Charlie Beckett

@charliebeckett.bsky.social

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LSE journalism professor
I run the LSE Polis Journalism and AI project
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Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 14d

All the sessions from our journalism and AI Festival are now on YouTube: check out the case study demos and panels showing off innovation from around the world www.youtube.com/live/ocr--Gv...

JournalismAI Festival | Day 1

YouTube video by PolisLSE

www.youtube.com

Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 14h

I'm now in the uncomfortable position of wanting a Spurs victory...

Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 15h

What if they'd requested the removal of images of black or female players?

Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 15h

Interesting miscalculation. It's a good book but this appears to be a significant error. LSE's Marion Dumas from the climate change Grantham Institute is interesting on AI and water/energy btw andymasley.substack.com/p/empire-of-...

Empire of AI is wildly misleading on AI water use

And the media environment that didn't catch this is getting this issue wrong

andymasley.substack.com

Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 15h

Exactly. Do they want photos of black players removed too?

Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 15h

Wow. 'Our homophobic fans might cause trouble so you'd better redecorate your stadium' seems like a threat to me.

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 22h

We’ve got a significant publication out today - a review of how 10 countries around the world organise their public service media, and what lessons can be drawn for the renewal of the BBC Charter
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/programmes/g...

The British Academy
Public service media: funding and governance options
An international comparison to inform
BBC Charter review 2027

Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 1d

It is messy isn't it? I was firmly anti-ban before, but with the lack of any other regulation I was shifting towards accepting it as a compromise and a way to send a warning to the platforms. Looking at the detail in practice, I am swinging away again!

Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 1d

Interesting, and I would argue refreshing, job advert from the Economist for a newsroom expert

Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 4d

I love how they don't even pretend it's real or meaningful. It's a straightforward transaction like giving a child an ice cream that we all know is made of sh*t

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

this shit is just beyond parody, man

Reposted by Anne Applebaum, Cas Mudde, Marc Lynch , and 45 more Anne Applebaum, Cas Mudde, Marc Lynch, Peter M. Cox, Patrick A. Jansen, Tom Clark, Evelyne de Leeuw, Rosemary A. Joyce, Leigh Sparks, David Rothschild, Amir Attaran, Charlie Beckett, Jon Green, Fabián Muniesa, David S. Cohen, John Collins, Michael Kevane, Trevon D. Logan, Göran Bolin, David R. Miller, R. M. Wilson, Jared Yates Sexton, Andrew Jacobs, Scott A. Imberman, Robert B. Reich, Franz C. Mayer, Michael D. McDonald, James Goodwin, Josef Früchtl, Timothy Burke, Manuel Puppis, Nora V. Demleitner, Jesús García, Peter Stegmaier, Henry Jones, Federica Genovese, Simon Lester, Aleksandra Urman, Prokla Redaktion, Claire Sécail, Olivier Mannoni, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Virginia Sapiro, Élisabeth Vallet, Lukas Parker, David Darmofal, Pieter Vantieghem

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

this shit is just beyond parody, man

Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 4d

Trump would love it. Very bling White House.

Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 4d

Same. V50. Grey. It never did go wrong and it was so light you could ride all day through mountains without breaking sweat. I used to love that little wobble as it started and the the smooth chug as it slipped away. So well balanced that it drove itself really.

Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 4d

Your doesn't bleed oil I suspect.

Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 4d

I did a couple of motorcycle tours around Europe at about the same age, in the early 80s. A Moto Guzzi instead a Matchless. A very different continent to the one he saw. I suspect my bike was more reliable, but I am sure his trip was more extraordinary.

Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 4d

Imagine touring through post-war Europe after five years of isolation and the destruction? And he is wearing a tweed jacket and a beret and smoking a pipe. Sadly I have no written record of what he saw. The year after that last trip he met my (German) mum. No more motorcycle tours...

Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 4d

I'm catching up with family. This I hadn't seen from the archive. My father touring Europe on a Matchless and a Triumph. 3 trips 48/49/50 ranging from Brittany to the Rhine to Switzerland and Sweden.

Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 4d

Jawohl

Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 4d

Ok. That makes sense, thanks!

Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 4d

My Google translate can't cope with this. Any Latinists know what this means?

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PolisLSE @polislse.bsky.social · 5d

💼 Come work with us!

#JournalismAI is looking for a Programme Officer (Full-time) based in 🇿🇦 South Africa to support the team and its activities.

👉 Learn more and apply before 14 December: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Programme Officer | JournalismAI 2025/26

Programme Officer JournalismAI is looking for a Programme Officer (Full-time) to support the execution of its grant funding programme and other activities. The Programme Officer will work closely…

docs.google.com

Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 6d

And please don't tell me that Marshall doesn't know what he's doing and shouldn't interfere with @gbnewsonline.bsky.social editorial. Their lies and racism only exists because of his funding.

Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 6d

For me this as bad as the infamous Libyan Gaddafi episode. The LSE thinks that it knows what the higher moral interest is without considering the grubby moral compromises. No-one is pure but this one stinks

Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 6d

Makes me sick that @lsepress.bsky.social takes money from the man responsible for this bsky.app/profile/gerr...

Gerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 6d

The sewer that is GB News. Now promoting repugnant ethno-nationalism & racism broadcasting calls to remove ethnic minority MPs from the UK Parliament. Even Enoch Powell at his most odious did not stoop this low. Meanwhile the supposed regulator @ofcom.bsky.social is asleep at the wheel.

Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 6d

Amazing. @channel4news.bsky.social just trailed an item on water shortages in Tunbridge Wells and then went into a commercial for WaterAid. Priceless irony.

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Gerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 6d

Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks Andrew - a superb summary!

Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 6d

Excellent detailed summary of our Journalism and AI festival. As the article says it was packed with expert and innovative voices from around the world - a great read and all the sessions are online

Andrew Deck @andrewdeck.bsky.social · 6d

I was in London last month for the first in-person JournalismAI Festival hosted by @polislse.bsky.social and the Google News Initiative. I wrote up a few of the highlights for @niemanlab.org.
www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/news...

News media is “becoming part of AI systems”: Notes from the JournalismAI Festival 2025

The London conference tackled topics like AI-assisted reporting, article personalization, and deepfake detection.

www.niemanlab.org

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Andrew Deck @andrewdeck.bsky.social · 6d

News media is “becoming part of AI systems”: Notes from the JournalismAI Festival 2025

The London conference tackled topics like AI-assisted reporting, article personalization, and deepfake detection.

www.niemanlab.org

Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 7d

'what about the kiosks?'

Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 8d

Lots of other problems of course. Again, we need more research on this and it's hard to define but I would argue UK news orgs are more partisan than ever. Could just be our politics or increased competition and the subscription biz model?

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