Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
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The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism is Oxford University's international research center in the comparative study of news media.
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
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Bite-sized insights from Reuters Institute’s fellowship seminars: how AI is revolutionising newsrooms and opening up new possibilities for journalism. Featuring: Bahareh Heravi – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mqXG5y6ENA&list=PLMctYaT2KOgtahBzm5SUSJqiX_nTLpGtU&index=5&t=7s Dima Saber - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oOOk3b5sw4&list=PLMctYaT2KOgtahBzm5SUSJqiX_nTLpGtU&index=3 Hilke Schellmann - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeLXJgX9SvY&list=PLMctYaT2KOgtahBzm5SUSJqiX_nTLpGtU&index=14&t=3s Script and editing: Caithlin Mercer Music by Patiño Full transcript he ..read more
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
3w ago
Bite-sized insights from Reuters Institute’s fellowship seminars: covering the climate crisis, with a focus on how local stories can shape global conversations on this crucial topic. Featuring: Friederike Otto – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cw7DsPn7xY&list=PLMctYaT2KOgtahBzm5SUSJqiX_nTLpGtU&index=25&t=432s Wanjira Mathai - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnoAhqHSMSc&list=PLMctYaT2KOgtahBzm5SUSJqiX_nTLpGtU&index=10&t=90s Host, script and editing: Caithlin Mercer Music by Patiño Find a full transcript on our website: https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/fellowsh ..read more
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
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Bite-sized insights from Reuters Institute’s fellowship seminars: what can we learn from experts in Indonesia, South Africa and Argentina about political coverage in times of democratic regression? Featuring: Sana Jaffrey - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8770X9hRZlU Adriaan Basson - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vd77JBQdFSs&list=PLMctYaT2KOgtahBzm5SUSJqiX_nTLpGtU&index=7 Hugo Alconada Mon- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6br50jKXVso&list=PLMctYaT2KOgtahBzm5SUSJqiX_nTLpGtU&index=9 You can find a full transcript here: https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/fellowship-takea ..read more
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
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Broadcast radio is facing an existential question: can it survive in the digital era, when young audiences don’t know what FM and AM mean? Tech company Futuri Media says they can revitalize local radio using AI. Tech company Futuri Media says they’ve created a tool that can do everything local radio does via AI including local news, interviews, music, and weather and traffic reports. For the final episode of our series on AI and the Future of Audio, host Gretel Kahn speaks with the CEO of Futuri Media, Daniel Anstandig. Read a transcript here: https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/it ..read more
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
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What drives trust in news and how do different audiences think about this. In this final episode of our Digital News Report 2024 series, we look at a complex and often controversial subject which is trust in news. We look at what trust in news means, how this varies by different audiences and socio-economic status, and what factors drive trust in news. Speakers: Rasmus Nielsen is co-author of the Digital News Report, Director of the Reuters Institute and Professor of Political Communication at the University of Oxford. His work focuses on changes in the news media, political communication, and ..read more
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
3M ago
How do you best integrate AI in your news strategy as a public service broadcasting organisation? That is a question that Swedish Radio has been pondering and tackling first hand for the past year. Swedish broadcasting organization, Swedish Radio, has been a pioneer when it comes to innovation in the audio space with AI as they have been reshaping audio news production and curation teams for the age of artificial intelligence since before the mass interest in the technology. Host Gretel Kahn spoke with spoke with Olle Zachrison, Head of Artificial Intelligence and News Strategy at Swedish Radi ..read more
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
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Mexican news organisation 'Grupo Fórmula' has created an AI news anchor to attract younger audiences. Host Gretel Kahn spoke with Oswaldo Aguilar Castro, Director of Technology and AI Infrastructure. An AI news presenter named NAT is one of several synthetic news anchors created by Mexican broadcasting group Grupo Fórmula to attract younger audiences. Host Gretel Kahn spoke with Oswaldo Aguilar Castro, Director of Technology and AI Infrastructure at Grupo Fórmula, on how they trained NAT, feedback from audiences and whether she poses a challenge to human news anchors. Read a transcript here: h ..read more
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
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On April 27 2023, artificial intelligence took over a radio station in francophone Switzerland, the voices were AI clones of their real hosts, everything they said were scripts generated by AI, and even the music played was aggregated and composed by AI. On April 27 2023, artificial intelligence completely took over the Couleur 3 radio station in Switzerland. The voices were AI clones of their real hosts, everything they said were scripts generated by AI, and even the music played was aggregated and composed by AI. Host Gretel Kahn spoke with the station’s head, Antoine Multone. Transcript: ht ..read more
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
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Can AI write better short stories than a human writer? This is the questions at the heart of the Digital Writer project from Czech Radio. Since 2020, Czech Radio has been experimenting with generative AI tools, particularly ChatGPT, to see what it would sound like when AI meets human creativity. The result has been four seasons of their ongoing podcast series called Digital Writer. To find out more about the project, host Gretel Kahn spoke to Anna Vošalíková. She is the Chief Dramaturg in charge of digital content at Czech Radio. A transcript of this epsiode can be found here: https://reutersi ..read more
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
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What explains the rise of news influencers and who are the most popular? In this episode of our Digital News Report 2024 podcast series, we look at the rise of news influencers, the platforms where they are prevalent and why some audiences are flocking to them. We look at which figures people pay attention to most and what it means for traditional news media. Speakers: Nic Newman is the lead author of the Digital News Report and is a Senior Research Associate at the Reuters Institute. He is also a consultant on digital media, working actively with news companies on product, audience, and busin ..read more