ICYMI: The Wayfinder 2025-26 Review/Preview Report is out! Its purpose is orientation: connecting dots across media, technology, culture, and power. Across the chapters: browsing gives way to asking, content turns fluid, creation scales while stability erodes… www.linkedin.com/posts/ezra-e...

How will AI reshape the future of news in 2026? We asked 17 media managers working in this field, including @rubinafillion.nytimes.com @ollez.bsky.social @ezraeeman.bsky.social @sannuta-raghu.bsky.social @kschell.bsky.social Click to read reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/how-wil...

AI is reshaping discovery so I decided to make a map of the changing landscape: from algorithmic feeds that predict what we want, to answer engines that synthesize information, to emerging personal AI and smart web protocols. www.linkedin.com/posts/ezra-e...?

The next WAN-IFRA AI in Media Webinar will focus on a technology frontier I'm genuinely passionate about - Audio & AI. With Mukul Devichand (NYT Audio) & Olle Zachrison, (Swedish Radio, soon joining BBC News) Thursday, May 15, 2025 at 14:00 CET / 08:00 EDT (New York) wan-ifra.org/events/ai-in...

Coming up next week - hope to see some of you there! This special Perugia edition of the Wayfinder Report will provide a focused analysis of the forces reshaping journalism's future. 12:35 - 13:00 Thursday 10/04/2025 - Sala Raffaello, Hotel Brufani www.journalismfestival.com/programme/20...

In the new AI assistant ecosystem, Perplexity stands out as a company that many think has figured out this new product approach better than most. I took some time to break down their interface design and how it changes our information-seeking behavior. www.linkedin.com/posts/ezra-e...?

One of the most amazing parts of leading the WAN-IFRA AI in Media Initiative is the opportunity to host amazing webinars with crazy talented people. Thrilled to announce my next guest: Phoebe Connelly, Senior Editor of AI Strategy & Innovation at The Washington Post. wan-ifra.org/events/webin...

Such a great resource. Thanks for bringing this all together @mikereilley.bsky.social

I started this weekend with collecting some generative AI product/chat experiences from media companies. Let me know if you know others that should be included (in comment or DM!). 🙏 www.linkedin.com/posts/ezra-e...?

Super excited to kick off the AI in Media webinar series! Join me for a fascinating chat with two brilliant minds about what's ahead for AI and journalism in 2025. 📅 Date: 18 February 2025 (Tuesday) ⏰ Time: 15:00 CET 📌 Register now to join the conversation: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Wayfinder #113 is out! This week we explore how we need to think differently about the web (if we want it to really work for AI agents) following OpenAI's Operator release and the rise of autonomous browser assistants. www.linkedin.com/pulse/113-ma...

Forever lost - big influence and inspiration. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ja...

I made a framework that ties together the major narratives from this year's Wayfinder trend report: nine dynamics reshaping the media landscape. More here: www.linkedin.com/pulse/110-9-...?

It's finally here - The 2024-25 Wayfinder Trends Report is out! A labor of love that began with a mountain of insights (600+ slides!) and evolved into something more intimate and, I hope, illuminating. www.linkedin.com/posts/ezra-e...?

Quite fascinating post about building user insights in AI chatbots: www.anthropic.com/research/clio?

TIME's latest Person of the Year feature reveals a glimpse of the future of media - one that transforms static content into a dynamic experience. It's a shift in how information flows. FLOW → FILE → FLUID

It popped up - imagine it’s experiencing heavy traffic.

Anyone having access to Deep Research? Not yet seeing it in my Gemini account - but it has the 2.0 update. So not sure if this is a European thing or just my account.

OpenAi released their video generation model Sora - just not in the EU: sora.com

The Wayfinder Review/Preview 24-25 Report, will be launched on 18 December, looking at 9 forces shaping the fast evolving news landscape. 🗓️ Subscribe to Wayfinder to be the first to get your hands on the report: www.linkedin.com/newsletters/...

Jean Philip De Tender kicking off the EBU AI Summit in Laussane. “75 percent of PSM is using AI, among those a third are experimental and 42% is already part of the workflow”.

Very proud to share the 35 projects that have been awarded grants from the #JournalismAI Innovation Challenge. These projects will explore, implement, and share best practices for using #AI technologies in journalism. Congratulations to all the winners! www.journalismai.info/blog/journal...

Any media company now has to be digital, it may well do other things, but it has to be fully digital.” FT Strategies interview with Naja Nielsen, Digital Director at BBC News. www.ftstrategies.com/en-gb/insigh...?

Wayfinder #109 is out, taking a look at how trust is flowing differently these days - we're in this strange world where influencers shape how millions decide what's true, while most of them don't see themselves as particularly influential. www.linkedin.com/pulse/109-tr...?

Great to see these stats compiled by Bluesky of publishers seeing better engagement and CTR - this is of course a snapshot taken during ‘the surge’ - so curious to see how this evolves over time. Anyone tracking this?

I'm excited to be joining this initiative being led by @ezraeeman.bsky.social. I'm one of the members of the inaugural AI in Media advisory board. Looking forward to getting started!

Some news! I'm honored to support WAN-IFRA as new Strategic Advisor for AI initiatives, helping shape the dialogue around artificial intelligence in the news media industry working alongside an incredible advisory board of industry experts. More information here: www.wan-ifra-aim.org

Great winner of the NPO Innovation Award 2024! Congratulations KRO-NCRV Pointer Prebunks! In the experiment, KRO-NCRV tested short and long videos to prevent misinformation and reach new target groups. More information about the innovation project here in Dutch: npo.nl/innovatie/pr...

Eleven labs just released their own version of NotebookLM’s generated podcast. GenFM: elevenlabs.io/genfm

Interesting post from the product design manager at Zalando: “Designing for generative AI powered content discovery” medium.com/zalando-desi...

Interesting stats from @bostonglobe.com - any similar experiences?

Long but very insightful write-up of the recent WAN-IFRA AI forum in Paris. Well worth the reading time! www.linkedin.com/pulse/wrappi...?

Some news: amid rapid growth and some over-enforcement of its community guidelines, Bluesky trust and safety chief @aaron.bsky.team tells me the company will quadruple the size of its content moderation team www.platformer.news/bluesky-grow...

Just installed Sill and it’s a really great way to keep track of the most shared news by the accounts you follow across Bluesky: sill.social/links

IA en Periodismo: oportunidades, desafíos y el futuro de los medios, un artículo resumen de la presentación de @ezraeeman.bsky.social titulada AI and media new strategic dimensions. royery.com/medios/ia-en...

Now here is great list. 👇👇👇

If you have not yet read Steven Johnson’s long-read about the importance of long context than here’s the key takeaway. thelongcontext.com

Wayfinder #108 is out! With this week a focus on how AI avatars are reshaping our digital presence - from Zoom meetings to social media. www.linkedin.com/pulse/108-pr...?

This week at WAN-IFRA's AI Forum in Paris, I presented some insights on the transformative journey of news media since ChatGPT's launch two years ago: from initial experimentation to the development of new AI strategies. www.linkedin.com/posts/ezra-e...?

As news consumption evolves, The New York Times’ R&D Lab department is at the forefront of redefining how stories are told. digitalcontentnext.org/blog/2024/11...

I wasn’t very active on x anymore so I might as well give this a try. Looking forward to connect and follow interesting accounts!