Terry Flew|Christina Spurgeon|Anna Daniel|Adam Swift
THE PROMISE OF COMPUTATIONAL JOURNALISM
Queensland University of Technology|Queensland University of Technology|Queensland University of Technology|Queensland University of Technology
computational journalism involves application software technologies activities journalism draws fields computer science social sciences media communicationsnew technologies may enhance traditional aims journalism may initiate greater interaction journalists information communication technology ict specialiststhe enhanced use computing news production related particular three factors larger government data sets becoming widely available increasingly sophisticated ubiquitous nature software developing digital economydrawing upon international examples paper argues computational journalism techniques may provide new foundations original investigative journalism increase scope new forms interaction readerscomputer journalism provides major opportunity enhance production original investigative journalism attract retain readers online