Wednesday, May 21, 2014

The Document Cloud Is A Must-Have Application For The Newsroom

By Loris F. Andres


Newsroom journalism is a field which calls for a considerable amount of multitasking and perusing large compilations of documents at times. This job is made much easier for the tech-savvy journalist with the Document Cloud software platform. Analysis, annotation, and publication of documents can be performed efficiently and quickly, making life a little easier for busy reporters and editors.

Sometimes users will wish to make their own private notes regarding a certain file that they don't necessarily want others to access, rather than having to stick rather cumbersome and not-so-private "Post-It" notes onto documents this app offers a better solution. The user can make notes on any part of the file and store them securely in a specially marked tab.

It also provides users with the opportunity to collaboratively share annotations with others and even publish them if desired. This permits greater ability for conferencing on issues and makes it possible to organize these annotations into a comprehensive presentation mode so these thoughts can be publicly shared.

Users can also take advantage of its OpenCalais data extraction tool when they need to look for names of particular people, places, organizations, or other entities. There is also the option of word-pairing and performing custom searches. This feature is made possible through the "application programming interface" or API.

A dateline can also be generated from any dates the file contains. Dates are read and processed into an orderly timeline of events. This feature can come in handy for those who need to present the material in an organized fashion.

While it can effectively analyze one single record, it is also of great assistance when dealing with a high volume compilation of records which need to be analyzed. Overall it can make any reporting project run more smoothly by enabling entity extraction, timeline creation, and makes it simple to embed a collection and collaborate with others.




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