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Apr 4, 2017

A seat at the table: Google News Lab & Euronews talk to French voters in 360

What’s it like to have a cup of coffee with a voter two weeks before the French Presidential election? We partnered with Euronews to find out: providing viewers a seat at the table of a French voter…

Erica Anderson in Google News Lab

Mar 8, 2017

Announcing: Journalism 360 Challenge Grants Now Open

We know that advances in virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality will produce richer journalism and give audiences new ways to relate to news. Yet there are significant storytelling, technical, and ethical challenges around…

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Steve Grove in Google News Lab

Dec 6, 2016

The Google News Lab in 2016, and where we’re headed

It’s been quite a year for the news industry. The events of the last year have brought many of the opportunities and challenges that news organizations face every day to national and international attention. Topics like fake news, the…

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Matt Cooke in Google News Lab

Oct 3, 2016

Fueling innovation in media across Europe with the News Impact Summits

As a journalist, most of my training came from ‘learning whilst doing’ or shadowing a colleague — an approach that worked for practical skills like editing or filming, but was not ideal for fostering real…

Erica Anderson in Google News Lab

Jul 21, 2016

Announcing the Jump Camera Program at the RNC and DNC

Great journalism is immersive, making issues more resonant and accessible by bringing audiences to the center of the action. At the Google News Lab, we’re always looking for new technologies that can help journalists tell those types of…

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Matt Cooke in Google News Lab

Jun 30, 2016

What the Guardian Learned From Its Groundbreaking VR Piece

We talked to Francesca Panetta, Special Projects Editor at the Guardian, on the lessons she learned from the Guardian’s landmark piece on solitary confinement, proudly supported by the Google News Lab.

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Simon Rogers in Google News Lab

Jun 20, 2016

How we made a VR data visualization

Isn’t the best journalism always immersive? Whether it’s Walter Cronkite’s journalistic take on history “You are There” from the 1950s or Declan Walsh’s mobile phone reporting from Syria this week, the best journalism makes you feel like you are part of the story…

Hello, Medium. We’re the Google News Lab.

It’s been almost a year since we started the News Lab here at Google. In our first year, we’ve been proud to work with hundreds of news organizations around the world to experiment with new forms of storytelling using technology. Today, we’re launching a…

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