Hacks/Hackers

@HacksHackers

Journalism x technology, tweets from the media revolution

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Hacks/Hackers @HacksHackers Apr 28, 2025

It's just over a week until our first-ever AI x Journalism Summit, and we're almost sold out! Hosted by our friends @TheRealNews , the Summit is in Baltimore on Wed May 7 & Thurs May 8.

Get your tickets here, or share with someone you know: lu.ma/gxdhtufs

Join pioneering journalists, technologists and innovators for two transformative days exploring how AI can enhance journalism and information. Through hands-on workshops, real-world case studies, and collaborative sessions, discover how to leverage AI to strengthen reporting, streamline workflows, create more impactful stories and build innovative new products.

Three tracks:

Reporting on AI: With AI being integrated into more parts of everyone’s lives, journalists will play an essential role in documenting the effects of algorithms on people’s lives and holding institutions accountable

Using AI: Learn practical ways to incorporate leading AI tools into your workflow - from automated transcription and translation to using large language models for research and analysis.

Building with AI: What do future media products look like when they leverage the power of generative AI? How will we reimagine user interfaces, discovery, distribution and monetization of news and information

Hacks/Hackers @HacksHackers May 1, 2025

🚨Last call for regular tickets! 🚨We're holding our first-ever AI x Journalism Summit in Baltimore May 7-8 (that's next week!) and the deadline for regular tickets is EOD, Friday May 2nd! Come and join us to plan the future of journalism. Tix here: lu.ma/gxdhtufs

Hacks/Hackers @HacksHackers May 1, 2025

At our Summit next week (!) panelists Paris M Brown, @louiegilot @rubinafillion & @vaniaandre_, all instructors & participants in the AI Journalism Lab: Leadership, will share the specific techniques and tools that help them wield AI effectively as newsroom managers & leaders.

How to Become a Better Manager with AI
Explore how AI is reshaping managerial roles and decision-making processes in newsrooms and media organizations. In this panel, instructors and participants in the AI Journalism Lab: Leadership will share the specific techniques and tools that helped them leverage AI effectively in their leadership with confidence and foresight.
- Marie Gilot, Executive Director J+, Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY
- Rubina Fillion, Associate Director of A.I Initiative, The New York Times
- Vania André, Chief Operating Officer and Editor-in-Chief, The Haitian Times
- Paris M. Brown, Publisher, The Baltimore Times

Hacks/Hackers @HacksHackers Apr 30, 2025

Journalists: What if you could instantly test story ideas
w/ diverse reader views? @patrickswnsn of verso.ink demos how AI personas reveal audience blind spots in real time—no surveys needed. Learn to build focus groups w/ ChatGPT while considering ethical limits.

Vibe Check: AI Focus Groups That Never Ghost You
Traditional audience research is expensive, slow, and often limited—what if you could instantly test your stories with diverse reader perspectives? In this demo-driven session based on Stanford research, Patrick Swanson of Verso will show how AI personas react to headlines in real-time, revealing audience blind spots that other metrics miss. Learn how to create your own synthetic focus groups using basic tools like ChatGPT, and join a candid discussion about the potential and ethical boundaries of this emerging approach to audience understanding.
- Patrick Swanson, Co-founder, Verso

Hacks/Hackers @HacksHackers Apr 29, 2025

What does it actually take to personalize news at scale? On Thurs May 8 at our upcoming AI x Journalism Summit, @chi2zhang of @YahooNews breaks down the tools and the tradeoffs (spoiler: LLMs aren’t always the answer). See the Summit schedule here: hackshackers.com/join-us-for-th…