Carleton University’s School of Journalism and Communication will convene an industry roundtable called “Journalism and Artificial Intelligence” on Thursday, May 30, in Toronto. The roundtable will explore use of AI in news organizations, the ethical implications and what it all means for journalism education.
The event is being organized in partnership with the Canadian Association of Journalists and the Polis/London School of Economics JournalismAI Project. The Carleton project is funded by a grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) and The Globe and Mail is also supporting by hosting at the news organization’s newsroom in downtown Toronto.
The timing and location of the event is designed to coincide with the annual conference of the Canadian Association of Journalists, which runs from May 31 to June 2, also in downtown Toronto.
Registration for the Carleton roundtable on journalism and AI will be limited and will open in early May. In the meantime, to express an interest in joining the roundtable, to join our mailing list or to pose questions, please contact the event chair, Prof. Allan Thompson, the head of Carleton’s journalism program.
Program
The roundtable lineup includes a number of key players in the fast-moving area of journalism and artificial intelligence.
Charlie Beckett, who leads the Polis/JournalismAI project at the London School of Economics will deliver a keynote.
Other confirmed participants include:
- Jeremy Caplan is Director of Teaching and Learning at CUNY’s Newmark Graduate School of Journalism in New York City. He teaches classes, workshops and webinars on entrepreneurial and digital journalism and is the creator and editor of the Wonder Tools newsletter.
- Gina Chua is the executive editor of the media startup Semafor and previously served as the executive editor of the Reuters news agency.
- Florent Daudens is Director, Newsgathering, National and International News, Radio-Canada and also an expert in innovation in journalism, artificial intelligence and newsroom transformation.
- Nick Diakopoulos is a Professor in Communication Studies and Computer Science at Northwestern University where he is Director of the Computational Journalism Lab (CJL) and Director of Graduate Studies for the Technology and Social Behavior (TSB) PhD program.
- Chris Dinn is the Emmy award-winning founder and publisher of Torontoverse, a Toronto-based digital news startup harnessing cutting-edge technology for local news delivery.
- Mario Garcia is Senior Adviser on News Design at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and has worked as a design/editorial consultant around the world, on projects with The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, South China Morning Post (Hong Kong), New Straits Times (Malaysia) and Aftenposten (Norway).
- Jeremy Gilbert is Knight Professor in Digital Media Strategy at Northwestern University in Chicago. His research focuses on the content and revenue strategies of existing and emerging media companies.
- Dalia Hashim is the Program and Research Lead for AI and Media Integrity at Partnership on AI. She focuses on the intersection of AI and local news and works extensively on understanding how AI policies and interventions can minimize the harmful impact of AI in various industries.
- Nikita Roy is a data scientist, journalist, and AI expert. She hosts the globally acclaimed ‘Newsroom Robots’ podcast, which has ranked among the top technology podcasts in over 30 countries on Apple Podcasts.
- Louise Story is a former chief product and technology officer at the Wall Street Journal and a consultant and educator with experience in building organization culture around AI, how to get started with AI experimentation, and the business model of journalism with AI.
The industry roundtable will have three key objectives:
- Organizing an unprecedented gathering in Canada of experts on the intersection between journalism and AI through a one-day roundtable;
- Using the gathering to exchange and generate new knowledge on the application of AI tools in journalism practise in terms of newsgathering, news production and news distribution with an overarching examination of the ethical implications of AI use; and
- Mobilizing that knowledge to reach a wider audience in the journalism industry and journalism schools through the creation of curriculum modules and reading lists on journalism and AI as well as a timely report documenting the roundtable findings.
The event will feature a discussion of how journalism curricula can be adapted to prepare students to work effectively in an environment where the use of AI tools is now a reality.
And Carleton journalism students at the master’s and undergraduate level will be engaged directly in supporting the event and generating media content that will be shared in real time on our digital platform.
Friday, April 12, 2024 in General, Journalism News, News
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