An Old Friend and New Thinking about Sports Journalism
Posted on | October 26, 2009 | No Comments
My awesome friend John, a blogger, journalist, and thinker about life’s big and small challenges, has been quietly racking up a very impressive list of news coverage lately for his new project over at Northwestern’s Intelligent Information Lab. The project is Stats Monkey, a system that takes box scores and other statistical information about sports games and converts it into a news story. David Carr at the New York Times recently wrote a piece about the project and the incredible work being done by John and his collaborators. It’s fascinating stuff, and has really interesting implications for the future of news and journalism in sports, especially at the hyper-local level.
For more on John’s take on the world, check out his personal blog.
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