MEDIUM – 19/09/2019
Ana Lomtadze
Last week, Google said it had made changes to its algorithm to highlight ‘original reporting’ and have it remain longer at the top of search results. GEN spoke with Richard Gingras, Google’s VP of News, to understand how the algorithm will work and what the role of humans will be in the process. More importantly, we spoke about the issues at stake and the potential unintended consequences — how does Google rank and rate news outlets? Could Google’s criteria for ‘reputable sources’ favor big news outlets and thus exacerbate inequalities among publishers?