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Engaged Reading Digest: listening, killing comments and getting visual Members Public

Another round-up of interesting reading about journalism and audience engagement

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engaged reading digest

How The Correspondent plans to handle audience engagement Members Public

The Correspondent has revealed a little bit about how it's going to be run — and where its money is going.

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the correspondent

Publishing Tech round-up: the News Project and the Coral Project Members Public

Some interesting new moves in the CMS space

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Adam Tinworth
cms

The Atlantic closes its comments - and makes them more important, too Members Public

The Atlantic joins many other sites in turning off comments - but that doesn’t mean its abandoning reader commentary.

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Adam Tinworth
audience engagement

The Washington Post is also using AI for comments Members Public

Looks like the “AI for comments” trend is on the match [https://www.washingtonpost.com/pr/wp/2017/06/22/the-washington-post-leverages-artificial-intelligence-in-comment-moderation/?utm_term=.0026b5192c45] : > The Washington Post has launched ModBot, a software application that utilizes artificial intelligence to moderate comments. The proprietary technology uses machine learning to automatically filter

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artificial intelligence

The New York Times battles trolls with AI Members Public

I’ve spent a significant chunk of today reading about AI, for another writing project. That led me back to a piece, about the New York Times harnessing AI [https://www.recode.net/2017/6/13/15789178/new-york-times-expanding-comments-artificial-intelligence-google] system called Perspective to help with comment moderation: > “What Moderator really

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artificial intelligence

Comments: commit to them, or get out Members Public

The Financial Times is using comments to engage in a constructive discussion around Brexit [https://www.journalism.co.uk/news/how-the-ft-uses-comments-and-reader-call-outs-to-engage-with-the-audience/s2/a692625/] . Lilah Raptopoulos, community manager at the FT.: > “Creating a hub where it was clear that we were asking and listening really improved the quality of the

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All your comments are just marketing fodder Members Public

Adobe has bought comments system Livefyre [http://recode.net/2016/05/03/adobe-acquired-livefyre-more-user-generated-content/] . Has the software-and-services giant suddenly developed a taste for community building? Not so much: > Livefyre, which was initially known for its technology that powers internet comments, now runs a marketing business for big brand clients that

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Adam Tinworth
Adobe