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Friday, September 27
 

5:00pm EDT

0. Media Fair, reception and cocktail
Friday September 27, 2024 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
Friday September 27, 2024 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
World Room

5:00pm EDT

Amazônia Vox - Voices and freelancers from the Amazon to the World
Friday September 27, 2024 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
The Amazônia Vox project is supported by the ICFJ through the Knight Fellow program. It is developing a knowledge source bank of the Amazon, a network of communication freelancers from the Amazon, and content based on Solutions Journalism. It is also developing an image bank with productions by photographers and filmmakers from the region, including indigenous and traditional peoples. These are useful tools to help climate journalists or those interested in the region find reliable sources and professionals to support collaborative work, facilitating connections and generating opportunities and income in the territory.
Speakers
avatar for Daniel Nardin

Daniel Nardin

Director and editor, Amazônia Vox
With more than 20 years of experience in communication in the Amazon, he is a Knight Fellow at the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), an accredited Solutions Journalism instructor at the Solutions Journalism Network (SJN), and a Changemaker 2024 at the Thomson Reuters Foundation... Read More →
Friday September 27, 2024 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
World Room

5:00pm EDT

Bangla AI
Friday September 27, 2024 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
I am proposing Bangla AI, an innovative AI-powered tool aimed at transforming the Bengali ethnic media landscape in the United States, specifically designed for Bengali journalists working in ethnic media in New York City. The project leverages generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) to support journalists in language translation and summarization, ensuring they can access and produce news in their native language with accuracy and speed. Who uses it and why? The primary users of Bangla AI are Bengali ethnic media journalists, especially those working in New York City, where a large Bangladeshi immigrant community resides. These journalists face significant language barriers when trying to gather, translate, and report mainstream news for their audience. Traditional tools like Google Translate often fall short in delivering contextually accurate translations, which compromises the quality of news. Bangla AI solves this issue by offering a more robust, contextually aware translation tool, allowing journalists to provide relevant and accurate news to the Bengali-speaking diaspora. Additionally, Bangla AI offers a summarization feature that condenses lengthy news articles into concise summaries in Bangla. This feature caters to the evolving reading habits of the audience, ensuring that journalists can keep their readers informed without overwhelming them with lengthy content. Value and Innovation: Bangla AI holds great value for me as it addresses a critical need in the Bengali ethnic media community, where language barriers often hinder journalists from providing accurate and relevant news. The innovative use of generative AI in this context marks a significant advancement in how ethnic media journalists can access, translate, and present information. By integrating AI with language translation and summarization, Bangla AI is bridging the gap between mainstream and ethnic media, empowering journalists to improve the quality and relevance of their news coverage. Impact: The impact of Bangla AI is far-reaching. It strengthens the role of ethnic media as a trusted source of news for the Bengali-speaking diaspora, allowing journalists to connect with their audience more effectively. It also addresses a critical language barrier, ensuring that vital information reaches non-English-speaking Bangladeshi immigrants in the U.S., particularly in New York City. As the project continues to evolve, it has the potential to extend its reach to other ethnic media communities facing similar challenges, enhancing the inclusivity and accessibility of media coverage for non-English-speaking populations. In summary, Bangla AI is an innovative, impactful tool that empowers ethnic media journalists, particularly in the Bengali-speaking community in New York City, to bridge language gaps, provide accurate news, and foster stronger connections with their audience.
Speakers
MA

MD Ashraful Goni

Texas Tech University
My name is MD Ashraful Goni and  I am a doctoral candidate at the college of Media and Communication, Texas Tech University. In my dissertation I am working on developing an AI solution for marginalized immigrant population media consumption. This project’s name is Bangla AI.
Friday September 27, 2024 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
World Room

5:00pm EDT

Bibliofilia: books in Spanish
Friday September 27, 2024 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
Bibliofilia is an online platform dedicated to Spanish-language literature. It features in-depth interviews with prominent Latin American authors and English-speaking authors whose works intersect with Latin American themes. Our interviews explore authors' writing routines and tips on craft, as well as the significance of their work. Bibliofilia also provides book recommendations, curated insights on new releases, and interactive activities, including virtual and in-person book clubs, for Spanish speaking communities across the Americas. Recently, Bibliofilia won second place at the Media Party University in Buenos Aires for its innovative 'literary map' project, an interactive experience that uses programming to identify bookstores recommended by writers across the American continent, showcasing a creative integration of technology with media platforms and literary exploration. The platform has garnered a significant readership since it was launched 4 months ago, particularly among Spanish speakers in the United States, connecting readers with authors and fostering a vibrant literary community. Very few major literary publications include space for literature in Spanish, and as the number of Spanish speakers in the United States steadily increases, we hope to fill that gap. Looking ahead, Bibliofilia aims to evolve into a hub for Latin American literature, uniting readers and writers across the continent in a community of people connected by Hispanic heritage and love for literature. By offering original content on Latin American books, supporting authors, and promoting conversations, Bibliofilia aspires to bridge regional gaps and enrich cross-cultural understanding of Spanish-language literature, contributing to a deeper appreciation of contemporary literature and its cultural impact.
Speakers
avatar for Jessica Rueter

Jessica Rueter

Bibliofila
Hi! I'm Jessie Ruetter and I run Bibliofilia (bibliofilia.email) an online literary platform for Spanish-speaking readers, where I interview Latin American authors, host book clubs and delve into the behind-the-scenes stories of selected books. Bibliofilia has evolved into a meeting... Read More →
Friday September 27, 2024 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
World Room

5:00pm EDT

Connectas
Friday September 27, 2024 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
Speakers
avatar for Carlos Huertas

Carlos Huertas

Director, Connectas
Carlos Eduardo Huertas is Director of CONNECTAS and also the Chief of Party of the Investigative Reporting Initiative in the Americas, a project of the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ). CONNECTAS is a regional platform that promotes the interchange of information and knowledge... Read More →
Friday September 27, 2024 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
World Room

5:00pm EDT

Content Authenticity Initiative
Friday September 27, 2024 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
Speakers
avatar for Santiago Lyon

Santiago Lyon

Head of Advocacy and Education, Content Authenticity Initiative at Adobe
Santiago Lyon is the Head of Advocacy and Education for the Content Authenticity Initiative (CAI), an Adobe-led coalition of over 3,000 members, including media, technology companies, creative professionals, educators, and many others working to promote broad adoption of the open... Read More →
Friday September 27, 2024 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
World Room

5:00pm EDT

Datasketch - Data Management System
Friday September 27, 2024 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
We worked together with El Confidencial in Spain and with VoxEurope in Belgium to personalize a Data Visualization recommendation solution that works with the most common data sources for non technical journalists who want to include charts in their reporting. We would like to showcase the design process and the results.
Speakers
avatar for Juan Pablo Marin Diaz

Juan Pablo Marin Diaz

CEO, Datasketch
Data Scientist and Founder at Datasketch. His work with software evolved to create data driven solutions for journalists. Enjoys using data to improve fact based decision making and to tackle different issues, including corruption, inequality and human rights violations.
Friday September 27, 2024 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
World Room

5:00pm EDT

ICFJ
Friday September 27, 2024 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
Speakers
avatar for Maggie Farley

Maggie Farley

Director of Innovation and the ICFJ Knight Fellowships, ICFJ
Maggie Farley is the Director of Innovation and the ICFJ Knight Fellowships, programs conceived to incubate and accelerate transformative journalism ideas. ICFJ's goal is to create a culture of news innovation and experimentation worldwide, and launched the Leap Innovation Lab to... Read More →
Friday September 27, 2024 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
World Room

5:00pm EDT

Investigative Toolkit
Friday September 27, 2024 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
Investigative Toolkit is a beta web app featuring tools to help investigators to execute crucial but laborious technical tasks—such as translating and OCRing documents, using large language models, downloading videos, and image searching. The app is highly innovative and would build on open-source tools and also use the latest in Document Intelligence, Large Language Model, and other AI services. This would massively increase investigators’ speed, efficacy, and security. It would feature an elegant user interface, making it more accessible to investigators who are not technically savvy. The project could be a traditional SaaS setup or, more excitingly, could reside in the user's own cloud environment. If in the user's own cloud environment, it would take advantage of locked-down private endpoints to all services (from data storage to AI), meaning that data would not leave the Microsoft/Amazon/Google backbone until requested through the web app via peer-to-peer (the successor to VPN technology) access by investigators; this would eliminate infrastructure-based security risks. Girish has a unique background for this task. He was an investigative journalist for just under a decade, based primarily in Venezuela during the worst of its humanitarian crisis; he also worked across the Americas and Middle East, including in Iraq, Afghanistan, Egypt, and Cuba with everyone from the New Yorker to Reuters, where he was a Senior Correspondent. Girish is currently CTO of a Silicon Valley venture-backed startup, building enterprise software and architecture for the audit industry; in that role, he creates analogous SOC-2 compliant AI infrastructure in clients’ cloud environments. He also has a deep theoretical understanding of AI, having studied physics at Cambridge and Manchester, and machine learning at Stanford. He is therefore uniquely and highly qualified on both the technical and investigative dimensions of this project.
Speakers
avatar for Girish Gupta

Girish Gupta

Programmer and investigative reporter, Investigative Toolkit
I'm a programmer, former foreign correspondent, and entrepreneur seeking to create in the news space. I've run my own startup and created numerous side projects over the years. Beforehand, I covered Venezuela's humanitarian crisis as a multimedia and investigative reporter for ne... Read More →
Friday September 27, 2024 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
World Room

5:00pm EDT

Media Viability Accelerator (MVA)
Friday September 27, 2024 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
The MVA team presents the Media Viability Accelerator! An online platform to track, benchmark and optimize independent media outlets’ business performance, globally. The initiative is led by Internews, Microsoft and USAID, with a growing number of media support organizations supporting its development - as well as an expanding pool of media outlets putting their trust in the capabilities of the platform. MVA Insights (a business data tracking platform for media outlets) and MVA Solutions (an online marketplace of ideas and AI integrations) will be showcased by the MVA team, in demos of the platform and through vibrant conversations with booth visitors. Media Feria participants will learn more about opportunities to collaborate on this innovative media support initiative, how to accessSo  funding for technologists and media support organizations of up to 100,000 USD.
Speakers
Friday September 27, 2024 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
World Room

5:00pm EDT

Pixelstream
Friday September 27, 2024 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
Speakers
avatar for Tim Murphy

Tim Murphy

CEO and Co-Founder, Pixelstream
Tim Murphy is CEO and Co-Founder of Pixelstream, an authentic media platform built on Content Credentials. He is the Community Mentor for the Content Authenticity Initiative’s Discord, and a member of both CAI, and C2PA. He is an advocate and educator of Content Credentials and... Read More →
Friday September 27, 2024 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
World Room

5:00pm EDT

PrivaSee
Friday September 27, 2024 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
Privacy policies are long, but AI can read them in a second. Feeding in privacy compliance standards, LLM models like GPT can grade and visualize them, saving the pain of hard reading. PrivaSee is an AI-driven tool to decode obscure privacy policies and provide summarized reports, professional scores, and intuitive visualizations. It also archives privacy policy updates, visualizes changes between versions, and preserves a database for media, researchers, legal analysts and so on. More than just simplifying the complex, PrivaSee holds apps accountable for their data collection practices and safeguards your privacy in the age of transparency. This tool offers a platform that visualizes app policy statuses across different categories and countries, enabling readers to search on their own. For journalists covering technology, this is a tool that tracks updates in app privacy policies and alerts newsrooms for a breaking news story when updates occur.
Speakers
YC

Yuqi Cheng

Adjunct, Columbia Journalism School
Yuqi Cheng earned her master's degree in data journalism from Columbia University and previously interned as a reporter focusing on privacy, AI, and science journalism. She is dedicated to offering fresh perspectives and innovative solutions to social issues through the use of data... Read More →
Friday September 27, 2024 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
World Room

5:00pm EDT

SAOViVO
Friday September 27, 2024 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
In 2023, I founded SAOViVO, a free and open-source software that operates by extracting videos from YouTube, organizing them into a queue, and sending them as a live stream back to the platform. This project was picked by Google News Initiative's (GNI) Latin America challenge By leveraging SAOViVO, newsrooms can maximize their storytelling potential within constrained budgets, enabling them to allocate financial resources toward expanding coverage and reporting from their local communities, rather than investing heavily in studio infrastructure.
Hosts
avatar for Nico Russo

Nico Russo

Fundador, SAOViVO
Nico Russo es Jefe de Producto para redacciones periodísticas.Cuenta con más de 15 años de experiencia en el lanzamiento de proyectos de medios digitales y la gestión de redacciones. Su impulso y capacidad para liderar equipos diversos, así como su experiencia en producción... Read More →
Friday September 27, 2024 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
World Room

5:00pm EDT

Sutita Rimay
Friday September 27, 2024 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
Sutita Rimay es una plataforma que lucha contra la desinformación. Nuestra machine learning procesa los componentes de una noticia y el evaluador identificará la veracidad o falsedad de la información. ¿Por qué usarlo? Método Nuestros algoritmos escanean el link de una información y nuestro evaluador identifica los criterios objetivos obteniendo así un porcentaje de veracidad o falsedad de la noticia en segundos. Rapidez Para los periodistas les urge una herramienta eficaz y rápida para difundir información. Para los publicistas, agencias, Dircom, broadcasting, es indispensable cuando ven perjudicada su reputación. Comunidad Para el usuario común es una herramienta que puede impedir la difusión de desinformación con acción del mismo ciudadano. Mediante la plataforma puede advertir a su sociedad sobre una noticia engañosa.
Speakers
G

Gregory

Professor of Political Science, Columbia University
Gregory Wawro (Ph.D., Cornell, 1997) specializes in American politics (including Congress, elections, campaign finance, judicial politics, and political economy) and political methodology. He is the author of Legislative Entrepreneurship in the U.S. House of Representatives and co-author... Read More →
Friday September 27, 2024 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
World Room

5:00pm EDT

True Media
Friday September 27, 2024 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
A deepfake detection platform/tool for political mis/disinformation. A non-profit with a top-class technical infrastructure and team. On the back-end, we aggregate state-of-the-art deepfake detection models created by academic institutions around the world and for-profits. Users then link to any social media link or upload their own media file into our tool and we provide a detailed analysis of how manipulated the media is. No other platform/tool takes our aggregation approach, and we hope to be a critical source for truth and media manipulation debunking for the upcoming 2024 election season - both in the US and internationally. Our goal is to support various media organizations at different scales, using AI for good.
Speakers
SP

Sejin Paik

Product Manager, True Media
Friday September 27, 2024 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
World Room

6:00pm EDT

Opening: What is Media Party?
Friday September 27, 2024 6:00pm - 6:15pm EDT
Hosts
avatar for Florencia Figar

Florencia Figar

Coordinadora de Comunicación, Media Party
Friday September 27, 2024 6:00pm - 6:15pm EDT
Main auditorium - Lecture Hall

6:15pm EDT

Lessons Learned From Trying to Prevent the Next Congressman George Santos
Friday September 27, 2024 6:15pm - 6:30pm EDT
The election of George Santos to Congress—despite his fraudulent background—raised serious questions about the media's inability to vet a new wave of political candidates with unknown backgrounds. This case inspired the creation of Sunlight Research Center, a non-partisan non-profit helping local newsrooms scrutinize 2024 candidates. In this keynote I will share the lessons Sunlight has learned about the real stories hiding behind the campaign biographies, the tech needed to enable deep investigation, and what hard-pressed newsrooms require in order to do this accountability reporting.
Speakers
JM

Jim Mintz

Sunlight Research Center
Jim has spent his life conducting investigations and training investigators.   He began as an investigative reporter, and for 17 years, he has been an adjunct professor of investigative reporting at the Columbia Journalism School. He is retired from Mintz Group, a global investigation... Read More →
Friday September 27, 2024 6:15pm - 6:30pm EDT
Main auditorium - Lecture Hall

6:30pm EDT

Media manipulation and technology's spread of information divergence in Nigeria.
Friday September 27, 2024 6:30pm - 6:45pm EDT
The 2023 elections in Nigeria experienced the first use of significantly new technology, directly connected to the election process itself but also coinciding with the proliferation of media-manipulating tools such as AI-generated deep fakes. Some examples include paid posts reportedly linking candidates to militant or separatist groups which filled social media platforms. The Nigeria presidential election was an instance of a country’s democratic process being impacted by such means. The scope of the problem was beyond the resources of local journalists to address. With wider access to more divergent technology, I believe the US can gain important risk and mitigation learnings from the critical role media tech played in Nigeria's 2023 elections. Learning: The session will explore how media innovation through the use of deeply insightful, investigative data stories and more effective fact-checking and deepfakes-exposing tools exposed these schemes and set a precedence for what might be improved voter understanding of media manipulation tricks and how to avoid it on an individual and community level.
Speakers
DA

Dara Ajala

Program Manager, MDIF
Media Revenue, Media Sustainability, Media Innovation, The business of media, Business models for media, Media Products
Friday September 27, 2024 6:30pm - 6:45pm EDT
Main auditorium - Lecture Hall

6:45pm EDT

Retuit Operation, AI to keep journalism alive in Venezuela
Friday September 27, 2024 6:45pm - 7:00pm EDT
Speakers
avatar for Carlos Huertas

Carlos Huertas

Director, Connectas
Carlos Eduardo Huertas is Director of CONNECTAS and also the Chief of Party of the Investigative Reporting Initiative in the Americas, a project of the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ). CONNECTAS is a regional platform that promotes the interchange of information and knowledge... Read More →
Friday September 27, 2024 6:45pm - 7:00pm EDT
Main auditorium - Lecture Hall

7:00pm EDT

Investigating AI & Elections
Friday September 27, 2024 7:00pm - 7:15pm EDT
What I have learned investigating AI impact on 2024 elections
Speakers
JA

Julia Angwin

Investigative Journalist, Proof News
https://www.linkedin.com/in/julia-angwin-180316176/
Friday September 27, 2024 7:00pm - 7:15pm EDT
Main auditorium - Lecture Hall

7:30pm EDT

What is going to happen Day 2 and Day 3?
Friday September 27, 2024 7:30pm - 7:40pm EDT
Speakers
avatar for Mariano Blejman

Mariano Blejman

Founder, Media Party
Hosts
avatar for Florencia Figar

Florencia Figar

Coordinadora de Comunicación, Media Party
Friday September 27, 2024 7:30pm - 7:40pm EDT
Main auditorium - Lecture Hall

7:30pm EDT

AI and Hallucination Detection
Friday September 27, 2024 7:30pm - 8:00pm EDT
Answering: How has the space evolved for both AI and hallucination detection. How GPTZero has grown and learned from both writers, journalists, and enterprise customers in adopting AI responsibly and keeping our information ecosystems safe.
Speakers
ET

Edward Tian

CEO, GPTZero
Friday September 27, 2024 7:30pm - 8:00pm EDT
Main auditorium - Lecture Hall

7:30pm EDT

Blast from the past! - Leveraging LLM to bring historical data to bring context to election processes.
Friday September 27, 2024 7:30pm - 8:00pm EDT
In an industry set on rapid information flow and shortened attention spans, generative AI offers a powerful tool to enhance the value of journalism, particularly during the high-stakes environment of an election. By leveraging AI to delve into archives, we provide crucial historical context, draw meaningful connections between past and present events, and set a more relational tone for public discourse that people can make sense of. Moreover, the integration of generative AI with human-centric interactions, social listening, location data, sentiment analysis, and other indicators (economy, employment, health…) for each community, creates a multidimensional view of the election context is specific areas that makes it easy for the user to find familiar ground from where to absorb the information. This synthesis of information allows journalists to uncover patterns, anticipate trends, and provide more comprehensive coverage tailored to specific demographics or regions which also allows for richer, deeper and longer interactions. By harnessing these technological capabilities, we can take election journalism beyond the “we and them” horse-race reporting or some outlandish quote, offering citizens in-depth, contextualised information that they can relate and build upon from, so that they can make an informed decision at the ballot box.
Speakers
NV

Nuno Vargas

Independent Consultant
Nuno Vargas is a Technology and Media Leader who works in the intersection of journalism, design and tech. Nuno has lead and built digital projects all over the World, for clients like Meta (Facebook), Clarín, IOM - The United Nations, Google, OKS, Gillette, Percona, Deutsche Welle... Read More →
Friday September 27, 2024 7:30pm - 8:00pm EDT
Main auditorium - Lecture Hall

7:30pm EDT

Knigth Election Hub
Friday September 27, 2024 7:30pm - 8:00pm EDT
Speakers
SK

Scott Klein

Newspack @ Automattic
Friday September 27, 2024 7:30pm - 8:00pm EDT
Main auditorium - Lecture Hall

7:30pm EDT

Uncovering the Truth with Visual storytelling: The Role of Data in Unveiling Complex Cases
Friday September 27, 2024 7:30pm - 8:00pm EDT
Using the case on Zac Brettler's visual investigation as an example. This talk will delve into how data-driven visual storytelling, how we combined new evidence with intuitive visual storytelling to bring back to life Zac’s case and how a multidisciplinary team was key for the end result. By combining new evidence and data and fact checks with intuitive visual storytelling, this project aimed to take the user step by step on how that night unfolded allowing them to engage with the information on a personal level and where in the final result collaboration was key.
Speakers
CT

Cecilia Tombesi

Digital Designer, The Times & The Sunday Times
Graphic Designer born and raised in Argentina, I’ve spent over a decade exploring the world of digital design. My journey started at Clarín, one of Argentina's biggest media outlets, where I found my love for data and visual storytelling. That passion took me to places like the... Read More →
Friday September 27, 2024 7:30pm - 8:00pm EDT
Main auditorium - Lecture Hall

7:30pm EDT

Women Do News: Making the Internet Less Sexist
Friday September 27, 2024 7:30pm - 8:00pm EDT
I want to highlight the inequality on Wikipedia. The Wiki community has been working hard to solve for this problem: one Wikiproject at a time.
Speakers
avatar for Molly Stark Dean

Molly Stark Dean

Flash Edit Host, Women Do News
I'm on the board of Women Do News. My media experience in audience development includes work at Fox News, CBS News, Reuters, CoinDesk and CNN. I will present my work with Women Do News: Women journalists are underrepresented on Wikipedia, one of the most-visited English-language websites... Read More →
Friday September 27, 2024 7:30pm - 8:00pm EDT
Main auditorium - Lecture Hall
 
Saturday, September 28
 

9:00am EDT

Breakfast
Saturday September 28, 2024 9:00am - 10:00am EDT
Saturday September 28, 2024 9:00am - 10:00am EDT
Main auditorium - Lecture Hall

10:00am EDT

10 AI Trends to Watch: How AI is Shaping the Future of News
Saturday September 28, 2024 10:00am - 10:30am EDT
Speakers
NR

Nikita Roy

ICFJ
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikitaroy/
Saturday September 28, 2024 10:00am - 10:30am EDT
Main auditorium - Lecture Hall

10:30am EDT

Prompt Sprint: Designing the Future of Journalism
Saturday September 28, 2024 10:30am - 11:00am EDT
In April, a workshop titled "AI in Journalism Futures 2024" was held in Northern Italy to explore the future of media 15 years from now. Organized by the Open Society Foundations, the event brought together 60 participants from around the world who spent three days reflecting on various scenarios for the future of journalism. In this rapid-fire session designed to unlock creative energy, we’ll start with a brief introduction to the possible scenarios identified in the "AI in Journalism Futures 2024" workshop. We’ll then engage in a design sprint exercise to explore how these scenarios might shape the future of journalism over the next 15 years and discuss actionable steps we can take today to prepare.
Speakers
avatar for Mariano Blejman

Mariano Blejman

Founder, Media Party
avatar for A.X. Mina

A.X. Mina

Leadership Coach and Strategic Consultant
- Independent leadership coach and strategic consultant with a special focus on newsroom innovation and local news leadership- Part-time program director at The Self-Investigation, focused on mental health in journalism
Saturday September 28, 2024 10:30am - 11:00am EDT
Main auditorium - Lecture Hall

11:30am EDT

How to combat deepfakes with Content Credentials
Saturday September 28, 2024 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT
It’s becoming more difficult to tell the difference between an AI generated image and a real photo just by looking at it. Deepfake detection tools have been used in the past, but with detection you are playing from behind.  Not only in keeping up with the detection technology, but also because the content has often already been distributed. In some cases, like the AI generated image of an explosion at the Pentagon, real damage is done long before detection results can be confirmed and disseminated. A more proactive way to combat the threat of deepfakes is to make sure the content you are creating, distributing, and consuming is traceable to its origin. Content Credentials can clearly, and securely indicate to a consumer whether an asset was created with a camera or AI. Content Credentials are a new kind of secure, tamper evident metadata added to digital assets that reveal its provenance including its origin. They show what edits have occurred since its origin, and communicate attribution information and how it was published. In this workshop, Tim Murphy, from Pixelstream, will demonstrate how Content Credentials work and how your organization could leverage this technology to protect your assets, establish trust with your readers, and make deepfakes a thing of the past. We will use WordPress as an example platform that this can be deployed on, but it is applicable to most other website environments as well.
Speakers
avatar for Coleen Jose

Coleen Jose

Head of Community & Editorial, Content Authenticity Initiative at Adobe
avatar for Tim Murphy

Tim Murphy

CEO and Co-Founder, Pixelstream
Tim Murphy is CEO and Co-Founder of Pixelstream, an authentic media platform built on Content Credentials. He is the Community Mentor for the Content Authenticity Initiative’s Discord, and a member of both CAI, and C2PA. He is an advocate and educator of Content Credentials and... Read More →
Saturday September 28, 2024 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT
Room 3

11:30am EDT

No Code, No Problem: Build Powerful Tools with No-Code AI
Saturday September 28, 2024 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT
This workshop introduces participants to the transformative power of no-code tools, particularly in the context of journalism. As AI becomes an integral part of the newsroom, the ability to quickly prototype AI-driven products is crucial for gaining buy-in from stakeholders and driving innovation. Participants will explore various no-code platforms that allow for the rapid development of functional AI tools without the need for coding expertise. The session will cover key topics, including the benefits of no-code for prototyping, a hands-on exploration of market-leading tools, and practical guidance on how to get started with customGPTs. Through collaborative, hands-on activities, participants will design and build an AI-powered product tailored to newsroom needs, gaining both the skills and confidence to continue innovating with AI.
Speakers
NR

Nikita Roy

ICFJ
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikitaroy/
Saturday September 28, 2024 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT
Room 1

11:30am EDT

Open-Source AI x Journalism: How to Leverage Hugging Face (Begginers)
Saturday September 28, 2024 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT
We can start by getting an API key, finding models and datasets on Hugging Face, and exploring Spaces with no-code tools that can be used right away. We've developed several tools within the 'Journalists on HF' community (https://huggingface.co/JournalistsonHF), and Hugging Face on Sheets could be especially interesting for this audience.
Speakers
FD

Florent Daudens

Press Lead, Hugging Face
I’ve been a Social Media Editor, Data Journalist, and Newsroom Manager, and now I work at Hugging Face. I’ve always been at the intersection of journalism and tech
Saturday September 28, 2024 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT
Room 2

11:35am EDT

Clinics ICFJ
Saturday September 28, 2024 11:35am - 1:00pm EDT
ICFJ Clinics at Media Party New YorkICFJ invites registered participants of Media Party to receive an hour of free mentoring to help outline solutions to specific problems that you have in your newsroom/organization. Apply by September 20, 2024. Spaces are limited and are open to in-person participants of Media Party New York.

The mentoring will be for one hour and the objective is to be able to help think of possible solutions to specific problems that you have in your newsroom / organization. The mentoring topics include:

  1. Business models and sustainability
  2. Product development
  3. Technology implementation
  4. AI/Machine learning
  5. Audience development

Requirements: 
  • Be a part of a newsroom or organization 
  • Available for one hour
  • Registered for Media Party NY at mediaparty.org

Consideration:
  • ICFJ will not cover travel for those selected.

Speakers
avatar for Sandra Barron

Sandra Barron

Program Manager, ICFJ
NR

Nikita Roy

ICFJ
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikitaroy/
SR

Sannuta Raghu

ICFJ
Sannuta Raghu is an award-winning Indian journalist and television producer with more than 14 years of experience. Since 2016, she has built, shaped and scaled Scroll.in’s digital video newsroom – creating news products for platforms with 6 million to 200 million users. Raghu... Read More →
Saturday September 28, 2024 11:35am - 1:00pm EDT
Seminar Rooms

1:00pm EDT

Fireside Chat with Senator Kristen Gonzalez
Saturday September 28, 2024 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
Kristen Gonzalez, New York State SenatorChair, Internet and Technology Committee
Speakers
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Gregory

Professor of Political Science, Columbia University
Gregory Wawro (Ph.D., Cornell, 1997) specializes in American politics (including Congress, elections, campaign finance, judicial politics, and political economy) and political methodology. He is the author of Legislative Entrepreneurship in the U.S. House of Representatives and co-author... Read More →
Saturday September 28, 2024 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
Seminar Rooms

1:00pm EDT

Lunch
Saturday September 28, 2024 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
Saturday September 28, 2024 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
Main auditorium - Lecture Hall

2:00pm EDT

Bringing AI and automation to every newsroom
Saturday September 28, 2024 2:00pm - 3:30pm EDT
Speakers
MM

Michael Morisy

Co-Founder and CEO, MuckRock
Since 2010, I've run MuckRock, a journalism and transparency non-profit that has helped file, track and share almost 150,000 public records requests across the United States. MuckRock has also grown to help run and expand a number of other transparency and journalism tools, including... Read More →
Saturday September 28, 2024 2:00pm - 3:30pm EDT
Room 3

2:00pm EDT

Learn Process Automation With Generative AI (No Coding Skills Needed)
Saturday September 28, 2024 2:00pm - 3:30pm EDT
In this hands-on session, you’ll learn how to use process automation with generative AI. You’ll leave with a working knowledge of Make.com and OpenAI’s GPT models. Process automation can save you lots of time in your work. This session presents must-have skills for any modern journalist. You don’t need to know how to code and this session won’t teach you how to code. All you need is to bring your laptop computer and a willingness to try new things!
Speakers
avatar for Ernest Kung

Ernest Kung

AI Product Manager, The Associated Press
Ernest Kung is the AI Product Manager for The Associated Press helping local newsrooms implement artificial intelligence into their workflows. Previously, he was an award-winning local television news producer and writer. Ernest pursued a master's degree to shift into the technology... Read More →
Saturday September 28, 2024 2:00pm - 3:30pm EDT
Room 2

2:00pm EDT

The Future, Yesterday. An Human-Centric Approach to GenAI interfaces
Saturday September 28, 2024 2:00pm - 3:30pm EDT
Learn how to define interfaces and context of use for GenerativeAI interfaces using Design Thinking and a human-Centric approach. How and when, non-intrusive or contextual vs. always on; the role of voice, text and images interfaces and when they can improve user's life and experience.
Speakers
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Nuno Vargas

Independent Consultant
Nuno Vargas is a Technology and Media Leader who works in the intersection of journalism, design and tech. Nuno has lead and built digital projects all over the World, for clients like Meta (Facebook), Clarín, IOM - The United Nations, Google, OKS, Gillette, Percona, Deutsche Welle... Read More →
Saturday September 28, 2024 2:00pm - 3:30pm EDT
Room 1

2:05pm EDT

Clinics ICFJ
Saturday September 28, 2024 2:05pm - 3:00pm EDT
  • ICFJ Clinics at Media Party New YorkICFJ invites registered participants of Media Party to receive an hour of free mentoring to help outline solutions to specific problems that you have in your newsroom/organization. Apply by September 20, 2024. Spaces are limited and are open to in-person participants of Media Party New York.
  • The mentoring will be for one hour and the objective is to be able to help think of possible solutions to specific problems that you have in your newsroom / organization. The mentoring topics include: 
    1. Business models and sustainability
    2. Product development
    3. Technology implementation
    4. AI/Machine learning
    5. Audience development
  • Requirements: 
    • Be a part of a newsroom or organization 
    • Available for one hour
    • Registered for Media Party NY at mediaparty.org
  • Consideration:
    • ICFJ will not cover travel for those selected.
Speakers
avatar for Sandra Barron

Sandra Barron

Program Manager, ICFJ
NR

Nikita Roy

ICFJ
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikitaroy/
SR

Sannuta Raghu

ICFJ
Sannuta Raghu is an award-winning Indian journalist and television producer with more than 14 years of experience. Since 2016, she has built, shaped and scaled Scroll.in’s digital video newsroom – creating news products for platforms with 6 million to 200 million users. Raghu... Read More →
Saturday September 28, 2024 2:05pm - 3:00pm EDT
Seminar Rooms

3:45pm EDT

How to create your future design simulator?
Saturday September 28, 2024 3:45pm - 5:15pm EDT
Introduction to AI in Political Scenario Simulation: Overview of how AI tools like GPT-4, Claude, and Character AI can be utilized to simulate future political scenarios. Discussion on the application of these simulations in understanding potential election outcomes, voter behavior, and policy impacts. Simulating Election Scenarios with AI: Detailed guide on using AI to create realistic simulations of electoral campaigns, debates, and voter interactions. How to model different political strategies and predict their effectiveness using AI-driven simulations. Analyzing Political Outcomes: Techniques for using AI to analyze potential election outcomes based on various scenarios, including changes in public opinion, policy proposals, and media coverage. Exploring how AI can help identify key factors that influence election results and voter turnout. Ethical Considerations in Political AI Simulations: Addressing the ethical challenges of using AI in political contexts, particularly in terms of bias, transparency, and the potential influence on public perception. Strategies for ensuring responsible use of AI in political scenario simulations. Dynamic: Interactive Workshop: Participants will engage in hands-on activities, using AI tools to simulate political scenarios and predict potential election outcomes. Group Exercises: Small teams will work together to create and refine different political scenarios, testing their impact using AI simulations. Live Demonstrations: Real-time demonstrations of AI-driven political scenario simulations, showcasing the capabilities and limitations of these tools. Educational Objectives: Learning to Use AI Tools: Participants will gain practical skills in using AI tools like GPT-4, Claude, and Character AI to simulate political scenarios. Understanding Political Impact: The workshop will help participants understand how AI simulations can be applied to analyze and predict political events and election outcomes. Ethical Awareness: The session will also focus on the ethical implications of using AI in political contexts, encouraging responsible and informed use of these technologies.
Speakers
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Martin Rabaglia

CEO, Genosha
Martín Nahuel Rabaglia is an Argentine entrepreneur and creative technologist, best known as the CEO of Genosha, a company specializing in the development of innovative, technology-driven experiences and campaigns. With a background in systems engineering, Rabaglia has a deep passion... Read More →
Saturday September 28, 2024 3:45pm - 5:15pm EDT
Room 3

3:45pm EDT

Is your idea ready for AI experimentation?
Saturday September 28, 2024 3:45pm - 5:15pm EDT
Form (super short!) for folks who want to submit a project
https://upsideslabs.fyi/workshop-AI-readiness-mediapartyNYC-2024

The headlines do a hard sell of the fears and dreams of AI tools and machine learning. As we explore new projects that can benefit from these technologies, we also need to get our ducks in a row to assess what we need to make a project successful with machine learning and generative AI tools.

In this workshop, bring your project ideas to Erica Greene and Ariane Bernard so we can break down what needs to be there and what to watch for for you and your organization to get going: What kind of methods are available to you? How do you define the goals and achievements that you want to measure in your project? What kind of team or resource may you minimally need? What are technical requirements in your data or your infrastructure that will be essential or desirable?

Our goal is to use real or realistic examples from the group so the learnings are immediately useful and applicable to our industry situations. We’re excited to leverage the collective experience in the room, whether you want to bring a project for review or not. But if you want us to review your project during this workshop (you/your org can stay anonymous if you prefer), please submit to our (very short!!!) form
We ideally spend no more than 15 minutes on each project, allowing us to review at least 5 different ideas. We’ll do our best to try and select a diversity of projects / and organizations of different sizes and DNA.
Speakers
avatar for Ariane Bernard

Ariane Bernard

Principal, Upsides Labs
www.arianebernard.com
EG

Erica Greene

Upsides Labs
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericagreene/
Saturday September 28, 2024 3:45pm - 5:15pm EDT
Room 1

3:45pm EDT

Open-Source AI x Journalism: How to Leverage Hugging Face (Intermediate Level)
Saturday September 28, 2024 3:45pm - 5:15pm EDT
We would explore use cases in notebooks (tweet analysis, RAG, handwriting recognition, etc.), use SQL filtering on datasets, and cover how to use Gradio/Spaces to spin up demos, even with free GPUs.
Speakers
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Florent Daudens

Press Lead, Hugging Face
I’ve been a Social Media Editor, Data Journalist, and Newsroom Manager, and now I work at Hugging Face. I’ve always been at the intersection of journalism and tech
Saturday September 28, 2024 3:45pm - 5:15pm EDT
Room 4

3:45pm EDT

Visualizing Election Data with AI
Saturday September 28, 2024 3:45pm - 5:15pm EDT
Let's make charts with language models! In this session, we'll have a hands-on demonstration of ways to use LLM chatbots like ChatGPT to build charts, graphs, tables and other kinds of data visualizations including interactive graphics. The session leaders will demonstrate a few ways that they have done it for production graphics, and then attendees will build their own!

Speakers
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Aarushi Sahejpal

data journalism professor, American University
DM

Dhrumil Mehta

Professor of Data Journalism + Deputy Director of Tow Center for Digital Journalism, Columbia University
Saturday September 28, 2024 3:45pm - 5:15pm EDT
Room 2

3:50pm EDT

Clinics ICFJ
Saturday September 28, 2024 3:50pm - 4:45pm EDT
  • ICFJ Clinics at Media Party New YorkICFJ invites registered participants of Media Party to receive an hour of free mentoring to help outline solutions to specific problems that you have in your newsroom/organization. Apply by September 20, 2024. Spaces are limited and are open to in-person participants of Media Party New York.
The mentoring will be for one hour and the objective is to be able to help think of possible solutions to specific problems that you have in your newsroom / organization. The mentoring topics include: 
  1. Business models and sustainability
  2. Product development
  3. Technology implementation
  4. AI/Machine learning
  5. Audience development
Requirements: 
  • Be a part of a newsroom or organization 
  • Available for one hour
  • Registered for Media Party NY at mediaparty.org
Consideration:
  • ICFJ will not cover travel for those selected.

Speakers
SR

Sannuta Raghu

ICFJ
Sannuta Raghu is an award-winning Indian journalist and television producer with more than 14 years of experience. Since 2016, she has built, shaped and scaled Scroll.in’s digital video newsroom – creating news products for platforms with 6 million to 200 million users. Raghu... Read More →
avatar for Sandra Barron

Sandra Barron

Program Manager, ICFJ
NR

Nikita Roy

ICFJ
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikitaroy/
Saturday September 28, 2024 3:50pm - 4:45pm EDT
Seminar Rooms

5:30pm EDT

Bangla AI: Bridge between diasporic local media and mainstream media
Saturday September 28, 2024 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
The adoption of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) by journalists, researchers, and educators is growing across various disciplines. However, its broader uptake remains limited to tech-savvy populations, leaving marginalized communities in the USA underrepresented despite its potential for meaningful impact. A 2019 Pew Research Center report highlighted that the U.S. had about 208,000 legal Bangladeshi immigrants, with only 55% proficient in English. Similar trends are seen across other immigrant communities, where language barriers limit access to information. Ethnic media plays a crucial role in bridging this gap by providing news in the native languages of these communities, such as Bangla in the USA. Journalists often rely on tools like Google Translate to deliver local news in ethnic media, but these tools frequently fall short in providing contextually accurate translations. Emerging large language models (LLM) and GenAI, like GPT-4, offer the potential to improve these translations and generate content in diverse languages. Bangla AI is a project aimed at transforming the Bengali ethnic media landscape using the power of artificial intelligence. Our goal is to empower US-based Bengali journalists with seamless access to critical news and information in their native language, bridging the gap between mainstream media and ethnic media through innovative AI solutions. Bangla AI's primary objective is to develop an AI-based tool that allows Bengali ethnic media journalists to access vital information in Bengali, eliminating the language barrier they often face when gathering news. By offering a personalized newsfeed based on relevant keywords for Bangladeshi immigrants, this tool will enhance the quality and relevance of their news coverage. With advanced search functionality, Bangla AI empowers journalists to discover stories that resonate specifically with the lives of ethnic community members, ensuring comprehensive and accurate news coverage. To bridge the language gap, Bangla AI's dedicated team is tirelessly working on a robust translation feature that will seamlessly convert news articles from English to Bengali. This breakthrough not only connects mainstream English media with ethnic media but also ensures that crucial information reaches the Bengali-speaking audience, strengthening the role of ethnic media as a trusted source of news. The team is actively developing an AI-powered summarization feature that distills lengthy news articles into concise and meaningful summaries in Bangla. Journalists can now keep abreast of current events without compromising on accuracy or depth of coverage, catering to their audience's evolving reading habits.
Speakers
MA

MD Ashraful Goni

Texas Tech University
My name is MD Ashraful Goni and  I am a doctoral candidate at the college of Media and Communication, Texas Tech University. In my dissertation I am working on developing an AI solution for marginalized immigrant population media consumption. This project’s name is Bangla AI.
Saturday September 28, 2024 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
Main auditorium - Lecture Hall

5:30pm EDT

Canadian Bill S-210: A (not so) great way to kill the Internet
Saturday September 28, 2024 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
The Internet is designed to be hard to kill. It was specifically meant to survive a nuclear apocalypse, after all. So it feels only right that when the Internet is under an existential threat, it's going to be by accident. While the Canadian Bill S-210 is meant to tackle some serious issues online, the Bill's poor writing threatens to kick the entire Canadian Internet offline. And did I mention it could soon become law? In this lighting talk, we will: - Run through how Bill S-210 threatens to break encryption in Canada; - How the broad scope of the Bill would make it impossible for the Canadian Internet to connect with the global Internet; and - What you can do to keep the Internet safe.
Speakers
RP

Ryan Polk

Director of Internet Policy, Internet Society
I am a Director of Internet Policy at the Internet Society where I work to help ensure that laws and policies promote and protect the security and privacy of Internet users, and that the Internet continues to grow and thrive. I've spent most of my career working to empower communities... Read More →
Saturday September 28, 2024 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
Main auditorium - Lecture Hall

5:30pm EDT

Fighting mis- and disinformation through Content Credentials
Saturday September 28, 2024 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
Santiago will present on what content provenance and content credentials are, why the CAI exists and what problems the C2PA standard solves, and how anyone can get involved in the movement to build a culture of trust and transparency in digital content in an era of rapid progress in generative AI.
Speakers
avatar for Santiago Lyon

Santiago Lyon

Head of Advocacy and Education, Content Authenticity Initiative at Adobe
Santiago Lyon is the Head of Advocacy and Education for the Content Authenticity Initiative (CAI), an Adobe-led coalition of over 3,000 members, including media, technology companies, creative professionals, educators, and many others working to promote broad adoption of the open... Read More →
Saturday September 28, 2024 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
Main auditorium - Lecture Hall

5:30pm EDT

Infusing journalism research into everyday practice
Saturday September 28, 2024 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
We will show how we’re approaching getting more journalism research into everyday newsroom practice through a product/tech solution. Specifically, we’ll share more about how Modifier, Trusting News and Stylebot are working together to expand newsroom style and standards manuals with research-backed strategies for responsible election coverage. This collaboration is in its early stages, and we want to share challenges and questions that can help us iterate as we go.
Speakers
avatar for Laura Davis

Laura Davis

Founder, Stylebot
Saturday September 28, 2024 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
Main auditorium - Lecture Hall

5:30pm EDT

Knowledge - HTML markup for LLMs & AI
Saturday September 28, 2024 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
I would like to propose a new type of HTML markup that would allow LLMs to track "units of knowledge" as they travel through AI systems so that provenance can be tracked and credited. This will enable publishers to share in the fruits of the coming AI explosion rather than block against it.
Speakers
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Ian Kennedy

VP, Parterships, SimpleFeed
I've been involved in News Products my whole career. My first experiences were in building dealing room news delivery networks for foreign banks in Tokyo. I later moved to Princeton, NJ as the lead product manager on the first version of Factiva.com, a leading professional news database... Read More →
Saturday September 28, 2024 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
Main auditorium - Lecture Hall

5:30pm EDT

Lessons from South African National Elections 2024
Saturday September 28, 2024 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
While traditional tools like dedicated election website pages, data visualization tools, and fact-checking remain standard, I didn't notice any groundbreaking new technologies being employed by the media. This doesn't necessarily mean innovations weren't present; they just didn't catch my attention. However, I found some non-media tech usage quite interesting: Many social media users turned to generative AI platforms like ChatGPT and the Meta bot for advice on voting. People used these tools to ask questions like "Who should I vote for?" and shared the responses. Others requested summaries of election manifestos or comparisons between different party platforms. This highlights the importance of ensuring AI training data is current and accurate, a role where I believe media could be pivotal. The electoral commission attempted to use voter management devices to prevent double voting, a practice first introduced in the 2021 local elections. Unfortunately, this did not go smoothly—the devices malfunctioned, and many election officials seemed inadequately trained, which led to unprecedented questioning of the election results. Also noteworthy was the continued use of bulk SMS technology by political parties and the electoral commission, as in previous years.
Speakers
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Nolwazi Tusini

MDIF - Amplify South Africa
I am an award-winning South African broadcast journalist, queer feminist, social justice activist and writer. Before joining MDIF, I served as Acting Co-Director and Communications and Media manager at Iranti, a human rights advocacy organisation that advocates for the advancement... Read More →
Saturday September 28, 2024 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
Main auditorium - Lecture Hall

5:30pm EDT

Media Viability Accelerator - built for media, by media.
Saturday September 28, 2024 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
The goal will will be to reflect on the current AI and digital tool landscape for independent media outlets, globally. The speaker will suggest that data-driven insights put power back in to the hands of media outlets, so that they can make informed decisions about their business success. The speaker will speak about some of the top-line successes of the Media Viability Accelerator and the place that it holds as a digital tool - built for media, by media.
Speakers
ZT

Zoe Tipler

Internews
Zoe has over 10 years' experience working in the independent media sector. She started out in magazine publishing before joining Open Society Foundations in the Journalism program and then moving to Soros Economic Development Fund working on impact investments to independent media... Read More →
Saturday September 28, 2024 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
Main auditorium - Lecture Hall

5:30pm EDT

Muckrack
Saturday September 28, 2024 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
Saturday September 28, 2024 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
Main auditorium - Lecture Hall

5:30pm EDT

Protecting Stories from AI: Understanding Privacy Risks in Journalism Tools
Saturday September 28, 2024 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
Imagine using software to transcribe your interview into text, unaware that the privacy policy you agreed to allows the company to use your unfinished work to train their AI model. This could be alarming for an investigative journalist! In this lightning talk, I will share findings from privacy policies of commonly used journalism tools, including those for online conferences, transcribing, social media, and more. I'll highlight which tools are safe and which ones raise concerns based on a thorough analysis of their privacy policies, so you don’t have to sift through them yourself. These findings are part of our PrivaSee project, which won a grant from the Columbia Venture Challenge. We analyze the latest privacy policies from app stores, identifying patterns in privacy and AI. We want to use this project to first protect journalists' privacy and share our findings with you. Here’s the structure of the talk: 1. The Problem: Companies are leveraging user data to train their AI models, embedding this practice within their privacy policies. 2. Why It Matters: Investigative journalists need to protect their unpublished work, and newsrooms often sell content to large companies for revenue. 3. Key Findings: An overview of commonly used tools for journalists, identifying which are safe and which may pose risks. 4. Solutions: The best strategies we've identified for keeping your content safe while working efficiently. 5. Methodology and Limitations: How we conducted this project and how it will continuously monitor and update privacy policies. 6. Project and Acknowledgments: An introduction to our PrivaSee project, a simple demonstration of the prototype, and thanks to the Brown Institute for Media Innovation.
Speakers
YC

Yuqi Cheng

Adjunct, Columbia Journalism School
Yuqi Cheng earned her master's degree in data journalism from Columbia University and previously interned as a reporter focusing on privacy, AI, and science journalism. She is dedicated to offering fresh perspectives and innovative solutions to social issues through the use of data... Read More →
Saturday September 28, 2024 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
Main auditorium - Lecture Hall

5:30pm EDT

Red-Teaming ahead of Elections: Know how AI tools can be used to harm your news brand
Saturday September 28, 2024 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
My 5-minute lightning talk will touch upon a red-teaming exercise we did ahead of elections in India to test the limits of LLMs, and how easily they can be manipulated by persons or organisations with malicious intent to harm your news brand. Our experiments involved changing the narrative of a news story, changing the bias in a news story, changing the sentiment of a news story, cloning a news site - all to spread misinformation.
Speakers
SR

Sannuta Raghu

ICFJ
Sannuta Raghu is an award-winning Indian journalist and television producer with more than 14 years of experience. Since 2016, she has built, shaped and scaled Scroll.in’s digital video newsroom – creating news products for platforms with 6 million to 200 million users. Raghu... Read More →
Saturday September 28, 2024 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
Main auditorium - Lecture Hall

5:30pm EDT

Sharing resources to help news thrive: a reflection on ICFJ's Shared Services Hub research
Saturday September 28, 2024 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
At Media Party (Buenos Aires) last year, ICFJ launched the first of four global workshops to ask diverse media stakeholders: "What can we do to create a more sustainable system for independent journalism?" Every region had particular obstacles but there were some common needs and solutions. This talk presents preliminary findings from these sessions and a blueprint for possible solutions.
Speakers
avatar for Maggie Farley

Maggie Farley

Director of Innovation and the ICFJ Knight Fellowships, ICFJ
Maggie Farley is the Director of Innovation and the ICFJ Knight Fellowships, programs conceived to incubate and accelerate transformative journalism ideas. ICFJ's goal is to create a culture of news innovation and experimentation worldwide, and launched the Leap Innovation Lab to... Read More →
Saturday September 28, 2024 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
Main auditorium - Lecture Hall

5:30pm EDT

Teenagers as editors: The Amazônia Vox experience to combat desinformation and create new audiences
Saturday September 28, 2024 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
In this lightning talk, we will briefly discuss the Amazônia Vox project, specifically focusing on the media literacy work being done, with 15-16 year-old students reviewing our news articles in advance as a way to combat misinformation and engage new audiences. The Amazônia Vox project is supported by the ICFJ through the Knight Fellow program. It is developing a knowledge source bank of the Amazon, a network of communication freelancers from the Amazon, and content based on Solutions Journalism. The news reports are reviewed in advance by teenage students, as part of media literacy work and the development of new audiences.
Speakers
avatar for Daniel Nardin

Daniel Nardin

Director and editor, Amazônia Vox
With more than 20 years of experience in communication in the Amazon, he is a Knight Fellow at the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), an accredited Solutions Journalism instructor at the Solutions Journalism Network (SJN), and a Changemaker 2024 at the Thomson Reuters Foundation... Read More →
Saturday September 28, 2024 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
Main auditorium - Lecture Hall
 
Sunday, September 29
 

9:00am EDT

Breakfast
Sunday September 29, 2024 9:00am - 10:00am EDT
Sunday September 29, 2024 9:00am - 10:00am EDT
Main auditorium - Lecture Hall

10:00am EDT

Hackaton Opening
Sunday September 29, 2024 10:00am - 11:15pm EDT
Sunday September 29, 2024 10:00am - 11:15pm EDT
Main auditorium - Lecture Hall

11:15am EDT

Hackathon - Ideas Presentations
Sunday September 29, 2024 11:15am - 12:00pm EDT
Sunday September 29, 2024 11:15am - 12:00pm EDT
Main auditorium - Lecture Hall

12:00pm EDT

Hackathon
Sunday September 29, 2024 12:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
Sunday September 29, 2024 12:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
Main auditorium - Lecture Hall

1:00pm EDT

Lunch
Sunday September 29, 2024 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
Sunday September 29, 2024 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
Main auditorium - Lecture Hall

6:00pm EDT

Hackathon Pitches
Sunday September 29, 2024 6:00pm - 7:00pm EDT
Sunday September 29, 2024 6:00pm - 7:00pm EDT
Main auditorium - Lecture Hall

7:00pm EDT

Hackaton - Jury selection
Sunday September 29, 2024 7:00pm - 7:30pm EDT
Sunday September 29, 2024 7:00pm - 7:30pm EDT
Main auditorium - Lecture Hall

7:30pm EDT

Hackathon winners
Sunday September 29, 2024 7:30pm - 8:00pm EDT
Sunday September 29, 2024 7:30pm - 8:00pm EDT
Main auditorium - Lecture Hall
 
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