So in this edition of Observation Deck, I’m pitching an approach that combines all that data with geolocation technologies and maps. What would that look like? Watch the video above.
Observation Deck: Mapping a Bold New Approach to Breaking News
The classic way to cover a breaking story — dispatches from the scene, coordinated by an editor or anchor back at home base — is starting to corrode. Increasingly, we rely on information coming from the event itself, transmitted by social media. What would it look like if we combined all that data with geolocation technologies and maps?
