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Center for News, Technology & Innovation @cnti.bsky.social · 5d

What does responsible use of AI look like for the future of journalism?

CNTI's @drnycnerd.bsky.social will discuss ways AI is reshaping newsrooms as part of First Amendment Day at UNC.

🗓️ Wednesday, October 8, 2025
🕚 11:00 a.m.
📍 UNC
✅ Free and open to the public

Full details: lnkd.in/g-y2FyUE

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Center for News, Technology & Innovation @cnti.bsky.social · 10d

We're hiring!

CNTI is hiring a full-time research associate to work on a variety of quantitative and qualitative research tasks related to key issues around journalism, technology and policy.

Learn more and apply by October 12, 2025 👉 cnti.org/wp-content/u...

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Center for News, Technology & Innovation @cnti.bsky.social · 11d

Congratulations to CNTI Board Member @postbaron.bsky.social for this important recognition from the Clooney Center for Justice!

"Marty Baron’s legacy as executive editor of The Boston Globe and The Washington Post exemplifies the value of a free press."

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Clooney Foundation for Justice Announces Honorees for the 2025 Albies : Clooney Foundation for Justice

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Center for News, Technology & Innovation @cnti.bsky.social · 12d

📰 What 70+ journalists said about AI & the future of news

Most are using it only for quick fixes — transcription, OCR, headline tweaks.

Why? Shrinking teams & heavy demands leave little space to think long term.

👉 Full findings from @emiliaruzicka.bsky.social: cnti.org/guest-essay/...

Integrating Emerging Technology in Newsrooms Must Preserve Journalistic Agency

In interviews with more than 70 journalism professionals, Emilia Ruzicka found that daily journalists are being left out of conversations about the future of AI in the field.

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Center for News, Technology & Innovation @cnti.bsky.social · 15d

In Serbia, a leaked recording has raised fears of political attempts to weaken independent media. As the country adopts the EU’s DSA, a question looms: Will this law protect press freedom—or be misused to suppress it?

👉 Read more from @ewrightwy.bsky.social:
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...

How Serbia could use EU Digital Services Act for state censorship

The implementation of the EU's Digital Services Act in Serbia and other countries lacking an independent digital services coordinator risks becoming an EU-based tool for state repression, enabling rul...

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Center for News, Technology & Innovation @cnti.bsky.social · 17d

On @thedailyshow.com, CNTI Board member and Nobel laureate @mariaressa.bsky.social shares urgent insights into democracy’s fragility: “If you don’t move and protect the rights you have, you lose them. And it’s so much harder to reclaim them.”

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Center for News, Technology & Innovation @cnti.bsky.social · 19d

“CNTI did a study that looked at 32 pieces of fake news policy around the world," @asmitchell.bsky.social told @sabcnews.bsky.social at #M20 Summit. "What we saw was that, even in democracies, in many cases those policies ended up creating more risk for journalists."

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G20 Focus | M20 Summit on media freedom, AI, information integrity amongst others

YouTube video by SABC News

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Emilia Ruzicka @emiliaruzicka.bsky.social · 23d

I had the pleasure of writing an article about journalism’s relationship with AI and what’s at stake as journalists continue to integrate emerging technologies for @cnti.bsky.social Give it a read! cnti.org/guest-essay/...

Integrating Emerging Technology in Newsrooms Must Preserve Journalistic Agency

In interviews with more than 70 journalism professionals, Emilia Ruzicka found that daily journalists are being left out of conversations about the future of AI in the field.

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Center for News, Technology & Innovation @cnti.bsky.social · Sep 11

Is AI reprogramming humanity?

Tune in Sunday as CNTI Executive Chair @cforman.bsky.social discusses AI's impact on the economy, society and the flow of information at L'orient-Le Jour festival.

today.lorientlejour.com/article/1474...

Is AI the next religion?: Roundtable at L'Orient-Le Jour's festival

Join L’Orient-Le Jour's roundtable on AI's societal and other impacts at the

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Center for News, Technology & Innovation @cnti.bsky.social · Aug 26

We asked the public in Australia, Brazil, South Africa and the US their thoughts on news and journalists. We found:
👉 Most people in describe journalists positively
👉 People who have negative views of journalists tend to also have conservative political leanings
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Most people in four countries describe journalists positively

Strong majorities in Australia, Brazil, South Africa and the US use only favorable terms to describe journalists' traits

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Center for News, Technology & Innovation @cnti.bsky.social · Jul 16

Journalists say their sources are facing high risks, Emily Wright and @drnycnerd.bsky.social explain in a new report.

👉 64% of journalists facing high risks say their sources do, too
👉 11% of journalists facing low risks say their sources face high risks

cnti.org/article/jour...

Journalists Who Face High Risks Require Better Security Practices to Provide News

Journalists surveyed who face high risks say their sources do too, and these journalists are not more likely to feel more supported by their news organizations.

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Center for News, Technology & Innovation @cnti.bsky.social · Jul 2

Journalist Jose Rubén Zamora has been arbitrarily detained in Guatemala for 1,050 days. The baseless charges are meant to send a message to all Guatemalan journalists who seek to speak truth to power.

His son, @josecarloszamora.bsky.social, shares a warning for US reporters: tinyurl.com/3r7uhk7j

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Center for News, Technology & Innovation @cnti.bsky.social · Jun 30

Lina Chawaf has navigated journalism under one of the most repressive regimes in the world. In Syria under Bashar al-Assad, she used satire to deliver critical messages, but even that had its limits. Authoritarians "embed fear into your DNA." Read her letter: tinyurl.com/yc6vm85t

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Center for News, Technology & Innovation @cnti.bsky.social · Jun 25

Journalists are facing increasing threats, ranging from government harassment to online attacks. This isn't new for journalists in Latin America, but they're concerned by what they see happening in the U.S., Martha Ramos writes for CNTI. tinyurl.com/59zay3k7

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Center for News, Technology & Innovation @cnti.bsky.social · Jun 23

Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine is the most documented war in history , yet Ukraine’s newly occupied territories remain sealed off, their suffering cloaked in darkness. Ukrainian reporter Tanya Kozyreva shares her experience covering occupied territories: tinyurl.com/mpudf3d3

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Center for News, Technology & Innovation @cnti.bsky.social · Jun 18

From reporting in war zones in Lebanon to decoding politics in the US, @joekawly.bsky.social has seen it all.

"If you’re waiting for a press crackdown in the US to look like what happened in Syria or Lebanon, you will miss it. In the US, the pressure comes differently." tinyurl.com/mr3katu6

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Dr. Jay Barchas-Lichtenstein (they/them) @drnycnerd.bsky.social · Jun 16

The next letter in @cnti.bsky.social 's press freedom series is up today. It's a beautiful meditation on what Nigeria can teach the US:

cnti.org/guest-essay/...

A Letter from Nigeria

In the darkest and most ferocious moments of Nigeria's totalitarian experience, two survival strategies worked for us: courage and community. Courage from journalists, but also courage from publishers...

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Center for News, Technology & Innovation @cnti.bsky.social · Jun 16

Dapo Olorunyomi is no stranger to reporting in areas where #pressfreedom is under attack. During Nigeria's military rule, he used journalism to demand the country's return to democracy — at great risk to himself and his family.

Now, he's sharing his advice for journalists in the US: bit.ly/3FNZD9Q

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Dr. Jay Barchas-Lichtenstein (they/them) @drnycnerd.bsky.social · Jun 11

I'm so excited about @cnti.bsky.social 's series of "letters from the field" on press freedom.

Today's letter comes from Serbian journalist Teodora Ćurčić: cnti.org/guest-essay/...

A Letter from Serbia

In Serbia, media freedom has never been a given. We have never had a solid foundation of transparency or accountability. Journalists have been working under pressure for decades.

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Center for News, Technology & Innovation @cnti.bsky.social · Jun 11

"When those in power want to stay invisible, they don’t have to say 'no.' They just make things slow, complicated and exhausting — so you stop asking," Serbian journalist Teodora Ćurčić writes. "But when you finally get the data, it’s worth it."

Read her advice to US journalists: bit.ly/4mMRqDk

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Center for News, Technology & Innovation @cnti.bsky.social · Jun 9

@jokongo.bsky.social shares what US journalists can learn from his experience in Kenya, where press freedom faces significant threats: bit.ly/3TcIEku

"In a time of turbulence, this work serves as democracy’s lifeline, shaping a brighter, informed future for generations."

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Center for News, Technology & Innovation @cnti.bsky.social · Jun 4

@rukhshanamedia.bsky.social continues to tell the stories the Taliban don’t want to be heard.

In our first "Letter from the Field," @zahrajoya.bsky.social explains what American journalists can learn from her experiences fighting for #pressfreedom in Afghanistan. bit.ly/4kvRfLk

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Center for News, Technology & Innovation @cnti.bsky.social · Jun 4

Journalists in the US are facing new threats, but this has been the reality for reporters in other countries for decades.

Over the next month, @cnti.bsky.social will share stories from award-winning journalists from around the world with their advice for US journalists. Follow along: bit.ly/3FCLagN

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Center for News, Technology & Innovation @cnti.bsky.social · May 30

Journalists in Africa are more positive than journalists we surveyed elsewhere about the impact of developments in technology and social media on their ability to deliver journalism.

Why do you think that is?

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · May 19

Our digital security training team answers, how do you identify everyone in conversation on Signal?

Ask a security trainer: Checking identities in Signal

Welcome to “Ask a security trainer,” the column where the Digital Security Training team at Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) answers your burning questions at the intersection of journalism and s...

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