Podcast Episodes

Nina Brown & Jared Schroeder: The Legal Implications of Generative AI in the Newsroom

Episode 39

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. 

The…

Published on 2 years ago

Felicitas Carrique: News Product Management in the Age of AI

Episode 38

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 ro…

Published on 2 years ago

Louise Story: How to Lead AI Innovation Across a News Organization

Episode 37

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, con…

Published on 2 years ago

David Clinch: The Cost-Benefit Analysis of Building vs. Buying AI Tools

Episode 36

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…

Published on 2 years ago

Simon Willison: How Datasette Helps with Investigative Reporting (Part 2)

Episode 35

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 minim…

Published on 2 years ago

Simon Willison: OpenAI's New Features & Security Risks of Large Language Models (Part 1)

Episode 34

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 firs…

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

Lynn Walsh: Building Trust in News in the AI Era

Episode 33

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…

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

Mario Garcia: How AI is Unleashing New Creative Potentials in Journalism

Episode 32

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 ne…

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

Paul Quigley: How NewsWhip Uses AI to Help Newsrooms Predict Viral Stories

Episode 31

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 anal…

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

Jeff Sonderman: Leveraging Generative AI to Optimize Business Processes

Episode 30

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In this episode, Jeff Sonderman, the founder and CEO…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago