Category: AI in the newsroom

‘Watson has been trained to recognize acoustic inputs—the cheers of a crowd, the sound of sneakers on a court, the…

‘news organizations are increasingly leveraging AI to change the way news is generated, produced, published, and shared’ Ron Schmelzer, a…

‘Am I meant to compete with a bot now? Satoshi doesn’t need to sleep, feel inspired, or even have a…

‘According to investors, more international journals, as well as conference and patent information, will be covered by the automated systems…

‘AI aided the investigation by applying a journalist’s human judgment identifying a particular kind of document—like a tax return or…

‘something fundamental is changing, because of the unprecedented possibilities offered by AI-powered technologies. Something so big that it requires new…

‘From fluency in social media and audience engagement to introductory data science, these are the skills that have been consistently…

‘New technological challenges and opportunities are encouraging a reflection about the deeper meaning and mission of journalism, as well as…

‘AI has barely touched investigative journalism, let alone transformed it.’ Benefits of AI in investigative journalism should be weighed against…

‘In the hybridization of workflows, more often than not AI technologies actually create new types of work related to things…

‘The journalists of tomorrow will need to be trained to design, update, tweak, validate, correct, supervise and generally maintain these…

Calling it ‘the UK’s most prolific reporter’, the FINANCIAL TIMES describes how AI-powered RADAR delivers human interest and local headline…

‘…these are the types of stories that may never have even been unearthed, let alone told, had the AI not…

‘I think it allows newsrooms to do things that it couldn’t otherwise do, or that it wasn’t interested in doing.’ …

10,000 deepfakes may be circulating online, as ‘synthetic media’ keeps getting easier to make and harder to detect. Writing in…

‘…the number of subscription cancellations (churn) was reduced by 49 per cent. This was particularly efficient with low- or medium-engagement…

‘News media professionals worry about human obsolescence in the face of such quickly accelerating automation. Yet many believe those concerns…

‘As one participant beautifully described it, we were interested in the state of play and the state of mind.’ A…

‘We have a team of five reporters, publishing 8,000-10,000 local stories each month.’ WNIP interviews Gary Rogers, Editor-in-Chief of RADAR,…