Thankful to the @uwmadisonls.bsky.social for featuring the Public Tech Media Lab in their latest newsletter, and to Margaret Shreiner for writing this incredible article. Learn more about everything that we are doing at the Lab and our plans for the future here: ls.wisc.edu/news/at-the-...

I spoke with Nigel van Schaik from the Stimuleringsfonds voor de Journalistiek about the hype around AI in journalism and the special issue we recently published in @digitaljournalism.bsky.social. Check it out here: www.svdj.nl/nieuws/hoe-j...

If you missed it, check out Matthew Lawrence's (@cen4infores.bsky.social) talk for the Public Tech Media Lab. This talk delves into the disparities that become apparent when different kinds of #OSINT practices are viewed through the lens of their practitioners. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXou...

Applications are now open for the @aejmc-icd.bsky.social Teaching Award 🏆 I am coordinating this year's award, which recognizes excellence, innovation, and effective approaches to teaching international communication and journalism studies. ℹ️ More info here: community.aejmc.org/internationa...

Journalisten laten zich makkelijk meeslepen in nieuwe technologie. Daardoor vergeten ze weleens dat ze zelf invloed hebben op de manier waarop die technologie zich ontwikkelt. @tomasdodds.bsky.social: 'De techsector is heel goed in het verkopen van verhalen aan journalisten.'

🚨 New book announcement! For two decades, journalists have been running on a hamster wheel — producing more, faster, with less. AI is speeding that wheel up. But it doesn't have to. (1/x)

📅 Last week for submissions to the Natali Helberger award from the Public Tech Media Lab at @uwmadison.bsky.social, founded by our former colleague @tomasdodds.bsky.social! 👉 For PhD students working on public interest tech in journalism, read more on applying: ptml.sjmc.wisc.edu/natali-helbe...

CBS News Radio (1927-2026). The last of America's three original, national radio networks will shutter after nearly a century. The network that defined broadcast news and employed truth-tellers like Murrow is silenced by Bari Weiss. How appropriate. deadline.com/2026/03/cbs-... #CBSNews

“.. Trump’s foreign policy strategy will leave the United States “poorer, less secure, and less influential than it has been for most living Americans’ lifetimes,” writes Stephen Walt. @foreignaffairs.com www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

🚨 New paper out! Here’s the Introduction to our Special Issue on AI Hype, co‑edited with Naomi Mine, @natalihelberger.bsky.social, @ndiakopoulos.bsky.social & @teachguz.bsky.social, on how AI hype shapes journalism’s norms, values, and labor politics. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

If you missed it live, Georgia Edwards' (WITNESS) talk for the Public Tech Media Lab is now online. Georgia argues that the institutionalisation of #OSINT in journalism is also an opportunity to develop community-based verification in Global Majority newsrooms. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFxL...

The Public Tech Media Lab & @tomasdodds.bsky.social will host a "Digital Investigations Bootcamp" on campus in May 2026. Come learn from expert open source investigation (OSINV) trainers how to verify digital evidence & uncover misinformation. More info: ptml.sjmc.wisc.edu/2026/02/05/r...

Here's a timely CFP from @tomasdodds.bsky.social and the Public Tech Media Lab at UW-Madison for a special issue of @JournalismPractice. The deadline for extended abstracts is April 1, 2026.

What's ahead for journalism in 2026? Based on my ongoing research (and forthcoming book!) on AI and journalism with Rodrigo Zamith and @tomasdodds.bsky.social, I explain why AI is a critical fork-in-the-road moment for journalism's future: www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/ai-b...

Excited to share our latest article in Journalism Practice: “Journalists ‘Attagged’: The @-tag as a Bonding Tool for ‘Supercharged Critical Publics’” Led by @Marloes Geboers, and /w @tomasdodds.bsky.social, Eirliani A Rahman and myself — published open access: doi.org/10.1080/1751...

A new commentary for our SI on AI hype in @digitaljournalism.bsky.social is out! ✨ Seth Lewis, Rodrigo Zamith, and Jon B. Bunquin argue that hype warrants closer attention, not just as a media trend, but as a window into deeper social and institutional dynamics. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🗞️ My conversation with Luciano Jiménez on the impact of AI on fake news and elections was published today in La Seguna! Read the full interview in Spanish below ⤵️

Asst prof @tomasdodds.bsky.social spoke to @isthmusmadison.bsky.social about his new Public Tech Media Lab, which aims to teach journalists how to use open source technologies and make newsrooms less dependent on big tech companies that have their own private interests. isthmus.com/opinion/from...

We're excited to welcome new @uwsjmc.bsky.social faculty @tomasdodds.bsky.social to the Center as an affiliate. Dodds examines how new technologies shape newsroom practices, journalistic authority and the ways reporters understand their profession. Welcome,Tomás! journalism.wisc.edu/news/new-fac...

I did a small Q&A with my new colleagues at the UW-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication about what students can expect to learn in my classes, why I chose to come to Madison, and what I was doing for four weeks in Tenerife! Check it out here ⤵️ journalism.wisc.edu/news/new-fac...

SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS! The deadline for this CfP is fast coming up! Submit your abstract to “Institutionalizing Open-Source Investigations in #Journalism” by Sep 1, guest edited by @sethclewis.bsky.social, @tomasdodds.bsky.social, Alexa Koenig, Rodrigo Zamith, & @davidcheruiyot.bsky.social.

Eleven academics met today to discuss "The AI turn in journalism: Disruption, adaptation, and democratic futures" recent essay during our first News, Technology, and Society Network reading group. Thanks to @dbossio.bsky.social for facilitating and to all from RMIT and beyond who attended.

This was fun! Thanks to everyone who joined us.

The introduction to our SI on bridging the research-practice gap in journalism has now been published! You can read here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... It was a pleasure to co-edit this special issue with @annaschjoett.bsky.social, @nadjaschaetz.bsky.social, and @claudiamellado.bsky.social

Excited about my first public lecture and the trip to Leiden next week as part of our research exchange with @agdorst.bsky.social @tomasdodds.bsky.social @karakanta.bsky.social

SPECIAL ISSUE CfP! Submit abstracts to our Special Issue on "Institutionalizing Open-Source Investigations in Journalism", edited by @sethclewis.bsky.social, @tomasdodds.bsky.social, Alexa Koenig, @rodzam.bsky.social & @davidcheruiyot.bsky.social 🗓️Sep 1, 2025 ➡️Info: drive.google.com/file/d/1R9T8...

How is #AI reshaping journalism research, education, and practice? Join me, Seth Lewis, @natalihelberger.bsky.social, and @nickmattis.bsky.social to chat about the challenges, the hype, and the future of the field. 📆 June 2nd, 16:00 (CET). 📍 SPUI25 (or stream online). ➡️ spui25.nl/programma/th...

🚨 New publication out now in Journalism! The AI turn in journalism forces us to rethink journalism’s identity and its relationship with different stakeholders. 🔗 Read the full piece here (open access 🔓): journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

How does the power of Big Tech affect our democracies, and can it be contained? Don't miss this SPUI25 event this Thursday with theresajseipp.bsky.social, @pjleerssen.bsky.social and @tomasdodds.bsky.social https://bit.ly/3EV8yFS

📣 This week, I'll be moderating a conversation with @theresajseipp.bsky.social and @pjleerssen.bsky.social on the rising power of big tech and its growing influence on global politics, media, and democracy. 📆 Join us on 8 May at 17:00 at SPUI25. ➡️ Registered here: spui25.nl/programma/re...

I chatted with Olaf Geurts from @svdj.bsky.social about our research on knowledge silos in Dutch newsrooms. We discussed how these silos hinder the adoption of #AI in journalism and why it’s urgent to break them down. ➡ You can read the interview here (in Dutch): www.svdj.nl/nieuws/ieder...

📣 Panel Discussion: The Rising Power of Big Tech (New Date!) Thursday, 8 May 2025 | 17:00 | SPUI25. Join @pjleerssen.bsky.social, @tomasdodds.bsky.social and me as we discuss Big Tech’s growing influence on global politics, media and democracy. Register here: spui25.nl/programma/re...

📢 Muy contento de contarles que voy a ser uno de los instructores para la Academia de #JournalismAI para América Latina! 📆 Las postulaciones están abiertas para todo #LATAM hasta el 27 de abril! ➡️ Más información y postulaciones en: www.journalismai.info/programmes/a...

🚨 CfP: “Global Myth and Magic around AI: Enchanted Determinism and Folk Theories in Public Discourses on AI.” We are editing a special issue on how enchanted determinism limits discussions by reducing the public’s ability to challenge AI technologies. ➡️ Call: journals.sagepub.com/page/hij/glo...

🚨 The commentary that Nik Usher wrote for our special issue on AI hype in media is out in @digitaljournalism.bsky.social! Nik argues that “to give into the magic of generative AI is to give technologists too much power.” ➡️ Read the commentary: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🚨 Paper number 4️⃣ from our @digitaljournalism.bsky.social Special Issue on AI Hype in Journalism is out! Bin Chen, Anfan Chen, and Shuning Lu examine how Chinese coverage of #ChatGPT was significantly shaped by global English-language media and discussions on global and domestic social media.

I spoke with @DarinZullo about the rise of AI-assisted reporting in Boston’s newsrooms, particularly the emergence of “AI-assisted reporters.” www.boston.com/news/local-n...

Just wrapped up a two-day workshop on "Meaning Making and Information Integrity in the Age of AI" in Birmingham with @agdorst.bsky.social and @karakanta.bsky.social, hosted by @bissieanderson.bsky.social and the fantastic team at the @unibirmingham.bsky.social! We leave with a pocket full of ideas!

Argentina’s President announced plans in 2024 to use AI to “predict future crimes." 🤦‍♂️ Our latest for AI & Society explains why predictive policing is problematic and fundamentally flawed: It reinforces biases, erodes civil liberties, and fails at its core task. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Clark Merrefield's latest article highlights two new papers from our special issues in Digital Journalism & Journalism: 📝 Anna Schjøtt Hansen & Nadja Schaetz on AI hype. 📝 Bronwyn Jones & Rhianne Jones on action research at the BBC. journalistsresource.org/home/ai-ap-b...

Excited to kick off my fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Study (University of Amsterdam) with my talk: "Knowledge Silos as a Barrier to Responsible AI Practices in Journalism." 📅 Join me on 25/02 at 12:30 in Amsterdam! More info and registration: ias.uva.nl/content/even...

🚨 New paper out! We examine how knowledge silos in newsrooms create barriers to responsible AI adoption. When teams operate in isolation, AI tools can be introduced without proper ethical and editorial oversight, weakening accountability. Read OA 🔓: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

There is a lot of work that detects and debunks AI hype. But what function does AI hype actually serve? Anna Schjøtt and I draw on 8 months of observations at the Associated Press to show how expectations on AI are leveraged to coordinate actors and mobilise resources: tinyurl.com/mwr2b6t3

Last year, @tomasdodds.bsky.social, @eirliani.bsky.social, Marloes Geboers, @markboukes.bsky.social and I had the honour to present at the #UNESCO Press Freedom day academic conference on digital violence, social media and press freedom. 1/n youtu.be/x6ZWyVZFqyQ?...

We don't have an Albany reporter, we don't have a metro editor -- but the brain trust at Alden Global Capital saw fit to spend money on a "content intelligence program" whose artificial intelligence might be in the running for the worst editor we've ever had.

🚨 New paper alert! We've released a new preprint for our research on the impact of knowledge silos on responsible AI practices in journalism. Link: arxiv.org/abs/2410.01138