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Scaling Human Editorial Judgment

Abstract:
Systems that present people with information inescapably make editorial
judgments in determining what information to show and how to show it.
 However the editorial values used to make these judgments are generally
invisible to users and in many cases even to the engineers who design them.
 Our work is aimed at developing news and media information technologies
that provide explicit and visible editorial control, at scale.

Some of our most exciting work in this area is aimed at automatically
generating
stories from data.  A system based on this technology is already generating
more than 10 thousand stories weekly in areas ranging from sports, to
business, to politics.  This system is the nation=92s most prolific and
published author of, among other things, women=92s collegiate softball
stories.  The stories compare favorably to those written by human beings.


Hosted by Jinbo Xu:  j3xu at ttic.edu

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*Dawn Ellis*
Administrative Assistant
773-834-1757
dellis at ttic.edu

TTIC
6045 S. Kenwood Ave.
Chicago, IL. 60637

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ning what information to show and how to=A0</span><span style=3D"font-size:=
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ineers who design them. =A0Our work is aimed at developing news and=A0</spa=
n><span style=3D"font-size:large">media information technologies that provi=
de explicit and visible=A0</span><span style=3D"font-size:large">editorial =
control, at scale.</span></div>
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=3D"gmail_default"><font size=3D"4">Some of our most exciting work in this =
area is aimed at automatically=A0</font><span style=3D"font-size:large">gen=
erating stories from data. =A0A system based on this technology is=A0</span=
><span style=3D"font-size:large">already generating more than 10 thousand s=
tories weekly in areas=A0</span><span style=3D"font-size:large">ranging fro=
m sports, to business, to politics. =A0This system is the=A0</span><span st=
yle=3D"font-size:large">nation=92s most prolific and published author of, a=
mong other things,=A0</span><span style=3D"font-size:large">women=92s colle=
giate softball stories. =A0The stories compare favorably to=A0</span><span =
style=3D"font-size:large">those written by human beings.</span></div>
</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div style=3D"font-size:large" cla=
ss=3D"gmail_default">Hosted by Jinbo Xu: =A0<a href=3D"mailto:j3xu at ttic.edu=
">j3xu at ttic.edu</a></div><br></div>-- <br><div dir=3D"ltr"><i><font face=3D=
"times new roman, serif" size=3D"4">Dawn Ellis</font></i><div>
<font face=3D"times new roman, serif">Administrative Assistant</font></div>=
<div><font face=3D"times new roman, serif">773-834-1757</font></div><div><a=
 href=3D"mailto:dellis at ttic.edu" target=3D"_blank"><font face=3D"times new =
roman, serif">dellis at ttic.edu</font></a></div>
<div><font face=3D"times new roman, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face=
=3D"times new roman, serif">TTIC</font></div><div><font face=3D"times new r=
oman, serif">6045 S. Kenwood Ave.</font></div><div><font face=3D"times new =
roman, serif">Chicago, IL. 60637</font></div>
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