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Newsroom Robots

Looking to explore the intersection of AI and journalism? Influential thought leaders in the industry join data scientist and media entrepreneur, Nikita Roy, each week to explore what's next with AI and its implications for the media landscape. In each episode, industry experts discuss how automated newsrooms have the potential to change journalism and uncover opportunities to optimize workflows and increase efficiency without compromising journalistic integrity.

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Media Business Tech News News Technology
Update frequency
every 8 days
Average duration
41 minutes
Episodes
73
Years Active
2023 - 2025
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Gregory Gondwe: Uncovering Stereotypes in Generative AI Models and How Journalists in sub-Saharan Africa Use ChatGPT

Gregory Gondwe: Uncovering Stereotypes in Generative AI Models and How Journalists in sub-Saharan Africa Use ChatGPT

Dr. Gregory Gondwe joins Nikita Roy to discuss the embedded stereotypes and biases in Generative AI models that put the Global South at a disadvantage. He also shares his findings on how journalists …

00:35:40  |   Wed 28 Jun 2023
Ryan Restivo: Inside the Product Life Cycle of Building an AI-Powered SEO Tool

Ryan Restivo: Inside the Product Life Cycle of Building an AI-Powered SEO Tool

Ryan Restivo joins host Nikita Roy to discuss the product life cycle of building a generative AI product. As a Reynold’s Journalism Institute (RJI) fellow at the Missouri School of Journalism, Ryan d…

00:30:16  |   Wed 21 Jun 2023
Jay Allred: How a Local Newsroom in Ohio Uses AI to Automate Sports Reporting

Jay Allred: How a Local Newsroom in Ohio Uses AI to Automate Sports Reporting

Jay Allred joins host Nikita Roy to share how his newsroom uses artificial intelligence to automatically generate sports content by converting data into news articles. 

Jay Allred is the CEO of Source…

00:36:15  |   Wed 14 Jun 2023
David Cohn: Copyright Challenges & Audience Engagement in AI-Era Newsrooms

David Cohn: Copyright Challenges & Audience Engagement in AI-Era Newsrooms

David Cohn, the co-founder of Subtext joins host Nikita Roy in this episode to discuss the recent doomsday buzz surrounding AI, copyright challenges and how generative AI can change the way news publ…

00:32:47  |   Wed 07 Jun 2023
Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY Workshop: Empowering News Entrepreneurs with Generative AI

Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY Workshop: Empowering News Entrepreneurs with Generative AI

This episode features a workshop held by Newsroom Robots’ host Nikita Roy at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY for the Entrepreneurial Journalism Creators Program. Focusing on t…

00:42:30  |   Wed 31 May 2023
Ryan Serpico: Building Hearst Newspapers’ First Generative AI Tool

Ryan Serpico: Building Hearst Newspapers’ First Generative AI Tool

In today’s episode, Ryan Serpico joins host Nikita Roy to discuss how he built the first generative AI tool that is helping power local newsrooms across Hearst Newspapers. 

Ryan is Hearst Newspapers f…

00:32:25  |   Wed 24 May 2023
Bill Adair: AI-Generated Misinformation & The Future of Fact-Checking

Bill Adair: AI-Generated Misinformation & The Future of Fact-Checking

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Bill Adair, the creator of PolitiFact and the co-founder of the International Fact-Checking Network joins host Nikita Roy to discuss the current state of misinformat…

00:29:25  |   Wed 17 May 2023
Tim O’Rourke: How Hearst Newspapers DevHub Builds Tools to Empower Their Local Newsrooms

Tim O’Rourke: How Hearst Newspapers DevHub Builds Tools to Empower Their Local Newsrooms

In this episode, Tim O'Rourke, the Vice President for Content Strategy at Hearst Newspapers, shares his experience leading the group's DevHub editorial engineering and content strategy team that part…

00:30:24  |   Wed 10 May 2023
Charlie Beckett: Fostering AI Literacy in Newsrooms and Navigating the Risks of Generative AI

Charlie Beckett: Fostering AI Literacy in Newsrooms and Navigating the Risks of Generative AI

In this episode, we explore the crucial considerations when developing an AI strategy and the potential risks of generative AI in the newsroom with Charlie Beckett, Director of the JournalismAI proje…

00:42:57  |   Wed 03 May 2023
Damon Kiesow: Approaching AI in Journalism with a Human-Centered Design Mindset

Damon Kiesow: Approaching AI in Journalism with a Human-Centered Design Mindset

How can journalists adopt a human-centered design mindset when building AI-driven products, and what skills will the next generation of journalists need to succeed in an AI-powered newsroom? 

Today we…

00:27:55  |   Wed 26 Apr 2023
Joe Amditis: Harnessing the Power of ChatGPT for Local Newsrooms

Joe Amditis: Harnessing the Power of ChatGPT for Local Newsrooms

In this episode, we explore the potential of ChatGPT for local newsrooms with Joe Amditis, author of Beginner's Prompt Handbook: ChatGPT for Local News Publishers. Joe is the Assistant Director of Pr…

00:32:50  |   Wed 19 Apr 2023
Matt Karolian: AI Efforts at The Boston Globe and Views on the AI Revolution

Matt Karolian: AI Efforts at The Boston Globe and Views on the AI Revolution

As AI technology rapidly evolves, how will it transform journalism and newsrooms? In our first episode, we delve into the intersection of AI and journalism with our guest, Matt Karolian, General Mana…

00:25:54  |   Wed 12 Apr 2023
Introducing: Newsroom Robots with Nikita Roy

Introducing: Newsroom Robots with Nikita Roy


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00:01:53  |   Fri 07 Apr 2023
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