JOURNALISMAI ACADEMY FOR SMALL NEWSROOMS 2024
Application Deadline: 24 July 2024, at 11:59 PM
Applications are now open for the 2024 JournalismAI Academy for Small Newsrooms. The JournalismAI Academy for Small Newsrooms is a FREE online programme that offers a deep dive into the potential of artificial intelligence to journalists and media professionals from small newsrooms. It is designed by the JournalismAI team at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and powered by the Google News Initiative.
The Academy has been a core programme of the JournalismAI initiative since 2021, training over 100 newsroom professionals from across the globe. newsroom professionals from across the globe. The 8-week programme will start in September 2024. It is designed for journalists and media professionals from small news organisations (fewer than 50 employees).
Requirements
- The Academy is designed for journalists and media professionals working in small newsrooms (fewer than 50 employees).
- Fluency in English is required to take part in the Academy.
- For 2024, JournalismAI Academy are selecting 20 participants from Sub-Saharan Africa (includingCentral Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa, and West Africa) from GMT-1 to GMT+4.
- The ideal candidate already has a basic understanding of the potential of artificial intelligence and machine learning, and works in a news organisation that has started exploring how to use these new technologies.
- Candidates with different newsroom titles will be considered but, in the selection process, priority will be given to candidates that demonstrate the ability to influence the strategic adoption of AI in their news organisation to tackle journalistic challenges.
- No coding skills are required to attend the Academy, nor are there any other technical requirements, other than a stable WiFi connection to participate in the live activities. We encourage journalists and media professionals from all backgrounds to apply.
- The Academy is not for freelancers – you need to be part of a newsroom to benefit from the programme. The Academy is not for journalists based outside the Sub-Saharan Africa region. Finally, the Academy is not for journalists who are not fluent in English.
Benefits
By the end of the programme participants will have:
- Improved their AI literacy and demystified AI buzzwords
- Gained new perspectives from a multicultural, interdisciplinary environment
- Improved understanding of the potential offered to journalism by AI technologies
- Learned new methods and skills to experiment and prototype new ideas
- Developed their thinking about the role of technology in journalism
- Learned about a set of AI-powered tools available for news organisations
- Developed a regional network of like-minded news innovators.
