An AI-Enabled Framework for Real-Time Generation of News Articles Based on Big EO Data for Disaster Reporting

Maria Tsourma, Alexandros Zamichos, Efthymios Efthymiadis, Anastasios Drosou and Dimitrios Tzovaras
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Maria Tsourma: Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Information Technologies Institute, 57001 Thessaloniki, Greece
Alexandros Zamichos: Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Information Technologies Institute, 57001 Thessaloniki, Greece
Efthymios Efthymiadis: Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Information Technologies Institute, 57001 Thessaloniki, Greece
Anastasios Drosou: Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Information Technologies Institute, 57001 Thessaloniki, Greece
Dimitrios Tzovaras: Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Information Technologies Institute, 57001 Thessaloniki, Greece

Future Internet, 2021, vol. 13, issue 6, 1-18

Abstract: In the field of journalism, the collection and processing of information from different heterogeneous sources are difficult and time-consuming processes. In the context of the theory of journalism 3.0, where multimedia data can be extracted from different sources on the web, the possibility of creating a tool for the exploitation of Earth observation (EO) data, especially images by professionals belonging to the field of journalism, is explored. With the production of massive volumes of EO image data, the problem of their exploitation and dissemination to the public, specifically, by professionals in the media industry, arises. In particular, the exploitation of satellite image data from existing tools is difficult for professionals who are not familiar with image processing. In this scope, this article presents a new innovative platform that automates some of the journalistic practices. This platform includes several mechanisms allowing users to early detect and receive information about breaking news in real-time, retrieve EO Sentinel-2 images upon request for a certain event, and automatically generate a personalized article according to the writing style of the author. Through this platform, the journalists or editors can also make any modifications to the generated article before publishing. This platform is an added-value tool not only for journalists and the media industry but also for freelancers and article writers who use information extracted from EO data in their articles.

Keywords: web 3.0; article composition; Earth observation (EO); journalism 3.0; media industry; journalistic workflow; journalistic practices; text generation with artificial intelligence (AI); disaster reporting; EarthPress (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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