News Algorithms: The Impact of Automation and AI on Journalism

This module provides a brief introduction to the course and to the outline of topics we'll cover. This module provides a broad overview of how algorithmic approaches are being used throughout journalism including in areas like content production and computational story discovery. We'll talk about which tasks algorithms are good at, which tasks people are still better at, and about how to blend algorithms and people together in productive workflows. We'll also talk about what it means to develop computational thinking skills and how to apply them in news production. In Module two we'll get into a lot more detail on automated content production, including how it works and is used by news organizations, as well as covering its benefits and limitations so you know when it might be appropriate to deploy.