This event is presented by the Tow Center for Digital Journalism and the Craig Newmark Center for Journalism Ethics and Security with support from the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation and the Tow Foundation.
Join us for a sweeping exploration of AI and ethics in today’s journalism, including stimulating discussions from leading industry thinkers and news practitioners, hands-on workshops and new research.
Day 1 panels and talks:
Preview: Newmark report on ethical journalism in the AI era
Using in-depth interviews with leading standards editors, top newsroom leaders, and scholars, Margaret Sullivan and Julie Gerstein explore how journalistic ethics are evolving to meet the moment and offer recommendations for responsible, sustainable and trustworthy journalism in the AI era.
Trust and Transparency: How to Keep Audiences in the AI Loop
Newsrooms that see promise in generative AI tools face a conundrum: How to explain their use of the technology to readers while maintaining the audience’s trust. Our panel of audience experts discusses pitfalls and best practices.
Is That a Good Deal? How AI content-sharing agreements play out in newsrooms
More and more news companies are striking content-sharing deals with OpenAI. Are these agreements an investment in the future, a lifeline for struggling newsrooms, or a Faustian bargain that news leaders will come to regret?
Beyond the Notebook: Reporters’ Perspectives on Generative AI
Coverage of new technologies often runs the gamut from fearful to fawning. How to develop an appropriate reportorial perspective on emerging technology and foster it in your team.
AI in Election 2024: Fake News, Fact-Checking and Fairness
As the 2024 election draws near, a review and a look ahead at how generative AI is changing the playing field for candidates, for journalists and for the voters.
Day 2 workshops and talks:
Editing AI-powered Journalism | What We Have Learned So Far
How do you edit journalism that is produced by a tool that is unpredictable and known to fabricate information? Hear from newsrooms and reporters who have successfully published AI-powered journalism and how they adapted their edit process to do so without compromising on their principles or the quality of their published work.
A Journalists’ Guide To Prompt Engineering
What do reporters need to know about using AI to power their journalism? How can they most effectively support their workflows using these new tools while avoiding the pitfalls? Prof. Mark Hansen will guide attendees through an introductory session on prompt engineering for journalism.
Teaching with ChatGPT: Beyond the Cheating Paradigm
In this session, journalism educators will discuss different approaches they have found helpful in navigating a classroom environment where students may be inclined to use ChatGPT. We will hear from professors who use the tool to facilitate learning as well as those who restrict uses of the tool that limit learning. Join and tell us what you’re up to!
Visualizing Data with Large Language Models
Bring your laptop for this hands-on demonstration of ways to use LLM chatbots like ChatGPT to build charts, graphs, tables and other kinds of data visualizations including interactive graphics in D3. Prior coding experience will be helpful but is not required.
Event Contact Information
Hana Joy
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