Saturday, May 24, 2014

Document Cloud Is The Perfect Addition To Any 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.

In other cases, it may be be beneficial for two or more people to review a file and make annotations on it that they intend to share with others, which is also possible with the use of this application. Such annotations can even be organized into a presentation form for public sharing if so desired.

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.

Another great feature provided by this app is its ability to produce a timeline from dates given in documents. It automatically reads all dates and proceeds to sort them into a useful timeline of events. This tool is very helpful for presenting information in an organized manner.

Whether it's needed to analyze one file or an extensive collection of them, this tool can handle it all. Every reporting project will go off without a hitch with this highly useful app that will make such tasks as timeline production, data extraction, embedding compilations, and collaborating with others easy and straightforward.




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