KMiN 2024: Knowledge Management in Newsrooms |
| Website | https://k-min.info/ |
| Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=kmin2024 |
| Abstract registration deadline | October 4, 2024 |
| Submission deadline | November 20, 2024 |
Newsrooms handle information with various sources and formats. Processing this heterogeneous information and making sense out of it is key to news production and dissemination steps. With the proliferation of Large Language Models, there is renewed interest and scope in applying knowledge representations to effectively handle and utilize such diverse information. The synergy between LLMs and knowledge graphs, for example, offer potential to build knowledge representations from textual data in a retrieval-friendly way, while minimising hallucinations or factually-incorrect responses. Integrating such techniques in the newsroom workflow, however, remains challenging. Discussions about AI in journalism often focus on the automated generation of news reports to various capacities, whereas its application to knowledge, the most fundamental tool in a newsroom, is often overlooked.
In this exciting backdrop of emerging solutions, the first edition of the workshop on “Knowledge Management in Newsrooms”, in conjunction with the 24th International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management (EKAW-24), Amsterdam, presents a platform for researchers and practitioners working with the knowledge representations in the domain of journalism.
Submission Guidelines
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:
We welcome contributions describing novel ideas or applications demonstrating the adoption of knowledge management tools and techniques in newsroom tasks such as (but not limited to), information gathering, news production, sensemaking, news writing tools, recommendation models and news audience interaction. The authors are particularly encouraged to reflect on the application of their ideas or solutions in real-world newsroom contexts. The contributions can also cover the ethical considerations related to developing and adopting these technologies in newsrooms, concerns about bias and misinformation, or the implications for journalistic integrity and the role of journalists in such an AI-augmented environment.
Submission Guidelines:
Papers must be submitted in PDF format according to the CEUR-WS template published in the CEUR-WS guidelines. Long papers should be between 10 and 15 pages, while short papers between 5 and 9 pages, including references. Workshop papers must be self-contained and in English.
The publication of the papers from the K-MiN workshop within a single volume of adjunct proceedings on CEUR-WS is under discussion. This will be confirmed soon.
At least one author of each accepted workshop paper has to register for the main conference EKAW-2024. Please note that workshop attendance is only granted to registered conference participants.
Committees
Program Committee
Dr. Hannes Cools, University of Amsterdam
Prof. Dr. Antske Fokkens, Vrije University Amsterdam
Dr. Marc Gallofré Ocaña, University of Bergen
Dr. Leo Leppänen, University of Helsinki
Prof. Dr. Carl-Gustav Lindén, University of Bergen
Dr. Silvia Majo Vazquez, Vrije University of Amsterdam
Nicolas Mattis, Vrije University of Amsterdam
Dr. Subhayan Mukerjee, National University Singapore
Dr. Valeria Resendez, Vrije University of Amsterdam
Theresa Seipp, University of Amsterdam
Dr. Nadja Shaetz, University of Hamburg
Stefanie Sirén-Heikel, University of Helsinki
Prof. Dr. Wouter van Atteveldt, Vrije University Amsterdam
Prof. Dr. Arjen van Dalen, University of Southern Denmark
Dr. Tian Yang, Chinese University of HongKong
Organizing committee
Reshmi G Pillai, Vrije University Amsterdam, r.pillai@vu.nl
Laurence Dierickx, University of Bergen, Laurence.Dierickx@uib.no
Publication
KMiN 2024 proceedings will be published by CEUR joint proceedings for Workshops, Tutorials, Posters and Demos of EKAW 2024
Venue
The conference will be held in CWI, Science Park, Amsterdam, on 26th November 2024
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to r.pillai@vu.nl, Laurence.Dierickx@uib.no