Automated journalism
Okay kiddo, you know how sometimes you read the news on your computer or tablet or phone? Well, sometimes the news stories you see there aren't actually written by a person like a journalist, but instead by a computer program. That's called automated journalism.
So, imagine you're reading about a big game that happened over the weekend. Instead of a person writing the story, a computer program can take all the facts and stats from the game and put them together into a story that looks like it was written by a person. It can even use fancy words and make things sound interesting!
The program works by using a bunch of rules and formulas that the people who made it put in. These rules tell it what kinds of things to include in a story, like who won or what the score was. The program can also use real words and phrases that it learned from reading lots of other news stories before.
Now, some people might worry that this means journalists will lose their jobs to computers. But don't worry, kiddo! Automated journalism can't do everything a human journalist can do. For example, it can't interview people to get their opinions or reactions. And sometimes a computer might not understand why a certain moment in a game was really exciting for fans.
So, in summary, automated journalism means that sometimes news stories are written by a computer program instead of a person. The program uses rules and formulas to create the story, and can make things sound interesting. But it can't do everything a human journalist can do, like interviews and understanding emotions, so journalists still have important jobs to do!
So, imagine you're reading about a big game that happened over the weekend. Instead of a person writing the story, a computer program can take all the facts and stats from the game and put them together into a story that looks like it was written by a person. It can even use fancy words and make things sound interesting!
The program works by using a bunch of rules and formulas that the people who made it put in. These rules tell it what kinds of things to include in a story, like who won or what the score was. The program can also use real words and phrases that it learned from reading lots of other news stories before.
Now, some people might worry that this means journalists will lose their jobs to computers. But don't worry, kiddo! Automated journalism can't do everything a human journalist can do. For example, it can't interview people to get their opinions or reactions. And sometimes a computer might not understand why a certain moment in a game was really exciting for fans.
So, in summary, automated journalism means that sometimes news stories are written by a computer program instead of a person. The program uses rules and formulas to create the story, and can make things sound interesting. But it can't do everything a human journalist can do, like interviews and understanding emotions, so journalists still have important jobs to do!