UNESCO estimates that 87% of people consider disinformation to be a major problem. Panelists from leading EU institutions and fact checking organizations joined Matt Cooke to share how the European Media and Information Fund is fueling new projects aimed at combatting the spread of disinformation; from finding new ways of making citizens more interested in facts to countering misinfo through self awareness. You can view the session online here, featuring Matt Cooke, Paolo Cesarini, Martina Hilbertová, Aleksandra Monkos, PhD, Stowarzyszenie Demagog ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/dTjzUqG4
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Shailesh Prakash, VP of News at Google, sat down with TV presenter and documentary filmmaker, Barbara Serra at the International Journalism Festival #IJF in Perugia. Here are our takeaways: Journalists are in charge. AI-based technology can enhance a journalists’ work - not replace it. The journalist and editor must be in control of editorial decisions when using generative AI tools and make the choice about what content to use or not use. Innovative newsrooms are putting AI to work. Journalists and editorial teams are looking for ways to thoughtfully and intentionally bring AI into the newsroom; from transcribing interviews, and producing summaries of large documents, to helping brainstorm headlines. Starting today, journalists in Europe will have early access to Pinpoint, Google’s product for investigative journalists, including new AI features. Check it out here -> g.co/pinpoint If you tuned into the discussion, what were your takeaways?
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The panelists shared the findings of a UNESCO project to define and implement standards of excellence in journalism education across the African continent. The project, supported by the GNI, involved 80 journalism schools collaborating across 37 African countries, to define the criteria for excellence in journalism, examine existing teaching programs, and then provide 10 grants to schools to develop to implement innovative education projects. Nazarene Makena,from Tangaza University College in Kenya, who’s project focused on strengthening environmental journalism education, noted that they are ‘preparing students to be entrepreneurs and journalists’. While Fitih Alemu, lecturer and project lead from Bahir Dar University in Ethiopia, discussed bringing a gender sensitive approach to conflict reporting. Fitih commented that the ‘traditional curriculum was not catching up with what journalism is going through today.” If you tuned into the panel, what were your takeaways? Read the full report of UNESCO’s findings here -> https://lnkd.in/eZ-9-jcq
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Applications are open for our Pre-launch Lab - a free-of-cost, six-week virtual program that empowers early-stage news ventures. Apply today or attend an info session on May 28. Learn more ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/e2BbYNGP
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Are you looking for tools to help you diversify your revenue and deepen your reader engagement? Reader Revenue Manager is announcing two new features to help – custom surveys and prompt controls. You can learn more about your readers interests and demographics by creating custom survey questions to better understand your readers. The data is privacy safe and can help you serve more relevant ads and tailor your content strategy. With prompt controls, you can control the frequency and ordering of all your prompts from surveys, contribution requests and newsletter sign-ups, so you can optimize your conversion funnel for what works for your readers. Reader Revenue Manager is now available in 45+ markets, try it today. ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/egNbt3HX
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📰In 2022, French publisher Libération (“Libé”) worked with Google News Initiative to convert readers into paying subscribers. 📊 With Libé’s house-built datawall, non-subscribers share their email addresses to access premium articles. They then receive top articles, newsletters, and subscription offers. This helped Libé acquire 35K email addresses — an increase of 83%. 📧Libé’s “share with a friend” feature lets subscribers email articles to non-subscribers to view in their inbox on the publisher’s website. This helped Libé acquire 26K email addresses – an increase of 17%. 📈Overall Libé has grown subscribers 15% over the past 12 months. Get the full story on Libé’s work with GNI here: https://lnkd.in/e8u3yp4Y
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Local journalists from Hyderabad, India to the Brazilian Amazon are using AI-powered tool Pinpoint to help focus their research and find new stories that are of critical importance to their communities. Pinpoint helps reporters sift through datasets, ensuring they discover & report essential stories for their communities. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eDUTCTJ7
Harnessing new technology in local journalism
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Fact Check Explorer's new image search helps journalists identify if it's been fact-checked before. Simply upload the image or enter the URL to see if it's linked to existing fact checks from independent organizations worldwide. Try the Fact Check Explorer https://lnkd.in/eeAKPUMd
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For International Fact-Checking Day today we’re sharing four Search features that can help you quickly evaluate information and get key context to make sense of what you’re seeing online. And to give more people access to these tools, we’ve expanded two features — About this image and About this page — to 40 languages globally including French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish and Vietnamese Learn more ⬇ https://lnkd.in/e6iBfmHQ
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With 0% downtime and a 50% reduction in time taken to train new analysts, read about New Zealand Media & Entertainment (NZME)'s success using Google's Dataform platform. Read more ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/eD-XX3Vw
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