Summit reflections + journalism jobs, news and events

AI could enable unprecedented authoritarian control. It also has tremendous potential to strengthen democracy.

"When we staged the first-ever Hacks/Hackers AI x Journalism Summit last week in Baltimore, I wanted to make sure we were mindful of the wider context for our work at this moment in human society," writes Hacks/Hackers co-founder Burt Herman. "The stories we tell and products we build — will determine whether AI amplifies democracy or undermines it."

Herman shared his thoughts as he kicked off the summit last week.

Events

• May 20-22, Philadelphia, US, Lenfest News Philanthropy Summit
• May 22–25, Mechelen, Belgium, Dataharvest
• June 3-5, Minneapolis, US, INN Days
• June 19-22, New Orleans, US, IRE
• July 10-11, Minneapolis, US, SRCCON
• September 3-5, St. Louis, US, Independent News Sustainability Summit

AI x journalism news

• Three steps to an AI-ready newsroom: A practical guide (Thomson Reuters)
• PR pros have discovered how to influence the chatbots: Talk to a journalist (Semaphor)
• Two major surveys ask whether journalists have been impacted financially by AI rollout, and come up with two different results (Press Gazette)

Jobs

• (US) Deep South Today, Managing Director of Revenue
• (US) Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, Director of Editorial Programs
• (US) Bloomberg, Investigative Data Reporter
• (US) Investigative Project on Race and Equity, Audience Engagement Specialist
• (US) Tiny News Collective, Membership Director
• (US) CNN, OSINT Researcher
• (US) Thomson Foundation, Project and Finance Officer
• (US) Pulitzer Center, Director of Editorial Programs
• (US) NPR, Senior Graphics Reporter
• (US) Washington Post, Computational Journalist
• (US) New York Times, Database Developer
• (US) New York Times, Election Analytics Researcher
• (Canada) National Observer, Toronto Lead Reporter