Google provides new tools for journalists with News Lab

After the launch of Apple and Facebook Instant News, Google would not stay away, and arrives in the journalism industry with a set of tools thanks to its new ecosystem News Lab . It is based on four tools: Search, Report, Distribute and Optimize.

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YouTube Wire was announced a week ago, allowing journalists to tap into a wide range of video, audio and written to build their own news. This is a new expansion, highlighting the possibility to use systems, algorithms and Google analysis to create new news.

Google Maps, and Search Trends are all services that provide valuable information for journalists and publishers. Google wants to ensure that essential information is accurate for these groups, distributing numbers and API that writers can use.

Google believes the future of journalism involve technologists in writing news . It works with various partnerships such as Matter and Hackers / Hackers, in order to develop new ideas in this area, and to provide a wave of applications redefined for journalists.

The reporter need technology
This expansion in the media by high-tech companies is not a surprise. The potential to control how people perceive the news is extremely valuable , especially for Google's AdSense network.

Facebook Instant is another movement to control the news, while providing integration of publishers on a gigantic social network. Several publishers, including The New York Times, Wired and BuzzFeed, jumped at the chance to be part of.

The proper application News Apple is more similar to Flipboard, but with the investment of the largest company in the world, it could easily draw crowds and launch new tools. Add to that a new investment in a division Snapchat news, and interest in Twitter Flipboard acquisition, there is now a lot of contenders to journalism in the era of technology.
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