Reporting on Artificial Intelligence: A Handbook for Journalism Educators
Paris: UNESCO (2023), 133 pp.
Series: UNESCO Series on Journalism Education
ISBN 978-92-3-100592-3
CC BY-SA
"[...] While many AI deployments serve public interest, journalists also need insight and expertise to alert about aspects like exclusions, unequal benefits, and violations of human rights. As part of its journalism education series, UNESCO’s International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) has supported the World Journalism Education Council in commissioning this handbook. The aim is to inspire and empower so that journalism educators can help both journalism students and working journalists do justice to one of the major issues of our times. The handbook covers: understanding machine intelligence and identifying different types of AI; exploring AI’s potential, as well as its strengths and weaknesses; imagining diverse futures with AI by recognising pervasive popular narratives that inform public consciousness; understanding journalism’s role in mediating and shaping AI discourse; finding ways of reporting about AI in a nuanced, realistic and accountable manner; making connections to existing genres of journalism, ranging from general news reporting to data journalism." (Short summary)
Introduction: Pedagogies of Teaching about AI Technologies 15
Module 1: Defining Artificial Intelligence / Agnes Stenbom, 27
Module 2: Cultural Myths and Narratives about Artificial Intelligence / Edward Finn and Suren Jayasuriya, 37
Module 3: Policy Frameworks and Recommendations for Artificial Intelligence / Fredrik Heintz, 49
Module 4: Reporting in Algorithmic Cultures / Frederic Heymans, 61
Module 5: Reporting on Malicious Uses of AI Technologies / Santosh Kumar Biswal, 69
Module 6: Patterns of Storytelling about Artificial Intelligence / Maarit Jaakkola, 81
Module 7: Artificial Intelligence in Journalism and Journalistic Practice / Jenny Wiik, 94
A checklist of eighteen pitfalls in AI journalism / Sayash Kapoor and Arvind Narayanan, 109
Afterword: Educating AI-savvy Journalists 115
Module 1: Defining Artificial Intelligence / Agnes Stenbom, 27
Module 2: Cultural Myths and Narratives about Artificial Intelligence / Edward Finn and Suren Jayasuriya, 37
Module 3: Policy Frameworks and Recommendations for Artificial Intelligence / Fredrik Heintz, 49
Module 4: Reporting in Algorithmic Cultures / Frederic Heymans, 61
Module 5: Reporting on Malicious Uses of AI Technologies / Santosh Kumar Biswal, 69
Module 6: Patterns of Storytelling about Artificial Intelligence / Maarit Jaakkola, 81
Module 7: Artificial Intelligence in Journalism and Journalistic Practice / Jenny Wiik, 94
A checklist of eighteen pitfalls in AI journalism / Sayash Kapoor and Arvind Narayanan, 109
Afterword: Educating AI-savvy Journalists 115
