AI Journalism Starter Pack
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Polis Journalism (2021), 26 pp.
"Welcome to the AI journalism Starter Pack, a guide designed to help news organisations learn about the opportunities offered by artificial intelligence (AI) to support their journalism. This guide will be of use to any news organisation approaching AI technologies but it is especially targeted at small and local publishers." (Introduction)
What do we mean by ‘artificial intelligence’? 3
And what is ‘machine learning’ instead? 4
How do news organisations use AI technologies? 5
1. Using AI to automate your news production, 6
2. Using AI for your journalistic investigations, 7
3. Using AI to leverage the content in your archives, 8
4. Using AI to understand what your audiences want, 9
5. Using AI to optimise engagement & subscriptions, 10
6. Using AI for fact-checking and verification, 11
7. Using AI for comment moderation, 12
8. Using AI to optimise your use of images, 13
9. Using AI to identify and mitigate risks of bias, 14
10. Using AI to cover the COVID-19 pandemic, 15
How are newsrooms introducing AI in their workflows? 16
How is AI changing newsroom roles and careers? 17
What about the ethical concerns of using AI? 18
Are there collaboration opportunities around AI? 19
Can small and local newsrooms adopt AI? 20
I want to build an AI strategy for my own organisation. Where do I start? 21
I have colleagues who know nothing about AI. Where do I send them first? 22
And what is ‘machine learning’ instead? 4
How do news organisations use AI technologies? 5
1. Using AI to automate your news production, 6
2. Using AI for your journalistic investigations, 7
3. Using AI to leverage the content in your archives, 8
4. Using AI to understand what your audiences want, 9
5. Using AI to optimise engagement & subscriptions, 10
6. Using AI for fact-checking and verification, 11
7. Using AI for comment moderation, 12
8. Using AI to optimise your use of images, 13
9. Using AI to identify and mitigate risks of bias, 14
10. Using AI to cover the COVID-19 pandemic, 15
How are newsrooms introducing AI in their workflows? 16
How is AI changing newsroom roles and careers? 17
What about the ethical concerns of using AI? 18
Are there collaboration opportunities around AI? 19
Can small and local newsrooms adopt AI? 20
I want to build an AI strategy for my own organisation. Where do I start? 21
I have colleagues who know nothing about AI. Where do I send them first? 22
