NewsJedi

Currently live here

NewsJedi is a NewsReader App powered by ML, designed to help you easily filter content across over 11,000 publishers using machine learning.

Features

ML powered publisher filtering.
Responsive design using Bootstrap and jQuery.
Uses live news data from Gdelt covering over 11,000 publishers.

Available at

You can access the NewsJedi app at: newsjedi.online

Screenshots

Desktop View

Mobile View

Technology Stack

Component	Technology
Frontend	HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Bootstrap, jQuery
Backend	Python, Gensim, Flask
Hosting	Firebase, Google Cloud Run
Database	Gensim KeyedVectors
Live News Data	Gdelt API
Security & Performance	Cloudflare (DDoS protection, CDN)

Getting Started

To run this project locally, follow these steps:

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/your-username/newsjedi.git
cd newsjedi

Set up a virtual environment and install dependencies:

python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

Run the application:
```
python app.py
```

How It Works

NewsJedi leverages machine learning algorithms to identify and suggest similar news publishers, enabling you to filter, curate, and understand the media landscape effortlessly. The publisher similarities are learned by using a network embedding algorithm trained on a vast dataset, composed of hyperlinks between domains on the internet.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please open an issue or submit a pull request for any improvements or features you’d like to see.

praveng/NewsJedi