1. keepr
Algorithm for data mining breaking news
using NLP and ad hoc network analysis
Hong Qu @hqu
www.keepr.com
DataGotham
September 12, 2013

3. Twitter, Credibility and The Watertown Manhunt

4. Computational Journalism
News reporters are
● overworked
● underpaid
● …a dying breed
Journalism is
● slow
● embracing data
● in need of Big Data tools

5. Computers count
really, really fast!

7. Humans are way better at
at making value judgements
and telling stories

8. Andy Carvin - “a one-man Twitter news bureau”

9. Social media and the Boston bombings: When citizens and journalists cover the same story

10. Keepr harmonizes
with journalism’s workflow and values

11. Entity extraction and Source discovery
http://keepr.com/index.php?q=datagotham

13. What’s next for keepr?
➔ refine algorithm
➔ ad hoc conversation network analysis
➔ source classification
➔ speed, speed, speed
Rolling out a Beta program for newsrooms
Sign up at www.keepr.com/beta