Big Data and the Future of Journalism (Futurist Keynote Speaker Gerd Leonhard) London June 2013

Big Data and what it could...
or should mean for the Future
of Media and Journalism

“Big Data is high-volume, high-velocity and high-
variety information assets that demand cost-effective,
innovative forms of information processing for
enhanced insight and decision making” *Gartner
Streams. Cloud. Now. We. Data (Kevin Kelly)

Big Data: some relevant facts & stats

Rise of data-driven business models

Paying with Data | Privacy | Attention

Data. Input. Ideas. Information
1 - 2 - 4 - 8 - 1 6 - 3 2 - 6 4 - 1 2 8
“We will be online all the time in virtual / augmented reality. We won’t
be looking at devices such as tablets and phones. Rather, computer
displays will be fully integrated with real reality” (Ray Kurzweil)

Disruptions and Opportunities for Data Journalism

Smart-everything: the IoT, M2M

‘Finding relevant stuff’ might be a good robot job - to a point

“Search engines won’t wait for you to ask for information.
They will know you like a friend, aware of your concerns and
interests at a detailed level” Ray Kurzweil

Journalism: making sense of
exponential data, for linear humans:)

Knowledge. Wisdom. Learnings. Relevance. Depth.
http://pinterest.com/pin/197876977350036245/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIKW_Pyramid

Big Data-fuels Cross-Media Story Telling
Big Data-fuels Vizuality. Immersion.

Mobile devices are becoming our external brains

‘External Brains’ may become good targets for ads, too:)
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/03/this-is-the-scariest-statistic-about-the-newspaper-business-today/274125/

Massive Human - Machine /AI Interface (R)Evolution

The 3 spheres of data: shift towards anticipation
Volunteered InferredObserved

A total on-demand, serendipity-free, self-
controlled future will not be human enough

Social Local Mobile (SoLoMo) Data. Video.

Advertising goes 30-50% digital: the
question is not if but when / who / how

Humans
Data
AI
Software
The
Future
Interfaces
Machines
Smart Agents
Information
Robots
Permission, Trust
Control, Recourse
Standards, Open
Platforms, APIs
Regulations,
Policies, Ethics

Sooner or later
everything
becomes:
Dynamic
Real-time
Social
Mobile
Local
Fluid
Predictive

The Tricorder for News is coming

Searching
for something
Information
seeking usi.e. we are ‘being searched’

We are being searched...sought-out...found
Most technologies that we used to direct will start
conducting themselves

Your future editorial assistants?

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Big Data without ‘Big Meaning’
and ‘Big Design’ is irrelevant

Big Data without Big Meaning is just like crude oil

Video Source: IBM Future Scenarios, Youtube
Data-journalism is probably
indispensable

Source: wired.com
Crucial for the Future of Journalism:
Open data, open ecosystems, open standards, open technologies

Journalism in the age of leaps...

Locked Loose
Journalism: the direction is clear...
Liquid

Added values based on ‘Big Data’ and
‘Big Design’ can make a huge difference

If data is the new oil, than should ‘gas stations’ be licensed?

Thanks for your time and attention
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Big Data and the Future of Journalism (Futurist Keynote Speaker Gerd Leonhard) London June 2013

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