Colloquium Meik Bittkowski: Augmenting Science Journalism – The development of technology-based support for science journalism at the Science Media Center Germany

By Meik Bittkowski, Science Media Center Germany, Cologne

One way to augment (not replace) science journalism is to provide technological support for journalistic work processes, from monitoring and research to the production of new content. The Science Media Center Germany, founded in 2015, had its own R&D lab right from the start to explore the possibilities of this form of augmentation and test it in prototype applications. This talk will take you through the stages of our journey so far, which began here at HITS in 2012.

Short CV:

Meik Bittkowski is Head of Research and Development at the Science Media Center (SMC), responsible in particular for the SMC Lab. He has many years of experience with data journalism projects, including at HITS in Heidelberg. He studied philosophy and German studies as well as computer science and received his doctorate in philosophy.

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