by Kate Warren To what extent can academics and the tech industry work together to build tools that might actually enable smaller publishers to use technology? They cannot afford to pay for enterprise solutions. But …
Year: 2025
CfP Journalism Practice: Journalism, Platforms, and Public Interest Technologies
Special Issue Editor(s) Tomas Dodds, University of Wisconsin-Madison doddsrojas@wisc.edu Jasmine McNealy, University of Florida jmcnealy@jou.ufl.edu Mona Sloane, University of Virginia mona.sloane@virginia.edu Charis Papaevangelou, University of Amsterdam c.papaevangelou@uva.nl Journalism, Platforms and Public Interest Technologies In recent years, Public Interest …
CfP Pre-Conference: Journalism, Platforms, and Public Interest Technologies
Call for Papers: JOURNALISM, PLATFORMS, AND PUBLIC INTEREST TECHNOLOGIES Applying PIT to Rebuild Trust, Infrastructure, and Civic Purpose in Journalism Pre-conference to the ECREA Journalism Studies Section 2026 April 8, 2026 – University of Groningen …
The Lab Participates in the First Hispano-American Forum on AI Applied to Journalism
Valencia brings together more than 30 AI leaders from the main Spanish-language media groups to analyze its impact on journalism · The directors of innovation at Microsoft Spain, the Public Tech Media Lab at the …
Public Tech Media Lab Partners with PBS Wisconsin and WPR to Study AI Disclosure
The Public Tech Media Lab is announcing a new partnership with PBS Wisconsin and Wisconsin Public Radio, public broadcasters providing trusted news and educational programming statewide. The partnership will study the impact of AI disclosure …
The Netflix of AI: Why publishers are sleepwalking into tech giant dependency – Natali Helberger
Shaping the Future of Journalism: SJMC’s Tomás Dodds Founds the Public Tech Media Lab
Public Tech Media Lab Partners with Factchequeado to Expand OSINT Training Access
Collaboration will bring AI and OSINT training to more Spanish-language and bilingual newsrooms. The Public Tech Media Lab is announcing a new partnership with Factchequeado, a fact-checking organization that works with Latino and Hispanic communities …
Journalism in the age of AI: Interview with Tomás Dodds
“The idea of this lab,” Dodds says, “really is to work with journalists, elbow to elbow, trying to see how we can create systems that for them are useful, that they want to use, that …
Call for Proposals: Media Industries and AI: Critical Research on Emerging Trends
Deadline: September 15, 2025 With the roll-out of artificial intelligence tools (AI) in all areas of the media industries, there is a growing need for scholarly analysis of the ways systems of automation, predictive analytics, …