AI & Data Intelligence Blog

Analytic Process Automation: Behind a new data analytics movement

Companies are scrambling right now to respond to a rapidly changing context, and they’re using data to navigate the necessary…

May 15, 2020 Yves Mulkers 94M views 3 min read

Top 3 Ways Machine Learning Will Create Jobs

This new technology will only expand the possibilities of what entrepreneurs can do. I remember watching the iconic movie Back…

Nov 29, 2017 Yves Mulkers 112M views 3 min read

How to get started in data journalism: Takeaways from a panel at CUNY

Want to get started in data journalism? Don’t waste your time learning how to code from scratch. Instead, pick a project…

Aug 20, 2016 Yves Mulkers 175M views 2 min read

New Directions for The New Hyperlocal: Mobile, Big Data Opens Up The Doors

Hyperlocal has been widely seen as a failure in the wake of AOL’s huge loss from its investment in Patch.…

Jul 28, 2016 Yves Mulkers 49M views 2 min read

How to get started in online investigations with open-source intelligence

Myself and others at First Draft frequently receive emails from a whole range of people asking how they can start…

Jul 28, 2016 Yves Mulkers 119M views 3 min read

How hyperlocal journalists plug the democratic gap in regional elections

Millions of people voted in the UK’s local and national elections in May, but who can say how well informed…

Jul 21, 2016 Yves Mulkers 48M views 3 min read

VCs Share 7 Strategies for Hyperlocal Startups Looking to Raise Money

The ideas are there. The technology is there. What the founders of early-stage hyperlocal startups really need to succeed in…

Jul 21, 2016 Yves Mulkers 140M views 3 min read

BBC should help fund hyperlocal news sites, says report

The BBC should help fund Britain’s emerging hyperlocal journalism sector in the same way it supported the rollout of local…

Jun 12, 2016 Yves Mulkers 104M views 2 min read

Weather Company’s Webster Touts the Power of Forecast Data in Local Marketing

Many of the recent advancements in marketing technology are predicated on the promise of an increasingly sophisticated ability to anticipate…

Apr 30, 2016 Yves Mulkers 117M views 3 min read

The future of location-based services

Five years ago, my co-author, Mike Schneider, and I published one of the first books ever written on the topic…

Apr 25, 2016 Yves Mulkers 127M views 4 min read