Newsletter: How do journalists imagine the newsroom of 2030?
The newsroom of 2030 is a collaboration of experts in journalism, engineering, product development, data science and ethics.
Hacks/Hackers brought a time machine to the Online News Association 2024 conference in Atlanta, transporting a room of newsroom leaders to the year 2030. By traveling five years into the near future – even if only as part of the ‘playful’ process of ideation – workshop participants envisioned how news startups launched from the start to embrace the technological advancements of artificial intelligence might survive and even thrive in an era of change.
Over the full-day workshop, more than 50 journalists and executives from news organizations around the world developed plans for news and information startups that would launch in 2030 — a future that’s close enough to see where likely trends are headed, and also not so far away to be the realm of science fiction. The group was asked to develop organizational charts, company descriptions and a revenue model for their startups. Constraints included a limit of 30 people on their founding team, plus a vision of how to achieve sustainable revenue.
Upcoming Hacks/Hackers Events
- October 17, Baltimore, AI Hackathon for Equity: Tackling Harmful Bias in the Information Ecosystem, hosted in collaboration with The Real News Network and Baltimore Bea. Develop innovative AI-driven tools, frameworks and strategies aimed at ensuring that the information ecosystem remains fair, inclusive and trustworthy.
- October 25–27, UC Berkeley, AI/Journalism Hackathon: Harnessing AI to Enhance Trust and Deepen Engagement in Local Communities. How can AI be leveraged to enhance trust and boost media engagement within local communities?
AI + Journalism Links
- Anthropic introduces Contextual Retrieval, a method that significantly improves information retrieval in AI systems by preserving context when encoding data.
- An AI chatbot helped Americans who believe in conspiracy theories “exit the rabbit hole.”
- AI bots now beat 100% of those traffic-image CAPTCHAs.
- NotebookLM adds audio and YouTube support, plus easier sharing of audio overviews.
- New report documents Latinos’ critical roles in AI.
Journalism Jobs
- (Anywhere) Journalism Funding Partners, Director of Operations and Finance
- (France) Reporters Sans Frontières, Data Journalism Intern
- (UK) The Times, Designer
- (US) LA Local News Initiative, Chief Executive Officer
- (US) The Midwest Newsroom, Audience and Innovation Director
- (US) ProPublica, Software Engineer
- (US) NBC, Interactive Visual Designer
- (US) Pulitzer Center, Artificial Intelligence Senior Editor
- (US) Poynter Institute, Journalism Funding Ethics Faculty
- (US) ProPublica, Engagement Reporter
- (US) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Data Reporter
More Upcoming Journalism Events
- Oct 3–6, Indianapolis, US, WikiConference North America
- Oct 9–10, Riga, Latvia, Disinfo2024
- Oct 10, Copenhagen, Denmark, News Impact Summit
- Oct 11, Online, News Product Alliance Summit
- Oct 17–19, Online, AccessFest
- Oct 25–27, Boston, US, Computation + Journalism Symposium
- Oct 29-31, Ann Arbor, US, Academic Data Science Alliance Conference
- Nov 7-8, San Jose, US, Public Interest Technology University Network Summit
- Nov 13-14, Boston, US, OpenForum Academy Symposium
