Understanding Practices around Computational News Discovery Tools in the Domain of Science Journalism

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2311.06864v2
• Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2023 16:47:49 GMT
• Title: Understanding Practices around Computational News Discovery Tools in the Domain of Science Journalism
• Authors: Sachita Nishal, Jasmine Sinchai, Nicholas Diakopoulos
• Abstract summary: We explore computational methods to aid these journalists' news discovery in terms of time-efficiency and agency. We prototyped three computational information subsidies into an interactive tool that we used as a probe to better understand how such a tool may offer utility. Our findings contribute a richer view of the sociotechnical system around computational news discovery tools, and suggest ways to improve such tools to better support the practices of science journalists.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
• Abstract: Science and technology journalists today face challenges in finding newsworthy leads due to increased workloads, reduced resources, and expanding scientific publishing ecosystems. Given this context, we explore computational methods to aid these journalists' news discovery in terms of time-efficiency and agency. In particular, we prototyped three computational information subsidies into an interactive tool that we used as a probe to better understand how such a tool may offer utility or more broadly shape the practices of professional science journalists. Our findings highlight central considerations around science journalists' agency, context, and responsibilities that such tools can influence and could account for in design. Based on this, we suggest design opportunities for greater and longer-term user agency; incorporating contextual, personal and collaborative notions of newsworthiness; and leveraging flexible interfaces and generative models. Overall, our findings contribute a richer view of the sociotechnical system around computational news discovery tools, and suggest ways to improve such tools to better support the practices of science journalists.

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