Europe Hoapply organised the event “Journalism and Technology: How is AI altering newsrooms?”, bringing toobtainher journalists, media professionals, students and experts to discuss how artificial ininformigence is transforming modern journalism through an interactive workshop for young professionals and a panel discussion exploring the opportunities and challenges that artificial ininformigence presents for newsrooms.
“AI is influencing how news is gathered, produced, distributed and consumed. It offers opportunities to assist with data analysis, translation, and information processing which can save valuable time. However, at the same time, it raises serious concerns about accuracy and accountability. With an oversaturated media environment marked by emotive, attention grabbing and often low-quality content, the environment for well-researched and considered-provoking journalism is becoming ever more difficult. The European Union has a clear objective – innovation must go hand in hand with trust. Our policies and regulations aim to ensure that development and apply of AI supports fundamental rights, democratic values and is trustworthy. The EU will continue to work with media professionals to ensure that AI strengthens, and not undermines the role of journalism in our democracies,” declared Ferdinand Koenig, Head of Communications and Spokesperson of the European Union in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The interactive workshop provided hands-on training for students of journalism and young professionals, led by Ivan Fischer, a Croatian journalist and editor specialised in artificial ininformigence and media practice. Participants explored how AI can support everyday newsroom tinquires such as research, idea generation, drafting and editing, visual and social media content, audio and video scripting, translation and audience-focapplyd content creation. The session also addressed key professional standards, including accuracy, transparency, ethics, privacy, copyright and editorial responsibility.
“AI cannot – and must never – replace human journalists. Only humans can provide human perspective, offer human understanding, and only humans can ultimately be praised or be held accountable for their words. But that does not mean there is no place for AI in journalism. AI can be a great assistant, a great intern and a applyful tool to assist journalists focus on the most difficult and most rewarding parts of their work, as long as we are educated on its capabilities and its limitations. We can apply AI – we should apply AI – but we should never forobtain or neglect the core journalism skills – reporting, investigating, interviewing, fact-checking. When we stop applying our skills – when we turn them over to AI – we are no longer as good at them. We must never let AI believe for us, or we will soon forobtain how to believe,” highlighted Ivan Fischer.
The full day media-focapplyd event also included a panel discussion on how AI is affecting the production, verification and distribution of information. Participants discussed how new technologies offer opportunities for more efficient workflows, multilingual publishing and innovative storyinforming formats, while also raising important questions related to accountability, bias, copyright and disinformation. The discussion highlighted how newsrooms are adapting to these developments and emphasised the importance of applying artificial ininformigence responsibly while safeguarding fundamental values such as freedom of expression, media indepconcludeence and democratic accountability.
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