New: 2026 AI x Journalism Summit initial program is live
Sessions confirmed from The New York Times, CNN, The Philadelphia Inquirer and more
The Philadelphia Inquirer is building an AI tool to track 90,000 local government meetings. The Minnesota Star Tribune launched audience-facing AI products at startup speed inside a 160-year-old newsroom. The New York Times is designing AI systems that work even when the models are confidently wrong.
They're all sharing how they did it at the 2026 AI x Journalism Summit, May 13–14 in Baltimore. We're still building out the full schedule — check out what's confirmed so far, and get in touch if you'd like to pitch a session.
Whether you want to prototype AI agents, stress-test documents with NotebookLM or design systems journalists trust, attendees will leave the AI x Journalism Summit with concrete skills, frameworks and new professional contacts. Four tracks — Preview, Play, Adopt and Govern — cover the full range from breakthrough experiments to responsible AI frameworks.
Join us for Journalism Day 2026 in Austin (March 16)
If you're heading to SXSW this year, join us Monday, March 16th for networking and in-depth talks at Journalism Day in Austin.
In partnership with The Poynter Institute and supported by the MacArthur Foundation, we'll examine how public media is using AI, how to leverage AI for community moderation and also accountability for the platforms themselves.
We'll wrap up the day with a happy hour and time for networking. More details on programming coming soon, so check back here for updates.
AI x journalism news
- Chat is Going to Eat the World (Dead Neurons, Substack)
- AI Is the Elephant in the Newsroom. How Are Journalists Reacting? (The Tyee)
- Journalism Technology Trends for 2026 (Reuters Institute)
- Amazon may launch a marketplace where media sites can sell their content to AI companies (TechCrunch)
- 5 interesting ways to use a local LLM with MCP tools (MakeUseOf)
- AI tools fabricate Epstein images 'in seconds,' study says (France 24)
- Something Big Is Happening: In a viral essay that’s been viewed tens of millions of times, Matt Shumer argues that recent leaps in AI mean the technology is already reshaping knowledge work and could upend large swaths of jobs and industries sooner than most realize, urging professionals to engage with it now rather than later.
Upcoming events
- Feb. 26–27, 2026, Orlando, Association of Community Publishers Conference & Trade Show 2026
- March 4–7, 2026, New York, ProCon26: Spring College Media Convention
- March 5–7, 2026, San Francisco, ACP Spring National College Media Conference 2026
- March 5–6, 2026, TBD, IIJ Freelance Conference 2026
- March 5–8, 2026, Indianapolis, NICAR26
- March 9–13, 2026, Toronto, Media Subscriptions Summit
- March 12–14, 2026, Boston, Northern Short Course Photojournalism Conference '26
Journalism jobs
- Executive Director, Borderless Magazine NFP (US)
- Executive Director, Miller National Academy for Free Expression & Pluralism, University of Denver (US)
- Senior Data Visuals Developer, The Texas Tribune (US)
- Senior Engagement Editor, Quanta Magazine, Simons Foundation (US)
- Tech writer, Yahoo (US)
- Curator of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism, Nieman Foundation for Journalism, Harvard University (Anywhere)
- Deputy Director of Investigations, The Sentry (Anywhere)
- Professor/Knight Chair in Journalism and Technology, University of Florida (Anywhere)
