Talks

I talk to walk the talk. Selected talks and presentations below.

Hype or not, how and when will web3 (blockchain/NFTs) and metaverse (AR/VR/XR) impact journalism? (International Symposium on Online Journalism 2022. Austin, USA 2022)

A presentation followed by a panel discussion with Emily Bell (Tow Center for Digital Journalism), Maria Bustillos (Popula) and Ray Soto (Gannett, USA Today). I focused on three main questions: 1) How do you build the journalistic organization for the future? What does it look like? 2) Reality check: do we need to update the journalistic process for the age of real-time information feeds and social media operations? 3) What is the next interface to information/journalistic content?

More: https://isoj.org/symposia/2022/

📺 Watch: https://youtu.be/E2lCRBhxgKw?t=261

Leadership for the digital age: Deep Fakes, AI Trolls, and Ever Weirder Cyber Threats (by The Ulkopolitist & Microsoft, Helsinki and online 2022)

An in-depth panel discussion about the most recent developments around cyber security and hybrid operations.

Journalism and AI: the multidisciplinary approach for responsible AI (Mindspiration Seminar at Deutsche Welle, online 2021)

Gave an overview on multidisciplinary approach developed by our journalistic AI/ML team at Yle News Lab and Yle News. Concrete examples included Voitto content automation system, Troll Factory edugame and new tooling built for news acquisition.

How are AI-based technologies used in newsrooms? Practical cases and opportunities. (The European Union —High-Level Conference. Lisbon, Portugal/online 2021)

How are AI-based technologies used in newsrooms? Practical cases and opportunities. (Lisbon, Portugal/online 2021)

The Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union —High-Level Conference “Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Journalism – Will AI take hold of the 4th estate?”

👓 Read: https://ruc.dk/en/working-consciously-ai-newsrooms and https://conferenceaijournalism.pt/

Trust in media: Audience Engagement & Artificial Intelligence (European Federation of Journalists’ Online Seminar, 2021)

“What are the tasks that machines can have the most impact in? Or when are people more suitable to build trust? You need to find the right balance.”

👓 Read: https://europeanjournalists.org/blog/2021/03/30/how-to-build-trust-and-engage-audiences-our-takeaways-from-journalism-experts/

Tools for democracy (Mindtrek Conference. Tampere, Finland 2020)

👓 Read: https://www.mindtrek.org/2020/speaker/jarno-m-koponen/

Combining News Media, Artificial Intelligence, and UX Design (Journalism AI report launch. Google HQ London, UK 2019)

📸 by Alessandro Mascellino and Ioanna Toufexi

Launch for Journalism AI Report by London School of Economics’ Polis and Google News Initiative.

📺 Watch: https://youtu.be/4tGZRvlvz3Q

👓 Read: https://medium.com/hacks-hackers-london/five-ways-ai-can-help-journalism-fe4efd05a8d

Tools for democracy (International LIFT Conference 2019. Helsinki, Finland 2019)

📺 Watch: https://areena.yle.fi/1-50331502

On journalism and AI: artificial intelligence in news production (Circom 37th Annual Conference. Novi Sad, Serbia 2019)

📺 Watch: https://youtu.be/mDVYsO2FSpY

📺 Watch: backstage interview https://youtu.be/hRyWghaEggU

AI for news media (Data-Driven Design Day 2018, Helsinki Design Week. Helsinki, Finland 2018)

📺 Watch: https://youtu.be/pb199d9US3o

Forget AI-First, It’s Human-First: Towards Human-centered Personalization and Automation (The ARD / ZDF Media Academy Seminar. Frankfurt, Germany 2017)

An international conference bringing together thinkers and practitioners on journalism and AI. More:

Personalisierung wird in Zukunft auf dem Smartphone-Lockscreen ausgetragen, sagt @ilparone voraus. #azow17 pic.twitter.com/V8kNJUYWL7
— ARDZDFmedienakademie (@ARDZDF_Akademie) December 11, 2017