More stories.
Closer to home.
Newsroom resources are limited. Local stories are endless.
United Robots’ newsroom services help you cover them all:
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NEW! Are local data sources difficult and time consuming to access? DataDesk does the job for you.
- NEW! Tough keeping track of the state legislation affecting your community? With BillTracker it's easy.
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Do you have enough unique local content? Our Automated content products fill gaps in your reporting.
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Join the growing group of publishers who use United Robots' services
”People talk about ABBA and IKEA, but I think the best thing to come out of Sweden is United Robots.”
Robert Whitehead, Moderator, INMA Media Innovation Week
How United Robots is helping local publishers
Local media is facing multiple challenges:
- Pressure on newsroom resources
- Creating journalism that’s inclusive & relevant to more people
- Covering all the community information readers expect
- Growing revenue from digital journalism
We support newsrooms to:
- Surface stories from community data
- Free up reporter time
- Publish more unique local content
- Expand coverage
- Grow business
We do this through:
Data services like DataDesk and BillTracker which provide digests to the newsroom and Automated content products which give you more unique local content even during off-hours.
The result: Journalists' time is freed up to focus on quality journalism and spending time in the community. Research becomes easier and more comprehensive with 24/7 coverage of developing events.
Why publishers use United Robots
Local publishers are increasingly using automation to capture untapped reader demand and untapped revenue. Here’s how:
Discovering the gaps
“It’s great to say you want to start testing AI, but you need to work out what problem you’re solving for. For us, it was about bringing in more information – we want to be a community portal and we want our journalists to produce journalism, not track down information.”
Cynthia DuBose, Senior VP Product & Experience, McClatchy
Covering 60,000 football matches
“Thanks to automated journalism, we’re able to write about every single local football match, coverage that’s not provided by anyone else. That, combined with the crowdsourcing element, will drive inclusivity and engagement in the local sports communities, and by extension create value in our news brand.”
Ard Boer, Sports Project Manager, NDC Mediagroep
Expanding coverage
"Nothing can replace the work of our talented journalists. Technology does, however, afford us unique opportunities to cover more teams, more players, in an efficient and creative manner."
Neal Ronquist, General Manager of The Rink Live, Forum Communications
Driving digital subscriptions
"If you want to be successful with automated content, you have to handle it like you do reporter written articles. If you’ve identified that it has value, and subscribers appreciate it, then you need to promote it – and you will get results."
Anna-Karin Tilleby, Project Manager Content Development, NTM
Filling white spots
“While we have razor sharp focus on local content, we still have white spots on the reporting map. With automated texts we ensure readers in these areas too, receive regular updates about local events."
Peter Sigfridsson, Head of Production Development, Gota Media
Automating the small newsroom
"We know where to deploy our resources in order to make our readers happy. And if we can use technology and automation to perform tasks as well as we reporters would, there’s no doubt that’s what we should do."
Helena Tell, Editor-in-Chief, Bärgslagsbladet, Bonnier News Local
Driving subscription sales
"The high quality of this real estate content, combined with the fact that it’s automatically generated, provides a net value for us – and our readers."
Jan Stian Vold, Director of Development, Bergens Tidende, Schibsted
Driving reach
"We believe publishing thousands of articles with a dozen or so views each, generates value in a couple of ways. Local sports articles often go viral in small clusters which means we reach big audiences on a hyper local level. It’s also important for our brand to be seen to provide coverage of all leagues and divisions, including junior ones."
Hannes Andersson, CEO, EverySport Media Group
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