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The rapid evolution of the public information ecosystem challenges traditional journalism. As Jeff Israely highlights, foreign correspondents rely heavily on local publications to guide their reporting. In the realm of technology, advancements like DeepQA from Apache UIMA are redefining automated question answering. Clay Shirky's reflections on the audience shift during the Boston Globe's investigations reveal the changing landscape of news consumption. This discourse necessitates a re-evaluation of journalism and communication definitions in an increasingly complex informational world.
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“It’s the dirty little secret of foreign correspondents. We wouldn’t know where to start without first reading the local papers.” - Jeff Israely, European correspondent for TIME
“DeepQA is developed using Apache UIMA, a • framework implementation of the Unstructured Information Management Architecture.” • - Bulding Watson, Ferruci et. al.
“[When] the stories in the ’90s had come out, the audience of the story was Bostonians, whether Catholic or no. • But in 2002, the audience was Catholics whether Bostonian or no.” • Clay Shirky, on the Boston Globe’s investigations of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church
The public information ecosystem is evolving fast. This is much bigger than “journalism.” Maybe we need new definitions.
