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Annotation and highlighting tool — Tow Center for Digital Journalism

Annotation and highlighting tool

Tow Center for Digital Journalism January 2026 Research

Built a browser-based annotation tool for internal use. Used to cleanly show and systematically mark up multi-page text in any file format — color-coding and tagging headlines, fact-checking information, and linking quotes to sources. Built with React, pdf.js, and a custom SVG overlay system handling cross-page arrow routing and annotation merging. Used regularly to produce structured datasets to test AI and algorithm-focused tools. Usable in mobile or web.

Tools & methods
reactpdf.jsAIjavascriptViteNLPs

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