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AI and the newsroom: Navigating what’s next

This event is presented by the Tow Center for Digital Journalism and the Craig Newmark Center for Journalism Ethics and Security with support from the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation, the Tow Foundation and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

Join us for a sweeping exploration of AI and ethics in today’s journalism, including stimulating discussions from leading industry thinkers and news practitioners, hands-on workshops and new research.

All guest must register 24 hours in advance in order to access Pulitzer Hall.

Speakers:

Anya SchiffrinDalia HashimJon SchleussKimberly LauPam WassersteinAlan MillerChris MoranFelix SimonJulie PaceAnu NarayanswamyTazbia Fatima, Andrew CalderonSewell ChanJulia AngwinNeil ChaseBen SmithKelly McBrideDave LeeKashmir HillJason KoeblerMargaret Sullivan

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Past Events

Lessons learned – and a look at what happens next

Featuring: Damian Radcliffe, Joy Jenkins, Elizabeth Hansen, Phil Napoli

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Emerging Issues and Fresh Ideas

Featuring: Damian Radcliffe, Sue cross, Chris Ali, Jessica Gonzalez

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Giving a Voice to Grassroots Media

Featuring: Damian Radcliffe, Graciela Mochkofsky, Tracie Powell, Simon Galperin

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Local Journalism and Media Policy: Lessons from Overseas

Featuring: Damian Radcliffe, Kristy Hess, Sameer Padania, Matthew Powers

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An introduction to Media Policy and Local Journalism

Featuring: Damian Radcliffe, Victor Pickard, Nikki Usher, Emily Bell

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Journalism Crisis Project: International Outlook

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The Journalism Crisis Project: Searching for Solutions

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Journalism Crisis Project: What is the future of local news

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The Journalism Crisis Project Webinar Series How Do We Count the Cost

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Redefining the Local News Crisis: Partisan Media and the 2020 Election

Featuring: Emily Bell, Director, Tow Center for Digital Journalism; Michael Schudson, Professor of Journalism, Columbia Journalism School; Sue Cross, Executive Director and CEO, Institute for Nonprofit News; Chris Fitzsimon, Director and Publisher, States Newsroom

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Redefining the Local News Crisis: Community Centered Models

Featuring: Sam Ford, Director of Cultural Intelligence for Simon & Schuster; Letrell Crittenden, Program Director and Assistant Professor of Communication, Jefferson University; Andrea Wenzel, Assistant Professor, Temple University's Klein College of Media and Communication; Michael Romain, Editor, Austin Weekly News; Maleka Fruean, Community Organizer, Germantown Info Hub

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Redefining the Local News Crisis: Deconstructing the News Desert

Featuring: Sara Rafsky, Senior Research fellow, Tow Center for Digital Journalism; Penelope Muse Abernathy, Knight Chair in Journalism and Digital Media Economics Professor, UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media; Aaron Foley, Black Media Initiative Director, Center for Community Media, Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY; Sarah Stonbely, Research Director, Center for Cooperative Media, Montclair State University; Matthew Weber, Associate Professor, Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Minnesota

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Community-Engaged Journalism

Featuring: Andrea Wenzel, Assistant Professor, Temple University; Sarah Alvarez, Founder and Executive Editor of Outlier Media; Alicia Bell, Free Press’ News Voices Organizing Manager; jesikah maria ross, Senior Community Engagement Strategist at Capital Public Radio.

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The Journalism Crisis Project: What is the future of local news?

Featuring: Stacy-Marie Ishmael, Editorial Director, Texas Tribune; Farai Chideya, Program Officer, Creativity and Free Expression, Journalism, The Ford Foundation; Jeanne Straus, President & Publisher, Straus News; Tasneem Raja, Editor-in-Chief, The Oaklandside and Emily Bell, Director, Tow Center for Digital Journalism with moderator Kyle Pope of CJR.

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The Journalism Crisis Project: International outlook

Featuring: Tow Center's Emily Bell and Columbia Journalism Review's Kyle Pope in conversation with Ritu Kapur, Co-Founder and CEO of Quintillion Media, India; Ricardo Gandour, Executive Director at Rede CBN, Brazil; Anya Schiffrin, Director of the Technology, Media and Communications specialization at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, USA; and Ntibinyane Ntibinyane, journalist and co-founder of INK Centre for Investigative Journalism, Botswana.

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The Journalism Crisis Project: How do we count the cost? 

Featuring: Kristen Hare, Reporter, The Poynter Institute for Media Studies; Penelope Muse Abernathy, Knight Chair, UNC Hussman School of Journalism & Media; Kyle Pope, Editor, Columbia Journalism Review and Sarah Stonbely, Research Director, Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair State University.

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Tow Center Report Launch: Conservative Newswork 

Featuring: Anthony Nadler, AJ Bauer, Magda Konieczna and panelists Amber Athey, Geoffrey Ingersoll, Nicole Hemmer

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