Journalism, protests and conspiracies during a global pandemic: a personal...
During the COVID-19 pandemic LSE MSc Media student Nabeel Khan lived in five countries: the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, the Netherlands, the United States, and for a brief visit, Turkey. In this...
View ArticleThe gamification of journalism: a new research report
In this report, POLIS/LSE Journalistfonden Newsroom Fellow Anna Thulin looks at how games and gamification can be used in journalism to build audience engagement and loyalty. By analysing case studies...
View ArticleMeet the instructors of the JournalismAI Academy for Small Newsrooms
How would you like to get free advice from top journalists and tech experts about how to use AI tools to power your journalism and your newsroom? Our JournalismAI Academy for Small Newsrooms features...
View ArticleGenerative AI: could ChatGPT be a leap forward for newsrooms in the Global...
The buzz around AI technologies such as ChatGPT-3 is palpable. The sheer power and creativity of generative AI have quickly captured the attention and imagination of newsroom professionals. Equally,...
View ArticleThe Great Audience Experiment: A Research Synthesis and Agenda
We are delighted to publish a new research article by Alyssa Zeisler. “The Great Audience Experiment” provides an historical perspective on the collection and use of audience data across American news...
View ArticleBearing witness in the digital age – a new Polis newsroom fellowship paper
This paper examines the impact of technological and digital advances on photojournalism. Through a series of in-depth interviews it seeks to discover how today’s changing media environment affects a...
View ArticleWhat are you in the mood for? New research report on sentiment in streaming...
Human behaviour is very much driven by emotion. So it follows that emotions also influence our media consumption – such as in how we decide what we want to watch on video streaming platforms. There is...
View ArticleThe obsession with ‘trust’ must end
My prediction (or rather hope) for 2024 is that journalists will realise that ‘trust’ is a useless metric of their work. Ok, I am kidding. I have no expectation that the news media will cease its...
View ArticleWhat have we learnt about generative AI and journalism
For six years I have been investigating the value of artificial intelligence for news publishers with our global JournalismAI project at the LSE, supported by the Google News Initiative. It’s been an...
View ArticleJournalism and AI: balancing innovation and integrity
We live in a world of high risk and rapid changes, so it’s vital to be well-informed. Will Artificial Intelligence (AI) help or hinder you in your life? Especially in your search for reliable...
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