In this @gijn.org #TechFocus masterclass video, John Scott-Railton, senior researcher at the Univ. of Toronto’s Citizen Lab, shares practical steps investigative journalists can take to reduce digital risks while working on sensitive stories.
Watch on our YouTube channel⬇️
https://twp.ai/E6HHFc
Wrapping up our #TechFocus project, GIJN offers expert tips from journalists at the NICAR conference on how to report on the impact of the resource-hungry data storage facilities that power AI — from water exploitation to greenwashing to flouting environmental regulations.
In this #TechFocus masterclass video, data journalist Athandiwe Saba of Code for Africa shares practical tips for investigating the impact of Big Tech across the African continent, including the critical minerals used to power digital infrastructure and AI systems.
https://twp.ai/E6HCix
📥 La newsletter de GIJN en Français du mois de mars, "Édition spéciale #TechFocus" est sortie !
Au menu : de nouvelles ressources - vidéo notamment - des opportunités, une sélection d'enquêtes, des recommandations...
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The sixth chapter of GIJN's #TechFocus project stresses that investigative journalists must play a crucial role in revealing the very material infrastructures, labor regimes, and extractive dynamics that underpin today’s AI boom.
https://twp.ai/E6H8Rp
🔎 📱 #TechFocus Comment enquêter sur l'utilisation gouvernementale de l'IA
Gabriel Geiger, journaliste d'investigation à Lighthouse Reports partage ses conseils et ses outils :
GIJN as part of its latest #TechFocus project hosted a webinar with online search guru Henk van Ess in which he presented an updated version of the Reporter’s Guide to Detecting AI-Generated Content.
If you missed Thursday’s session, watch it here ⬇️
#TechFocus grew out of #GIJC25 pre-conference day, where 100 investigative journalists, editors, technologists and researchers from nearly 50 countries came together to examine the most urgent tech-related challenges and opportunities facing investigative journalism.
GIJN launched a new project #TechFocus this week exploreing how investigative journalists can report on AI, Big Tech, surveillance, disinformation and digital power.
If you missed our updates, here is a thread on what we have shared so far:
🔎 📱 Comment couvrir l'IA et la Big Tech ? Quelles sont les techniques d'enquêtes à connaître ?
C'était une semaine #TechFocus à @gijn.org avec cet extrait du "Programme d’enquête pour le journalisme axé sur la tech et l’IA" par Sandrine Rigaud :
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In GIJN’s latest #TechFocus project masterclass video, John Scott-Railton, senior researcher at the University of Toronto’s The Citizen Lab, shares practical steps investigative journalists can take to reduce digital risks while working on sensitive stories.
https://twp.ai/E6HCgr
In this webinar, part of GIJN’s #TechFocus project, Henk van Ess presented an updated Reporter’s Guide to Detecting AI-Generated Content, with new tips, tools, resources and investigative methods to help investigative journalists identify AI-made images and misinformation.
From analyzing gigabytes of fishing quota data in Norway to tracking every California state legislator's vote, statement, and campaign donation, investigative journalists share practical, replicable ways they have used AI in advancing their reporting. #TechFocus
In our latest #TechFocus masterclass video, Gina Chua, a leading voice in newsroom innovation, shares 4 practical tips for journalists navigating the challenges and opportunities of AI .
Produced in collaboration with the Konrad-Adenaur-Stiftung.
Watch the full video here: https://twp.ai/E6I4PY
The fourth chapter of GIJN’s #TechFocus project examines how AI and related technologies are already being used to investigate power, where they add value, where they introduce new risks, and why shared tools, standards, and training are now essential.
https://twp.ai/E6HEMV
#TechFocus 🔎 📱 "Enquêter sur l'usage gouvernemental de l'IA", "Assurer sa protection numérique", "Déconstruire les récits généras par l'IA".
@gijn.org a lancé une collection de masterclasses filmées de journalistes d'investigation spécialisés :
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Karen Hao on AI narratives to deconstruct for GIJN Tech Focus project.
In @gijn.org's latest #TechFocus masterclass video, investigative journalist Karen Hao, author of the bestselling book “Empire of AI,” shares practical guidance for reporters covering AI & explains why they should deconstruct popular tech narratives.
Watch the full video ⬇️
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GIJN Tech Focus project Karen Hao
In this GIJN #TechFocus masterclass video, investigative journalist Karen Hao, author of the bestselling book "Empire of AI," shares practical guidance for reporters covering artificial intelligence and explains how to deconstruct tech narratives.
Watch the full video ⬇️
https://twp.ai/4ixb8y
GIJN Tech Focus project Karen Hao
n this GIJN #TechFocus masterclass video, investigative journalist Karen Hao, author of the bestselling book "Empire of AI," shares practical guidance for reporters covering artificial intelligence and explains how to deconstruct tech narratives.
Watch the full video ⬇️
https://twp.ai/4ixbAM
In fer's latest #TechFocus masterclass video, investigative journalist Karen Hao, author of the bestselling book "Empire of AI," shares practical guidance for reporters covering AI & why they should question narratives promoted by tech companies.
Watch the full video ⬇️
The fourth chapter of GIJN's new #TechFocus explores how disinformation today operates as an ecosystem: powered by platforms, driven by economic incentives, and deployed by both state and non-state actors with significant implications for democracy and civil rights.
🔎 📱 #TechFocus Comment assurer sa protection numérique ?
John Scott Railton, Senior Researcher à Citizen Lab, partage ses conseils et outils :
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsPY...
GIJN's detecting AI-generated content webinar with Henk van Ess
🚨 Today is the last day to register for @gijn.org's upcoming #TechFocus webinar by Henk van Ess on detecting AI-generated content and misinformation online, which will take place tomorrow, March 26, at 10:00am US EDT. This is a free, 75-minute session.
https://twp.ai/E6I7bq
GIJN Tech Focus Project, Illustration by Elise Racine for Better Images of AI, Creative Commons BY 4.0
In this latest installment of our #TechFocus project, we looked into phone-location tracking products, which have grown increasingly powerful & ubiquitous.
But these same systems also offer journalists an opportunity to expose illicit surveillance & harmful procurement.
https://twp.ai/E6IA0L
🔎 📱 #TechFocus Comment enquêter sur l'utilisation gouvernementale de l'IA
Gabriel Geiger, journaliste d'investigation à @lighthousereports.com partage ses conseils et ses outils :
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NV_...
Digital surveillance has become a reporting beat of its own. In the third chapter of GIJN’s #TechFocus project, we explore how journalists are exposing spyware, tracking systems, and AI-driven surveillance while navigating the risks these technologies pose to their work.
In this #TechFocus masterclass video, John Scott-Railton, senior researcher at @citizenlab.ca, shares practical steps that investigative journalists can take to protect sources & reduce digital risks while working on sensitive stories.
See the full @gijn.org video here: https://twp.ai/E6IA0D
🔎 📱 Tous les contenus liées à notre semaine #TechFocus sont à retrouver ici :
gijn.org/resource/tec...
GIJN Tech Focus project illustration by Emil Hasnain
Today, @gijn.org is launching a #TechFocus project, which will feature key excerpts from our Investigative Agenda for Tech report, real-world reporting tips and techniques, as well as masterclass videos with experts in tech accountability.
Read our first three chapters now…
https://twp.ai/E6HvEh
