Applications for these events are now closed.
In a year where AI is constantly in the news in so many different areas, journalists need access to the latest research on this pressing topic. These online Digital Deep Dives, which we do in partnership with the
Thomson Reuters Foundation
, involve presentations and discussions covering how AI is used on news, how it is covered by the news media, what AI means for the future of work, and the issues AI raises around bias, diversity and fairness.
The events are designed to be interactive and participants will have plenty of time to ask questions and to discuss the issues raised. Our programme will feature:
- Sandra Wachter
is Professor of Technology and Regulation at the Oxford Internet Institute at the University of Oxford where she researches the legal and ethical implications of AI, Big Data, and robotics as well as Internet and platform regulation. Her current research focuses on profiling, inferential analytics, explainable AI, algorithmic bias, diversity, and fairness, as well as governmental surveillance, predictive policing, human rights online, and
health tech and medical law
.
- Michael A. Osborne
is Professor of Machine Learning and an expert in the development of machine intelligence in sympathy with societal needs. His work on robust and scalable inference algorithms in Machine Learning has been successfully applied in diverse and challenging contexts, from aiding the detection of planets in distant solar systems to enabling self-driving cars to determine when their maps may have changed due to roadworks. Dr Osborne also has deep interests in the broader societal consequences of machine learning and robotics, and has analysed how intelligent algorithms might soon substitute for human workers.
- Rasmus Kleis Nielsen
is Director of the Reuters Institute and Professor of Political Communication at the University of Oxford. His research is focused on the changing role of news and media in our societies. He has written extensively about journalism, digital media, the business of news, political communication, misinformation and related topics in dozens of scholarly articles, edited volumes and books.
- Mitali Mukherjee
is the Director of the Reuters Institute’s Journalist Programmes and a political economy journalist with more than two decades of experience in TV, print and digital journalism. She was a Chevening fellow for the South Asia Journalism Fellowship 2020. In 2020, she was nominated for the prestigious Red Ink Awards in India for two of her business stories. Over the course of her career, she has been Consulting Business Editor at The Wire and Mint, a Markets Editor at CNBC TV 18 and Prime Time Anchor at TV Today and Doordarshan.
Who should apply?
These sessions are designed for working journalists (freelance or full-time) whose work will be enhanced by access to the experts above.
What's involved?
The Deep Dive takes place via Zoom at 13:00-16:30 (UK time) on two separate dates: Thursday 2 May and Friday 7 June. Participants will join the programme on one of the dates.
Applications for these events are now closed.
