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The Center for News, Technology & Innovation (CNTI) is an independent global research center, seeking to encourage independent, sustainable media, maintain an open internet and foster informed public policy conversations.
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Join us for a livestream conversation about our new AI Chatbot report and @alltechishuman.bsky.social new report on AI Companions. Details are below - register here to be a part of the discussion - lnkd.in/eBKfZk_t.
January 23, 2026 at 7:36 PM
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🤖Why are people using AI for news? A new @cnti.bsky.social report shows users in the US & India are swapping news sites for AI “concierges” to turn headlines into action. Key finding: Users want info they can act on, not just know. See the full report: bit.ly/4bGNeSw
#CNTI #chatbots
Action, Ease & Personalization: AI Chatbot News Experiences
How habitual AI chatbot users in the US and India stay informed
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January 22, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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As digital platforms expand journalism’s reach, reporters are more exposed to new and escalating forms of online abuse. CNTI’s updated primer explores the policy choices that need to be made to strengthen protections.

👉 Read the primer:
cnti.org/issue-primer...

#PressFreedom #JournalismSafety
Journalists & Online Abuse
How can we better protect the press from online harassment and abuse?
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January 15, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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📊 New research alert: We analyzed AI policies across every world region to map their impact on journalism.

Only 20 of 188 documents mention "journalist" or "news," but all will reshape the information landscape. Read more: bit.ly/4s7nVPq

#JournalismNewFrontier
Journalism’s New Frontier: An Analysis of Global AI Policy Proposals and Their Impacts on Journalism
CNTI analyzed 188 national and regional AI strategies, laws and policies that collectively cover more than 99 countries to determine how AI regulation is impacting journalism around the world.
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December 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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“To be successful, news information producers will need to conduct a smart market analysis to determine the demand, demographics, economics and startup costs to launch.”

Read Executive Director @asmitchell.bsky.social's prediction for journalism in @niemanlab.org.

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Journalism producers will (re)see their product as a business
"To be successful, news information producers will need to conduct a smart market analysis to determine the demand, demographics, economics and startup costs to launch."
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December 16, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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How are newsrooms across the Western Balkans and Central Europe using AI with ethics at the centre?
Thomson and @cnti.bsky.social gathered journalists in Sarajevo for two days of honest, practical exchange.
Read more: bit.ly/4q7jBOn

Images credit: Kayla Goodson/CNTI
#Journalism #AI
December 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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CNTI and @thomsonfoundation.bsky.social hosted more than 35 journalists from the Western Balkans and Central Europe in Sarajevo to discuss the question, “How do we harness AI’s power to build a strong future for our work?”

Read our takeaways here: cnti.org/event-outtak...
AI for Sustainability: Building Journalism’s Future
Innovations and insights from across the Western Balkans and Central Europe
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December 11, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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We've got a new look!

Check out the brand new cnti.org.
December 9, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Another thing I read recently: The AI and Journalism Research Working Group (of which my colleague @amyrossarguedas.bsky.social and I are a part), convened by the @cnti.bsky.social has synthesised findings from 55 studies to evaluate how AI transcription & translation tools are impacting journalism
AI Transcription and Translation in Journalism
Working Group Briefing #2: November 2025
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December 4, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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Congrats to @drnycnerd.bsky.social and Senior Fellow Prabhat Mishra on presenting at Mahindra University’s conference on Human & Digital Mutualism! Jay joined a panel on humans + algorithms, and later, Jay and Prabhat led a masterclass on AI and information practices.
December 3, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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“Independent journalism has lost the [United States'] vital support, and this is an indication that we have lost our soul. I no longer take press freedom in the United States for granted.”
-CNTI Board Member Martin Baron at Metafuturo
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Martin Baron: “Ya no doy por sentada la libertad de prensa en Estados Unidos”
El exdirector de ‘The Washington Post’ defiende que tragedias como la dana demuestran que “la sociedad sigue confiando en la prensa”
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December 1, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Can AI systems be trusted to produce accurate transcriptions & translations for journalists? A new briefing from CNTI's AI & Journalism Research Working Group examines 55 studies and finds that while AI models are improving, human review is still needed to ensure accuracy. cnti.org/article/ai-t...
AI Transcription and Translation in Journalism
Working Group Briefing #2: November 2025
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November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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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
October 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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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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October 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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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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September 30, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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📰 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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September 29, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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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:
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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...
euobserver.com
September 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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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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September 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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“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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September 22, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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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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September 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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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.

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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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September 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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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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August 26, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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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

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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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July 16, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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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
July 2, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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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
June 30, 2025 at 1:31 PM