutorials – about two and a half hours of material in total – on how to use Google’s news and data programs.
“We believe the democratization of media has created new opportunities and new roles for journalists to play in the media industry,” Steve Grove, News Lab’s director, said in an introductory video.
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