Former news.com.au boss to advise Google’s AI newsroom workshops
Google News Initiative and Bastion Digital are developing a series of AI workshops for Australian newsrooms, with a number of top journalists and AI experts helping develop and lead the course.
The GNI AI Workshops program will “support publishers, editors and business leaders at up to 12 small to medium news organisations to experiment with and learn about generative AI in a structured framework, with guidance from AI experts and industry mentors.”
The 16-week program involves tailored training, 1:1 mentoring, and support to launch AI-driven content, product, and revenue experimental pilots using Google’s tools.
Notably, former editor-in-chief of news.com.au Lisa Muxworthy is joining the program as an industry advisor, along with AI expert Dr Jason Jingshi Li, the founder of technology consultancy Learning Machines.
Lisa Muxworthy
“AI has the potential to increase efficiency in the newsroom and, with a focus on innovation, introduce more creative ways to connect with audiences, but it’s important to consider when and how the technology is used,” Muxworthy said.
“My role as an advisor on this program is to ensure that experiments with generative AI products are conducted in a manner that benefits newsrooms while respecting their values and maintaining journalistic integrity.”
The program will be led by Bastion Digital’s Director Jenni Ryall, a former journalist and editor, who was recently strategic news partnerships at Meta; and Shaun Davies, who worked as a journalist across Nine, BBC and Newshub, and recently as director of product management at Microsoft, where he focused on AI applications for news content.
Previously, Bastion collaborated with Google News Initiative to develop al framework to “support a series of innovative growth experiments” with newsrooms including BusinessDesk, National Indigenous Times, and Nine Publishing.
Newsrooms that wish to apply to find out more here.
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Nathan Jolly is the Features Editor at Mumbrella. He joined the team in July, 2023.
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