TRANSFORMATION OF NEWSROOMS WITH THE ADVENT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE JOURNALISM
MAY 13, 2021
Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague
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WELCOME REMARKS
10:00-10:15
Lenka Rovná (Vice-Rector for European Affairs, Charles University, Prague)
Václav Moravec (Director of Center of Artificial Intelligence Journalism, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague)
Filip Láb (Head of Department of Journalism, Institute of Communication Studies and Journalism, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague)
KEYNOTE SPEAKER 1
10:15-10:45, Chair: Filip Láb (Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague)
David Caswell (BBC News Lab)
“Scaling public access to journalism using automation”
MORNING SESSION
10:45-12:15
Each presenter will have 12 minutes. Discussion will follow after all presentations at the end of panel.
Chair: Filip Láb (Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague)
Stefanie Sirén-Heikel (University of Helsinki), Martin Kjellman (University of Helsinki), Carl-Gustav Lindén (University of Bergen)
“AI in the newsroom: Defining journalism as an outsider”
Ahmed El Gody (Örebro University Sweden)
“Introducing AI inside Al Jazeera newsroom”
Bartosz Wilczek (LMU Munich), Neil Thurman (LMU Munich), Natali Helberger (University of Amsterdam)
“Current state and future potential of local AI: An investigation of how local newspapers adopt AI along the news value chain”
Joanne Kuai (Karlstad University, Sweden)
“Artificial Intelligence in Chinese Newsrooms”
Radka Marková (Czech News Agency), Veronika Macková (Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague), Václav Moravec (Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague)
“Czech News Agency as a pioneer in the field of automated journalism”
LUNCH BREAK
12:15 – 13:00
KEYNOTE SPEAKER 2
13:00-13:30, Chair: Alžběta Krausová – The Institute of State and Law, Czech Academy of Sciences
Sam Gregory (Program Director of WITNESS)
“Deepfakes and synthetic media: Global threats and solutions for journalists”
AFTERNOON SESSION 1
13:30 – 14:45
Each presenter will have 12 minutes. Discussion will follow after all presentations at the end of panel.
Chair: Alžběta Krausová (The Institute of State and Law, Czech Academy of Sciences)
Oliana Sula (University “Aleksander Moisiu” Durrës, Durrës, Albania)
“AI skills for a new generation of journalists in Western Balkan countries”
Daniela Frumusani (University of Bucharest, Romania), Valentina Marinescu (University of Bucharest, Romania), Bianca Fox (Nottingham Trent University, UK), Silvia Branea (University of Bucharest, Romania), Ramona Marinescu (University of Bucharest, Romania)
“Perceptions and attitudes towards AI-generated news: A thematic content analysis of AI and its impact on the craft of journalism as a provider of daily news”
Mathias-Felipe de-Lima-Santos (School of Communication, University of Navarra, Spain)
“From data journalism to artificial intelligence: A practical application of computer vision in news reporting”
Hannes Cools, Baldwin Van Gorp, Michaël Opgenhaffen (Journalism and New Media
Institute for Media Studies (IMS), KU Leuven, Belgium)
“When algorithms recommend what is new(s): new dynamics of gatekeeping and agenda-setting in newsroom innovation labs”
AFTERNOON SESSION 2
14:45 – 16:00
Each presenter will have 12 minutes. Discussion will follow after all presentations at the end of panel.
Chair: Luboš Král (Artificial Intelligence Center, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University, Prague)
Stuart Duncan (Communication and Culture, Ryerson University, Toronto)
“BulletinBot: How AI-based text-to-speech could change the news industry”
Kamil Ekštein, Jakub Sido, Miloslav Konopík, Ondřej Pražák (Department of Computer, Science and Engineering Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of West Bohemia)
“On Applying Automation and AI to Practical Journalism from the Programmers’ Perspective”
Jan Drchal (Artificial Intelligence Center, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University, Prague)
“Automated Fact-Checking in Czech Language”
Bhekinkosi Jakobe Ncube, Lungile Tshuma (Department of Journalism, Film & Television, University of Johannesburg, South Africa)
“Joining the bandwagon: Artificial Intelligence and the reconfiguration of journalism practises in Zimbabwe”
CONCLUDING REMARKS
16:00 – 16:15
Václav Moravec (Director of Center of Artificial Intelligence Journalism, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague)