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Today we premiered our new monthly newsletter on AI and the future of news, led by journalist @marinaadami.bsky.social and researcher @felixsimon.bsky.social A perfect example of what @reutersinstitute.bsky.social is about: connecting practice and research Read it here mailchi.mp/politics.ox....

Did you miss the #JournalismAI Festival hosted by @charliebeckett.bsky.social @tshepotothet.bsky.social and @polislse.bsky.social? Here's a summary by our own @marinaadami.bsky.social, with projects from Cuba, Zimbabwe, Spain and other countries reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/journal...

How the UK media gets immigration coverage wrong and how to fix it. An article by @marinaadami.bsky.social on a new @bonavero.bsky.social report on the UK public debate on asylum seekers and the ECHR ft @basakcali.bsky.social, @victoriaadamant.bsky.social and @alicedonald.bsky.social buff.ly/EfTWMfl

The war in Gaza poses unique problems for journalism, with local reporters caught in a dire humanitarian crisis, no international journalists allowed, and a shocking death toll I spoke to journalists who are trying a range of reporting methods: reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/osint-a...

Two journalists from @fanpage.it were told their phones were compromised by spyware, just a few months apart. Nobody seems to know why. Thank you, @ciropellegrino.bsky.social for sharing your story and @philipdisalvo.bsky.social for the context reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/two-ita...

As an Italian and (mostly) lapsed Catholic, I really enjoyed chatting to Gian Guido Vecchi about the upcoming conclave and his job as a vaticanista, one of the small pool of reporters dedicated to following the pope full-time reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/how-cov...

As I was writing this, my phone kept buzzing with messages from friends who are young journalists in the UK and struggling. This panel touched on some of the deepest-rooted issues in the industry: persistent classism and young people left behind. reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/how-cha...

Did you miss the @journalismfestival.com this year? Do you want to catch up with the sessions you missed? Read our piece on the festival, curated by our editorial team. With insights on AI, news avoidance, local news, press freedom and more #ijf25 reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/interna...

Are you in Perugia today? Our Director @mitalilive.bsky.social is hosting this conversation with our friend @sophiasgaler.bsky.social on a pressing question right now: Who is mainstream media now? At Teatro della Sapienza at 12:35... or online here www.journalismfestival.com/programme/20...

Are you in Perugia for @journalismfestival.com? We are hosting an informal meetup from 16:00 to 17:30 this afternoon with coffee and gelato at Caffè Mazzini, in via 13 Giuseppe Mazzini Come and say hello. Our journalists, our researchers and our Director @mitalilive.bsky.social will be there

This was a very moving piece to report. Some of these journalists had already had to leave jobs and homes due to harassment in their home countries, and are now faced with deep uncertainty over their future once again reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/trump-g...

We are thrilled to announce that @mitalilive.bsky.social has been appointed Director of the Reuters Institute. Mukherjee, who has been Acting Director since last October, was selected in an open process that concluded in late March Read our full announcement buff.ly/1beGPME Details in thread

I'll be at @journalismfestival.com next week with @reutersinstitute.bsky.social I'm interested in chatting about AI, funding, and anything future of news related, so if you'd like to get a coffee, get in touch! I'll also be attending some panels: reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/interna...

This and the team of Oxford researchers who are digitally opening a carbonised scroll from Herculaneum are the good news I need in my day!

Today's edition of our round-up on journalism worldwide features our new piece looking at Grok and Perplexity_ai's responses to questions about the German election, how news outlets can test how chatbots represent their content and more www.linkedin.com/pulse/journa...

In the context of X's broad shift towards right-wing content, spearheaded by Elon Musk, the platform's embedded chatbot both appears not to favour Musk and relies heavily on sources he has criticised, especially mainstream media organisations: reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/groks-r...

About to kickstart our event on climate change and new audiences with @mitalilive.bsky.social @waqasejaz.bsky.social @ivancouronne.bsky.social @katherinedunn.bsky.social Follow updates on @reutersinstitute.bsky.social

How can foreign correspondents better collaborate with fixers? Over 430 journalists went to Taiwan to cover the 2024 election. Many fixers they worked with experienced unfair pay and pressure to sensationalise stories. Our Journalist Fellow Yip Wai Yee proposes an 8-point plan.

The latest edition of Journalism Today is out now with news about Prince Harry's settlement with Murdoch's News Group Newspapers, users' concern with perceived changes on TikTok and Instagram and the top Substack newsletters. Read, subscribe and share. www.linkedin.com/pulse/journa...

🧒 Young people are moving away from traditional news brands. @watif.es, a Spanish startup focused on newsletters and podcasts, is trying to attract this key audience. @marinaadami.bsky.social spoke to cofounder and product director @marmanriique.bsky.social to see how Watif aims to be different

🤠NEW PIECE: Danish publisher JP/Politikens Media Group teamed up with academics to develop AI systems for its newsrooms. The almost 4-year project resulted in several applications for the company’s titles. @marinaadami.bsky.social spoke to Kasper Lindskow to find out what they learnt:

This was a really fascinating piece to report! If you're interested in AI and media, read to find out what 'slop' is, where it crops up in news, and what impact it could (or could not) have: