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Title
Mediahuis strengthens its commitment to quality journalism with Google Cloud's AI
Mediahuis case study | Google Cloud Page Contents Mediahuis strengthens its commitment to quality journalism with Google Cloud's AI Get started for free Google Cloud Results Reduced research time Improved produc…
Description
Mediahuis, a European media group publishing more than 30 news brands including De Standaard, NRC and De Telegraaf, built NewsSearch, an AI assistant combining Elasticsearch with Google Cloud's Vertex AI and Gemini models to let journalists search millions of archived articles, verify facts, generate summaries and suggest story angles. Research that sometimes took hours is now done in a few seconds or minutes, and the tool is being extended to other publications in the group after a successful pilot.
…ndscape. Present in Belgium, the Netherlands, Ireland, Germany, and Luxembourg, the group publishes more than 30 independent news brands, including De Standaard, NRC, De Telegraaf, and Irish Independent. Renowned for its commitment to quality journalism, Mediahuis also diversifies i…
…newsroom. "The time it takes to find information has been drastically reduced: what sometimes took hours is now done in a few seconds or minutes in the best case scenarios," says Marielle Vermeer. "Freed from these tedious and time-consuming investiga…
Company
Mediahuis
Mediahuis case study | Google Cloud Page Contents Mediahuis strengthens its commitment to quality journalism with Google Cloud's AI Get started for free Google Cloud Results Reduced resear…
Region
Europe
…r. With AI as a companion, our journalists are opening a new era in the press." A European media group founded in 2014, Mediahuis operates in Belgium, the Netherlands, Ireland, Germany, and Luxembourg. It publishes more than 30 independent news brands, such as De Standaard, NRC, D…
Industry
Media & Entertainment
…mitment to independent, quality journalism, contributing positively to society. Industry: Press and Media Location: The Netherlands, Belgium Products: Gemini APIs , Vertex AI , Cloud Ru…
Problem
Our methods for accessing our archives clearly lacked efficiency. For example, a simple search could take up to 30 minutes while the most complex could take more time.
…team, eager to explore responsible AI use cases that might work for newsrooms. "Our methods for accessing our archives clearly lacked efficiency. For example, a simple search could take up to 30 minutes while the most complex could take more time." The answer to this challenge had to go beyond a simple search tool. "As the pe…
Solution
Mediahuis, with Google's News Partnerships team and partner ML6, built "NewsSearch," an assistant combining the Elasticsearch search engine to identify relevant articles with Google Cloud's Vertex AI and Gemini models to summarize information, answer journalists' questions, and suggest editorial angles.
through the collaboration and partnership with Google’s News Partnerships team
…us to fine-tune the search capabilities to meet the unique needs of newsrooms." The technical architecture combines the Elasticsearch search engine, responsible for identifying relevant articles, with the analytical capabilities of Gemini, which offers summaries, answers to journalists' questions, and suggestions for…
Business value
The time it takes to find information has been drastically reduced: what sometimes took hours is now done in a few seconds or minutes, freeing journalists for value-added tasks. Encouraged by the success of NewsSearch in its first pilot newsrooms, Mediahuis plans to extend the solution to other publications in the group starting next year.
…newsroom. "The time it takes to find information has been drastically reduced: what sometimes took hours is now done in a few seconds or minutes in the best case scenarios," says Marielle Vermeer. "Freed from these tedious and time-consuming investiga…
…ior Project Lead, Data and AI Innovation, Mediahuis New horizons for NewsSearch Encouraged by the success of NewsSearch in its first pilot newsrooms, Mediahuis now plans to extend the solution to other publications in the group starting next year. "We are convinced that this collaboration with Google Cloud positions us as a k…
AI capabilities
Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Generative AI
…us to fine-tune the search capabilities to meet the unique needs of newsrooms." The technical architecture combines the Elasticsearch search engine, responsible for identifying relevant articles, with the analytical capabilities of Gemini, which offers summaries, answers to journalists' questions, and suggestions for…
Technology
Vertex AI, Gemini, Elasticsearch, Cloud Run, App Engine, Firestore
…tively to society. Industry: Press and Media Location: The Netherlands, Belgium Products: Gemini APIs , Vertex AI , Cloud Run , App Engine , Firestore , ElasticSearch About Google Cloud partner - ML6 ML6 is an AI consulting company that helps bus…
Deployment model
cloud
…tively to society. Industry: Press and Media Location: The Netherlands, Belgium Products: Gemini APIs , Vertex AI , Cloud Run , App Engine , Firestore , ElasticSearch About Google Cloud partner - ML6 ML6 is an AI consulting company that helps bus…
Deployment options
cloud
…tively to society. Industry: Press and Media Location: The Netherlands, Belgium Products: Gemini APIs , Vertex AI , Cloud Run , App Engine , Firestore , ElasticSearch About Google Cloud partner - ML6 ML6 is an AI consulting company that helps bus…
Headline outcome
…newsroom. "The time it takes to find information has been drastically reduced: what sometimes took hours is now done in a few seconds or minutes in the best case scenarios," says Marielle Vermeer. "Freed from these tedious and time-consuming investiga…
Use case type
Knowledge search
…s operational. More than just a search engine, it behaves like a true assistant capable not only of quickly finding information in the archives, but also of verifying its veracity, offering summaries, and even suggesting in…
