In 1961, Norma and Mel Gabler were a quiet couple living in Hawkins, Texas. One day, they noticed some factual errors in their son's school book. What began as a small complaint morphed into a multi-decade crusade to shape what children of Texas — and therefore the country — read in their textbooks. In an election year with raging debates around education, this audio documentary charts how Texas dictated American education over the last sixty years and examines how the fight over our child ...
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TribCast is hosted by The Texas Tribune's Matthew Watkins and features a rotating cast of Tribune reporters, editors and special guests. Join us for informal – and, with luck, amusing – discussions of Texas politics and policy. New episodes post each week.
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Get the latest news on Texas politics and policy from The Texas Tribune now on Amazon Alexa. With reporters based in Austin, Washington, D.C., and on the U.S.–Mexico border, we are your go-to source for news on statewide issues.
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Inside the politics and issues of the Texas Legislature
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The Ticket: A Presidential Podcast from The Texas Tribune and KUT News. Each Week KUT's Ben Philpott and the Tribune's Jay Root provide a rundown of the week's campaign actions and bring you interviews with people who make a living working on, covering or commenting on the campaigns.
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Looking to explore the intersection of AI and journalism? Influential thought leaders in the industry join data scientist and media entrepreneur, Nikita Roy, each week to explore what's next with AI and its implications for the media landscape. In each episode, industry experts discuss how automated newsrooms have the potential to change journalism and uncover opportunities to optimize workflows and increase efficiency without compromising journalistic integrity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.c ...
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Open Journal is a weekly Magazine of all things going on in the Houston Community. Open Journal is hosted by Duane Bradley and Stephanie Coleman every Monday evening from 6-7pm broadcasting live on 90.1 KPFT-FM. The Open Journal Podcast includes Conversations with the interesting people who make up the diverse city of Houston Texas.
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We find ourselves at a moment of unprecedented challenge – and opportunity. While the COVID-19 health, economic, and racial crises have laid bare and exacerbated any number of structural inequalities, and global climate change remains an existential – and very urgent – threat, they also compel us to reimagine how leaders across the private, nonprofit, and public sectors can champion social and environmental change in ways that truly advance shared prosperity and a sustainable future. Present ...
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Featuring exclusive interviews, FrancoFiles seeks to take every francophile in the U.S. on a transatlantic rendez-vous with notable French and American guests. Hear experts talk firsthand about their experiences of the collaborations and cultural crossover between two oldest allies. From the pre-revolutionary era to today’s modern tech movement, explore with FrancoFiles the ever-evolving relationship between France and the US. Brought to you by the Embassy of France, support from France-Amér ...
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Our culture is shaped by technology, and the people building that technology determine how it’s changing our lives. But who are they? And how do they think about their responsibility to the rest of us? From mental health to algorithmic bias, entrepreneur Anil Dash talks to developers, designers, and culture experts to understand the ways tech is changing culture, and what it means for us. Produced by Glitch and the Vox Media Podcast Network.
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Bonus from The Amendment: Keeping Democracy Intact with Nikole Hannah-Jones
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We’re bringing you an episode of a new podcast we think you’ll love: The Amendment. A new podcast about gender, politics, and power from The 19th News and Wonder Media Network, The Amendment is hosted by award-winning journalist and 19th editor-at-large Errin Haines. Each week, Errin sits down with people who have fresh perspectives on the state of…
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Florent Daudens: Building an AI-Literate Newsroom at Radio Canada
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Florent Daudens, the outgoing Director of Newsgathering and Deployment at Canada's National Public Broadcaster, Radio-Canada, joins Nikita Roy to share how he led AI literacy initiatives in their newsroom. In his role, Florent focused on enhancing the news department with AI as well as managing operations across national, parliamentary, and foreign…
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Ezra Eeman: Navigating the AI Frontier at the Dutch Public Broadcaster NPO
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Ezra Eeman, the Director of Strategy & Innovation at the Dutch Public Broadcaster NPO joins Nikita Roy to discuss NPO's AI strategy, revealing the complexities of navigating this frontier within a decentralized network of 13 broadcasters. From leveraging AI for accessibility and efficiency to cautious experiments with synthetic voices and avatars, …
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Investing in Women, Investing in Our Future
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In this episode of Capital for Good we speak with three inspiring leaders in women’s health, Erika Seth Davies, Jade Kearney, and Flory Wilson, each pioneering advances in reproductive and maternal health, and each using business, investment, engagement, and advocacy as levers for social change. Davies is the CEO of Rhia Ventures, a nonprofit that …
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Craig Newmark: Philanthropy's Role in Supporting Journalism in the AI Era
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Craig Newmark, internet pioneer and founder of Craigslist, joins Nikita Roy to talk about the past, present, and future of AI. Craig is a visionary whose profound contributions have shaped the landscape of digital platforms and supported the pillars of journalism. As the founder of Craigslist, he revolutionized the classified ads sector and transfo…
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Lise Strickler ’86 and Mark Gallogly ’86: Three Cairns Group, the Climate Crisis, and Climate Solutions
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In this episode of Capital for Good we speak with Lise Strickler ’86 and Mark Gallogly ’86, the co-founders of Three Cairns Group, a mission driven investment and philanthropic firm focused on the climate crisis. In the years since Columbia Business School, where they met in 1986, Mark has worked in investing, philanthropy, and public policy; as co…
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How Germany’s Ippen Digital is Fine-Tuning Large Language Models for Their Newsroom
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From fine-tuning large language models, to discussing modular journalism, to developing an AI tool to help track misinformation, there’s a lot to unpack from this week’s conversation with Alessandro Alviani, the product lead for AI at Germany’s Ippen Digital. We build upon the first part of our conversation from last week, where Alessandro shared h…
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Shaun Donovan: Home, Community, and the Affordable Housing Crisis
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In this episode of Capital for Good we speak with Shaun Donovan, one of the country’s most important leaders — and lifelong advocates — for housing, economic development, and shared prosperity. Donovan has worked at the highest levels of government — as Secretary of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development and Director of the Office of Ma…
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Alessandro Alviani (Part One): Building AI Products with an Editor-Centric Approach
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Rather than AI replacing journalists, Alessandro Alviani believes editorial teams can leverage AI to enhance and augment their work. Formerly as the Editorial Director at the Microsoft News Hub, Alessandro experienced firsthand the consequences that replacing human editors with automated systems caused. Drawing from his experience he says that the …
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Jeff Jarvis (Part Two): Rethinking the journalism business model in the age of AI
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Jeff Jarvis joins Nikita Roy in the second part of his conversation to discuss how journalism business models will be affected by the rise of generative AI. In part one, Jarvis shared his thoughts on whether generative AI companies should be allowed to use news media's copyrighted content to train their AI models. Jarvis has been the director of th…
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Dr. Fei-Fei Li: The Worlds I See: Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery at the Dawn of AI
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In this episode of Capital for Good we speak with Dr. Fei-Fei Li, the Sequoia Professor of Computer Science at Stanford and the Denning Co-Director of Stanford’s Human Centered AI-Institute. Dr. Li has been called the godmother of artificial intelligence and has emerged as one of the country’s leading scientists — and humanists. She is also the aut…
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Jeff Jarvis (Part One): Should AI have the ‘right to read’ news like humans do?
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Jeff Jarvis joins Nikita Roy to discuss whether AI companies should be allowed to use news media's copyrighted content to train their models. Jarvis is a veteran journalist and professor who recently testified to the US Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and Law on AI and the Future of Journalism. He's been the director of the To…
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In this episode of Capital for Good we speak with Suzanne Nossel, the chief executive officer of PEN America, and one of the country’s most prominent experts and voices on free speech, free expression, and human rights. Nossel has held leadership roles in government, the nonprofit and private sectors, and is the author of the award-winning book Dar…
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Aliya Itzkowitz and Sam Gould (Part Two): Potential of Multimodal AI and Autonomous AI Agents in Publishing
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Aliya Itzkowitz and Sam Gould from FT Strategies join Nikita Roy to discuss the capabilities of multimodal AI and AI agents within the publishing industry. Discover further insights and practical examples of these technologies in the Newsroom Robots newsletter, featuring insights from host, Nikita Roy. Aliya is a Manager at FT Strategies where she …
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Aliya Itzkowitz & Sam Gould (Part One): Insights from FT Strategies' AI Design Sprint Day
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Aliya Itzkowitz and Sam Gould from FT Strategies join Nikita Roy to discuss their AI Design Sprint that they used to help nearly 20 publishers identify and validate potential AI opportunities. Aliya is a Manager at FT Strategies where she has consulted over 30 publishers across Europe, Asia, Africa and North America. Her work focuses on the critica…
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In this episode of Capital for Good we speak with Luis Miranda, one of New York, and the country’s, most dynamic cross-sector leaders, with more than four decades of experience in government, business, politics and advocacy, community development, and the arts. Miranda is the founding partner of the MirRam Group, founding president of the Hispanic …
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Nina Brown & Jared Schroeder: The Legal Implications of Generative AI in the Newsroom
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Nina Brown and Jared Schroeder join Nikita Roy to break down the intellectual property implications of generative AI models and explore the legal implications of using generative AI in newsrooms. They examine the risks and liabilities associated with Generative AI outputs and historical legal precedents that could shape Generative AI regulations. N…
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Felicitas Carrique: News Product Management in the Age of AI
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Felicitas Carrique, Executive Director of the News Product Alliance joins Nikita Roy to discuss the key components of building a successful AI product strategy in newsrooms. She also discusses the role of AI in the product development process and offers insights on evaluating AI tools and vendors. As the Executive Director of the News Product Allia…
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Sonal Shah, CEO, the Texas Tribune: Intrapreneurship — and Finding Common Ground
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In this episode of Capital for Good we speak with Sonal Shah, the CEO of the Texas Tribune, and one of the country’s most talented and truly cross-sector leaders. Shah is a serial social entrepreneur, and intrapreneur, having founded several important institutions including the White House Office of Social Innovation under President Obama, the Asia…
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Louise Story: How to Lead AI Innovation Across a News Organization
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How does a newsroom leader spearhead AI innovation when AI still remains a buzzword to much of their staff? Louise Story joins Nikita Roy to highlight the opportunities AI presents for reporting, content creation, user experience, and personalization. Story also discusses the role of journalists in the AI era and the potential impact of generative …
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David Clinch: The Cost-Benefit Analysis of Building vs. Buying AI Tools
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David Clinch, the Vice President of Partnership at Mather Economics and Managing Director at Media Growth Partners, joins Nikita Roy to discuss the critical choice between building or buying AI tools in newsrooms. With his extensive experience advising major publishers, David sheds light on how AI is reshaping newsroom strategies and the critical t…
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David Leonhardt: Ours Was the Shining Future
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In this episode of Capital for Good we speak with David Leonhardt, senior writer at the New York Times where he writes its flagship newsletter, “The Morning,” and author of the important new book, Ours Was the Shining Future: The Story of the American Dream. At the Times Leonhardt has been Washington bureau chief, op-ed columnist, staff writer for …
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Simon Willison: How Datasette Helps with Investigative Reporting (Part 2)
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In this second part of the episode with Simon Willison, he shares how Datasette, the open-source data exploration and publishing tool he built, could help journalists perform data analysis with minimum technical expertise. He also shares some fun use cases of ChatGPT in his personal life. Simon, a former software architect at The Guardian and a JSK…
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Simon Willison: OpenAI's New Features & Security Risks of Large Language Models (Part 1)
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Simon Willison, the creator of the open source data exploration and publishing tool Datasette, joins Nikita Roy to discuss the recent turmoil at Open AI and the new features unveiled at OpenAI’s first developer conference earlier this month.They discuss the security risks inherent in generative AI applications and explore the usefulness of small la…
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Nick Turner, President and Director, Vera Institute of Justice: Safety, Accountability – and Justice
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In this episode of Capital for Good we speak with Nick Turner, the president and director of the Vera Institute of Justice, where he has spearheaded the organization’s work over the last decade to end overcriminalization and mass incarceration in the United States. Turner is one of the nation’s most visible and important leaders on criminal legal r…
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Lynn Walsh: Building Trust in News in the AI Era
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Lynn Walsh, the Assistant Director of Trusting News, joins Nikita Roy to discuss how newsrooms should think about their relationship with audiences when adopting AI. She also highlights opportunities to use AI to enhance trust and engagement with the news. Lynn is an Emmy Award-winning journalist who has worked in investigative, data and TV journal…
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Mario Garcia: How AI is Unleashing New Creative Potentials in Journalism
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Dr. Mario R. Garcia, Senior Adviser on News Design and Adjunct Professor at Columbia University, joins Nikita Roy to discuss how artificial intelligence is revolutionizing news design and creating new opportunities for visual storytelling. Mario shares insights from his extensive research and his new book, 'AI: The Next Revolution in Content Creati…
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Andrea Jung, President and CEO of Grameen America: Leading Women’s Economic Empowerment in the United States and Around the World
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In this episode of Capital for Good we speak with Andrea Jung, the president and CEO of Grameen America, the fastest growing microfinance organization in the United States. Jung is the former chairman and CEO of Avon Products Inc, where she was the longest serving female CEO in the Fortune 500, and a stalwart champion of women’s economic empowermen…
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Paul Quigley: How NewsWhip Uses AI to Help Newsrooms Predict Viral Stories
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Paul Quigley, the CEO of NewsWhip, joins Nikita Roy to discuss how NewsWhip aids newsrooms in identifying trending stories and predicting viral news through real-time social media monitoring and analytics. He discusses how his team is integrating large language models and shares his perspective on the transformative impact that generative AI could …
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We find ourselves at a moment of great challenge – and opportunity. In this season of Capital for Good, we'll explore how the world's political, economic, and climate crises have compelled us to reimagine how leaders across the private, nonprofit, and public sectors champion social and environmental change in ways that truly advance shared prosperi…
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Jeff Sonderman: Leveraging Generative AI to Optimize Business Processes
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Newsroom Robots now has a newsletter! Subscribe to receive podcast summaries and be the first to know when a new episode is released. Sign up here. In this episode, Jeff Sonderman, the founder and CEO of Delta Flow Solutions, joins Nikita Roy to discuss the transformative potential of generative AI in streamlining business operations across analyti…
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Ernest Kung: How The Associated Press Built Five AI Tools for Local Newsrooms
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Ernest Kung, the AI Product Manager for The Associated Press joins Nikita Roy to share how the AP has been helping local newsrooms implement artificial intelligence into their workflows as part of the Local News Initiative. He also discusses the deal that AP signed with OpenAI and the newsroom’s recently published AI guidelines. Before joining the …
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Charlie Beckett & Munmun De Choudhury: The Role of the News Industry in Safeguarding Democracy in the Age of AI-Generated Misinformation (Recorded at Online News Association's Onward 2023)
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Charlie Beckett, Professor and Founding Director of Polis, the international journalism think tank at the London School of Economics and Munmun De Choudhury, Associate Professor of Interactive Computing at Georgia Institute of Technology, join host Nikita Roy in this episode. Together, they explore the intricacies of AI-generated misinformation, it…
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Since Teaching Texas wrapped last fall, the state has been embroiled in a debate over school vouchers, climate change education and district takeovers. But flying slightly under the radar – though equally consequential – is House Bill 1605. In a discussion recorded live at Texas Tribune Fest, Grace is joined by Rep. Gina Hinojosa and State Board of…
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Uli Köppen & Miranda Marcus: Approaches In AI Innovation From Two of Europe's Public Broadcasters (Recorded at Online News Association's Onward 2023)
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Uli Köppen, Head of AI + Automation Lab and Co-Lead of BR Data at Germany's Public Broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), and Miranda Marcus, Head of BBC News Labs, join Nikita Roy for a conversation on how AI has been a part of their newsrooms. This episode is a recording of the virtual panel at the Online News Association's ONWARD-2023 event on S…
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Constitutional Crossroads: France and America, with Jeffrey Rosen
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Adopted 170 years apart, grown from similar philosophical roots, and shaped by different histories–a comparative examination of the French and the US Constitutions yields fascinating takeaways about the norms in the two nations. Featuring guests: Jeffrey Rosen, President and CEO of the National Constitution Center Florence Hermite, Head of the Fren…
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Nick Diakopoulos: The Potential of Fine-Tuning Large Language Models on Newsroom Data
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Nick Diakopoulos, Communication Studies and Computer Science Professor at Northwestern University joins Nikita Roy to discuss the opportunities fine-tuning Large Language Models offer for news organizations, and the impact of generative AI on news production and the broader information ecosystem. Nick directs the Computational Journalism Lab and is…
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Freedom of the Press & Tomorrow’s Journalism with The Texas Tribune boss Sewell Chan
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Sewell Chan is the Editor in Chief of the nonprofit and nonpartisan The Texas Tribune newsroom. During The Texas Tribune Festival 2023, hear his thoughts on rising disinfo and the breakdown of local news as well as his hopes for the industry.
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Francesco Marconi: Opportunities and Challenges of Large Language Models in Journalism
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Francesco Marconi, the co-founder and CEO of AppliedXL, joins Nikita Roy to discuss the opportunities and challenges that Large Language Models present to the news industry, emphasizing the need for collaboration between tech companies and newsrooms. Francesco also covers copyright and data access challenges and proposes long-term business model in…
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Chris Dinn: How a Toronto News Startup Developed an AI Chatbot to Analyze & Report on Municipal Budgets
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Chris Dinn joins Nikita Roy to talk about building AI bots for his Toronto news startup, Torontoverse. Chris also explores the Online News Act's effects in Canada and AI's potential impact on the news industry. Chris is the Emmy award-winning founder and publisher of Torontoverse, a Toronto-based digital news startup harnessing cutting-edge technol…
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Mark Hansen: How Generative AI Can Help With Data Journalism
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Mark Hansen joins Nikita Roy to discuss how generative AI can enhance data journalism, particularly by accelerating coding tasks. The discussion also addresses bias and privacy concerns associated with AI models. Mark is the East Coast Director of The Brown Institute for Media Innovation, a collaborative initiative between Columbia Journalism Schoo…
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Liam Andrew: Building a Data Infrastructure for AI Innovation at The Texas Tribune
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Liam Andrew, the Chief Product Officer at The Texas Tribune joins Nikita Roy to discuss how they built a data warehouse and analytics hub to provide transparency around key metrics for their newsroom. Liam also shares how The Tribune has implemented tools like automatic content tagging and content recommendations using AI. In his role at the Tribun…
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The Texas Tribune put this podcast on hiatus in August 2023 due to staffing changes in the newsroom. The TribCast was The Texas Tribune's weekly political podcast, hosted by Matthew Watkins and featuring a rotating cast of editors, reporters and other guests.By Texas Tribune
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The Texas Tribune put this podcast on hiatus in August 2023 due to staffing changes in the newsroom. If you want to follow the latest news on Texas politics and policy, check out our daily email newsletter, which is also called The Brief. You can sign up at texastribune.org/newslettersBy The Texas Tribune
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Uli Köppen: Algorithmic Accountability, Generative AI and Automation in Journalism at Germany's Bayerischer Rundfunk (Bavarian Broadcasting)
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Uli Köppen, head of the AI + Automation Lab at German Public Broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk, joins Nikita Roy to discuss how BR's newsroom has integrated AI across its entire news cycle. Uli shares her team's work on algorithmic accountability, AI strategy, generative AI experiments, and their experience integrating AI in the newsroom. Uli also c…
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U.S. Justice Department argues for removal of Texas’ floating border barrier in federal court
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In a court hearing over the barrier near Eagle Pass, the U.S. Justice Department argued it was installed without proper authorization, while lawyers for the state said it notified the feds first. Sad to announce that this will be the last episode of the Texas Tribune Audio Brief. Thank you to the dedicated Audio Brief podcast listeners and the nume…
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