“. . . the need for hands-on familiarity with applied AI in journalism becomes even more critical because of the likelihood that the entire information ecosystem within which journalism exists will undergo transformation.”
– David Caswell
This substantive piece by journalism and technology expert David Caswell suggests the steps ahead for newsrooms exploring AI. Caswell is a “consultant, builder and researcher” who focuses on AI systems applied in news.
He organizes his analysis in four areas:
- Applying generative AI to news product & editorial strtagies
- How to deploy generative AI in newsrooms
- Infrastructure for an AI-ready newsroom
- Organizational structure for AI-empowered teams
Caswell goes on to offer his glimpse of the future in “the next information ecosystem.”