Knight News Challenge Round 2: Newsbound

newschallenge:

1. What do you propose to do? [20 words]

Using a database-driven approach, Newsbound is taking the work out of comprehending and keeping up with complex ongoing stories.

2. How will your project make data more useful? [50 words]

We treat the incremental plot points in news stories as raw data…

Newsbound is a great idea from some very smart folks (I wrote about an earlier version). If you’re interested in how the news is changing and how to tell stories smarter, give ‘em a heart, won’t you?