Duke University's new Reporter's Lab aims to create and test technology to make in-depth investigative reporting easier. "Tools for web-scraping, indexing material or doing other key tasks in
simpler ways often are too expensive or technologically daunting to be used effectively or broadly by many reporters -- especially on deadline," writes the program's director, Sarah Cohen.
The lab, which has already created TimeFlow, a tool to organize material for long-running storie, will make its resources and software available to all.
"Cohen's work also attacks the
central question facing accountability reporting, especially the highly valued variety that requires significant time and labor: How do we continue to afford it?" writes Melanie Sill.
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