On Thursday, June 4, 2015, we hosted Tow Fellows Michael Keller and Brian Abelson to present their Tow-Knight paper, NewsLynx: A Tool for Newsroom Impact Measurement. The release of the paper coincides with the conclusion of nearly 2 years…

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May 7, 2015

Key points from “The Traffic Factories”

Audience metrics have become ubiquitous in news organizations, but there has been little empirical research on how the data is produced or how it affects newsroom culture and journalists daily work. The Tow Center sought to understand how the use of metrics…

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Jan 18, 2015

The NewsLynx Tool For Impact Tracking: a Walkthrough

As the public sphere grows increasingly complex and the funding sources for journalism change, researchers and working journalists alike are asking “what does our work do in the world?” This question has become all-the-more pressing as…

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Aug 6, 2014

Hyper-compensation: Ted Nelson and the impact of journalism

NewsLynx is a Tow Center research project and platform aimed at better understanding the impact of news. It is conducted by Tow Fellows Brian Abelson, Stijn DeBrouwere & Michael Keller.

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Apr 29, 2014

Tow Fellows Brian Abelson, Stijn Debrouwere, and Michael Keller to Study the Impact of Journalism

Over the past couple of years, a veritable movement has arisen around measuring the impact of journalism. This movement seeks to find alternatives to the…

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Jan 17, 2014

Which News Organizations Influence Wikipedia?

The New York Times leads the Wikipedia record of 2013’s biggest news stories, according to a very simple (and perhaps simplistic) analysis of the online encyclopedia’s citations. The analysis and process are quite basic, a demo of a new perspective…