In the News: How Taxonomies Help News Organizations Understand and Categorize Their Content

Anna Li, Poynter.org, August 30, 2013 News organizations such as the Associated Press, The New York Times and Thomson Reuters are teaching computers to categorize text and images by building robust taxonomies that their systems use to tag news content. Adding digital information under the hood in this way helps link stories together and serve up relevant content to news audiences. In a recent interview with Poynter, Associated Press staffers talked about the AP’s News Taxonomy and why a news organization might consider using it. Read the interview here...