Explore the Reuters Institute's new work on AI and the future of news
Evidence, engagement, and expansion. These are the three priorities for our work on AI, made possible by seed funding from Reuters and in partnership with the Thomson Reuters Foundation. Explore what we have done in this space and what we are planning to do in the near future in our landing page.
- Read a piece by our Director Rasmus Nielsen explaining the work we'll do
- Read the research we've published so far: on AI crawlers | on media trends on AI | on AI in newsrooms | on sources on AI news stories
- Catch up with the seminars we've done in the past: Hilke Schellmann · Video and writeup | Arthur Grimonpont · Video and writeup | Rishad Patel · Video and writeup
- Read the original reporting we've published so far: on how ChatGPT reports the latest news · Read | on how African experts think the continent's newsrooms should think about AI · Read | on how AI-generated images might impact the work of fact-checkers · Read | on how an expert from AP thinks should report on AI · Read
AI deepfakes, bad laws – and a big fat Indian election
I created an AI tool to help investigative journalists find stories in audit reports. Here’s how I did it and why it matters
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This editor is breaking news on Bangladesh from afar: “The space for independent media is shrinking fast”
Five burned out journalists on why they left their dream jobs
This nonprofit is using virtual reality to train Ukrainian journalists to cover the war safely
A Kremlin mouthpiece at the heart of Africa: how Afrique Média helps Putin court audiences in their own language
BBC senior verification expert on debunking Israel-Hamas war visuals: “The volume was beyond anything I’ve ever seen”
Why Tucker Carlson interviewed the eccentric frontrunner of Argentina’s election
AI and journalism: What's next?
How a young sports news site published a crucial scoop that brought down Rubiales
“It won’t stop at Kashmir,” says a senior editor about a key news site being blocked
A WhatsApp course taught older Spaniards to spot misinformation and it worked
Tips from the author of AP guidelines on how to cover AI
African podcasters are now recognised globally. Can they transform this success into a viable business?
Tips from the author of AP guidelines on how to cover AI
The year-long fight of a Filipino news site against red-tagging and state censorship
Journalists punched, kicked and tear gassed: inside ‘the darkest month for Kenyan media’
“Politicians across Africa use social media to target their critics. Platforms are complicit”
These voices from Peru and Kenya explain how they deliver the news on TikTok
As Cambodia approaches a crucial election, journalists suffer shutdowns and abuse
Indian TV channels show the live shooting of convicted criminals. What does it say about the medium?
How to keep doing journalism with press freedom under siege: five tips from India and Hungary
How the BBC fact-checks celebrity deaths (and other prominent news stories)
Born on Facebook, The Queer Muslim Project reaches LGBTQIA+ audiences in Asia and beyond
Despite abuse and sexism, women journalists in Somalia are fighting back to do their job
How Bellingcat collects, verifies and archives digital evidence of war crimes in Ukraine
A matter of life and death: the dangers of being a journalist in Somalia today
Will AI-generated images create a new crisis for fact-checkers? Experts are not so sure
Is ChatGPT a threat or an opportunity for journalism? Five AI experts weigh in
How The Marshall Project uses Reddit to reach new, underserved audiences
Forced out from print and airwaves, news media in Venezuela shift to digital to survive
This newspaper covers health and science in Swahili for local audiences in Tanzania
This newspaper removes reporters from their beats for months to create multimedia projects
Before global outlets paid attention, this small site had been digging into Adani Group for years despite lawsuits and threats
“As we cover the Nigerian elections, we should be truthful, factual and accurate”
How a Spanish startup became the second biggest European news publisher on TikTok
The most dangerous place to be a journalist is not an active war zone but Latin America
How a newspaper and a museum partnered to create a project on the Dutch colonial past
Inside the attack on Brazil’s Capitol, where reporters were chased, insulted and beaten
How RFE/RL avoids censorship by reaching audiences on Telegram in Russia and Iran
Read summaries of our most recent seminars on journalism worldwide, chaired by our colleagues Caithlin Mercer and Mitali Mukherjee.
Explore the Digital News Report 2023
This year's report offers new insights on social media, news avoidance and reader revenue, and explores how news participation has evolved over the years. | Read the executive summary | Download a PDF version | Watch our video summary | Explore the report in hundreds of slides | Watch our launch events
- Our podcast episode on the report featuring Nic Newman and Rasmus Nielsen. | Listen on: Spotify | Apple | Google
On algorithms and news
By Richard Fletcher
On the evolution of news participation
By Kirsten Eddy
On the sources and drivers of media criticism
By Craig T. Robertson
On the importance of public service media
By Rasmus Nielsen and Richard Fletcher
On the reach of news podcasts
By Nic Newman
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Read this essay series from members of the Oxford Climate Journalism Network
Newsrooms should develop a mental health strategy to help climate journalists cope
To cover climate change well, journalists must be prepared to identify what misinformation looks like
When it comes to “green” finance, journalists must be willing to dig behind the jargon
Climate journalists need to connect the dots between climate change and the invasion of Ukraine
To cover the aftermath of extreme disasters, journalists must start covering what we cannot rebuild
To cover climate change in resource-strapped newsrooms, journalists need to embrace collaboration
To report fully on climate change, journalists need to integrate Indigenous knowledge into their coverage
To cover climate change, journalists need to find creative ways to fund long-term reporting
Climate journalists need persistence to get good data, including from governments
To make climate change resonate with audiences, connect it to their heritage and culture
Journalists should help audiences understand extreme weather – even when they lack climate data
As the industry changes, we track the ever-shifting trends, aiming to connect rigorous academic research with the practical experiences of professional journalists, media managers and policy-makers.
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