Four experienced journalists take an honest look at their own failures and setbacks. Instead of success stories and best practices, this session is about the things that haven't worked out in recent y...
Chris Moran
Chris Moran is the Guardian’s Head of Editorial Innovation and AI. He established the Guardian’s Audience team and co-created the real-time data tool Ophan. He has worked on a range of strategic projects across the Guardian, from content reduction to establishing new metrics and worked as the bridge between editorial and product for many years. He now focuses on new ideas such as the Deeply Read component and AI, working with a small R&D team to experiment with and deploy new features in a responsible way. He is a key member of the AI Council at the Guardian, establishing strategy and policy across the organisation, and is responsible for all AI within the newsroom.
As the integration of (generative) AI technologies into news organisations continues apace, the need for robust, transparent, and consistent evaluation frameworks has become increasingly pressing. Whi...
Looking at the journalistic landscape over the past year, the fervor surrounding the integration of Generative AI (GenAI) into news practices is undeniable. Ever since the launch of OpenAI’s ChatGPT...
This panel will explore the effectiveness of transparency in news reporting and media operations as a strategy to combat mis- and disinformation. Experts from The Guardian, Aos Fatos and FT Strategies...
Generative AI is an epochal development – less like social media and more like the advent of the internet itself. The session will showcase how news organizations around the world are beginning to h...
AI is now part of news gathering, production and delivery around the world, from small specialist newsrooms to global organisations. But how is changing the journalism created and what impact will it ...
Growth: what are the big levers, and what muscles do organisations need to pull them?
Growth is the core common challenge for the media industry. While Covid brought a welcome boost in audiences and subscriptions, it is clear that ‘what got us here won’t get us there’. Covid-era ...
Every news media, large or small, legacy or startup, big budget or small, struggles with the question of "what do we do next"? and "what do we do that's new"? There is pressure to innovate, to create ...
Almost every news title on the internet relies on advertising, much of it programmatic adverts supplied by the tech giants. For a lucky few, subscription revenue offers a way out of this codependency,...
One of the perhaps unanticipated consequences of the introduction of data in newsrooms is the insight it throws up in terms of what is failing to find an audience - and the opportunity cost this may r...
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