Predictions for 2025, upcoming events and journalism jobs
As we head into the new year, success will come from remembering what makes media powerful in the first place: its ability to inform, connect and inspire.
Most people are aware of AI and a good number have tinkered with it. So where do things go now?
It’s now time to truly tap the potential of this technology, or else be run over by those who do, writes Burt Herman as part of Nieman Lab's Predictions for Journalism in 2025.
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AI + Journalism Links
- “Our industry has an unfortunate history of having disruptive emerging technologies inflicted upon it, putting us on the defensive and forcing us to begrudgingly adapt. But this time around, it feels like we’re taking some welcome initiative.” — Chase Davis, Nieman Lab's Predictions for Journalism, 2025
- Study finds readers trust news less when AI is involved, even when they don't understand to what extent (KU News)
- YouTuber Marques Brownlee breaks down the problems with Sora, OpenAI's AI video model (Mashable)
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Upcoming Events
- Dec 27–30, Hamburg, Germany, Chaos Communication Conference
- Feb 3–7, Online, US, National News Literacy Week
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- Feb 27–28, Online, Institute for Independent Journalists Conference
Jobs
- (US) MuckRock, Director of Development
- (US) The Connecticut Mirror, AI Data Reporter/Product Developer
- (US) NPR, Technology Reporter(Canada) Investigative Journalism Foundation, Development Coordinator
- (US) Nieman Foundation, Nieman Reports Editor
- (US) Internews, Director of Policy and Advocacy
- (US) The New School, Professor of Data Visualization
- (US) Courier Newsroom, Head of Technology
- (Canada) Investigative Journalism Foundation, Audience Growth Manager
- (UK) Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Director
- (Fiji) BBC, Journalism Trainer