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ICFJ Voices: María Paula Murcia Huertas, Answering Questions Audiences Are Really Asking

Global Newsroom Teams Will Harness AI to Counter Misinformation

Eight newsroom teams from the U.S and around the world will develop products and processes that harness AI to amplify truth and combat mis- and disinformation, as part of ICFJ’s Leap Innovation Lab kicking off this week. 

Register Now for Media Party in Buenos Aires

ICFJ is once again partnering on Media Party in Buenos Aires, now in its 11th edition. Registrations are open for the conference, taking place Oct. 5-7 at the Centro Cultural Konex.

Harnessing AI for Truth: ICFJ Invites Innovators to Combat Disinformation

Media leaders from across the world will develop innovative ways to use artificial intelligence to fight disinformation and spread trustworthy news, as part of an opportunity from the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ).  Applications are open until Sept. 3.

Helping Journalists Navigate the Artificial Intelligence Frontier

How to Use Artificial Intelligence in Journalism Without Losing Audience Trust

At Media Party Chicago, a conference exploring the intersection of artificial intelligence and journalism, attendees debated and learned about the opportunities and dangers of AI. Ethics experts proposed frameworks for responsible use of powerful new technologies, developers taught journalists how to use AI to bring customized content to their readers and reporters wrestled with how to maintain audiences’ trust while AI-aided disinformation abounds. 

How Vox ‘Supercharged’ Its Trust-Building Efforts

Building audience trust is essential for news organizations as they work to spread verified facts and counter disinformation. Yet it can be difficult to step back and tackle this kind of challenge, given the daily demands of a newsroom and stretched resources. ICFJ’s Leap Solutions Challenge, is providing the space for journalists to do just that.

Journalists From Around the World Are Creating Products to Create Transparency and Build Trust With Their Communities

Through the Leap innovation training program, The International Center for Journalists challenged journalists to answer this question: What can we build to increase trust in journalism now — and ensure misinformation and polarization do not find a foothold in future spaces

News Innovators Explore the Internet’s Next Frontier

Media Party in Buenos Aires, Argentina, is not your usual journalism conference – it’s the largest gathering of self-described journalism and tech nerds in Latin America. That’s what made it the perfect place for ICFJ’s Leap Innovation Lab to sponsor talks, workshops and a hackathon on whether the next generation of web technologies – Web3 – hold hope or hype for journalism.

Meet the ICFJ Innovators Working to Build Trust in News

Journalism innovators from across the world – from Brazil to Turkey to the U.S. – have embarked on a 10-week solutions challenge to address one of the field’s most urgent questions: How to build trust in news.

Almost 40 journalists and technologists from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and North America are taking part in the inaugural solutions challenge with Leap, ICFJ’s news innovation lab. Expert trainers and mentors are providing a guided, focused experience for participants to explore, design and develop products to better serve their communities, in an era of rampant disinformation and extreme polarization.