{"id":40837,"date":"2025-01-15T17:48:36","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T22:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/event\/comtalks-integrating-ai-with-journalism\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T14:52:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T18:52:33","slug":"comtalks-integrating-ai-with-journalism","status":"publish","type":"bu-event","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/event\/comtalks-integrating-ai-with-journalism\/","title":{"rendered":"COMtalks: Integrating AI with Journalism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio is-style-background-yellow\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"responsive-video responsive-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"COMtalk: Integrating AI with Journalism\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Oru4hWaCJmk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The emergence of artificial intelligence systems challenges every industry \u2014 none more so than the field of journalism. On one hand, AI offers reporters, editors and producers the ability to produce stories quickly and with more depth. However, AI can lead to inaccuracies or potential for plagiarism. How should journalists grapple with this technology\u2019s promise and peril? Join Boston University\u2019s College of Communication for this timely discussion as part of the COMtalks virtual event series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speakers:<br>Michelle Johnson, Professor Emeritus, Journalism, Boston University; Alfred Hermida, Professor of journalism, University of British Columbia; Mikey Centrella, Director of Product, PBS Digital Innovation Team; moderated by Brian McGory, Chair, Department of Journalism, Boston University<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The emergence of artificial intelligence systems challenges every industry \u2014&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_event_starts":"1739390400","_editor_event_starts":"2025-02-12 15:00:00","_event_ends":"1739394000","_editor_event_ends":"2025-02-12 16:00:00","_url":"https:\/\/bit.ly\/COMtalks_AIandJournalism","_event_id":"303947","_online_event":true,"_featured_event":true,"_api_data":"{\"starts\":1739390400,\"ends\":1739394000,\"summary\":\"COMtalks: Integrating AI with Journalism\",\"location\":\"Zoom\",\"id\":303947,\"oid\":null,\"url\":\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/COMtalks_AIandJournalism\",\"allday\":null,\"topics\":\"380,5153\",\"recurs\":null,\"when\":\"3:00 pm to 4:00 pm on Wednesday, February 12, 2025\",\"description\":\"The emergence of artificial intelligence systems challenges every industry &mdash; none more so than the field of journalism. On one hand, AI offers reporters, editors and producers the ability to produce stories quickly and with more depth. However, AI can lead to inaccuracies or potential for plagiarism. How should journalists grapple with this technology&rsquo;s promise and peril? Join Boston University&rsquo;s College of Communication for this timely discussion as part of the COMtalks virtual event series.rnrnSpeakers:rnMichelle Johnson, Professor Emeritus, Journalism, Boston University; Alfred Hermida, Professor of journalism, University of British Columbia; Mikey Centrella, Director of Product, PBS Digital Innovation Team; moderated by Brian McGory, Chair, Department of Journalism, Boston University\",\"start_date\":\"2025-02-12\",\"end_date\":\"2025-02-12\",\"start_time\":\"20:00:00\",\"end_time\":\"21:00:00\",\"priority\":\"0\",\"status\":\"0\",\"class\":\"0\",\"owner\":\"ermyjs\",\"created_on\":\"2025-01-15 22:17:03\",\"modified_by\":\"ermyjs\",\"modified_on\":\"2025-01-15 22:17:05\",\"timezone\":\"US\/Eastern\",\"short_summary\":\"\",\"published\":\"1\",\"short_title\":\"\"}"},"interest":[],"discipline-type":[],"event-topic":[1420,1414],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-event\/40837"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/bu-event"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"interest","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/interest?post=40837"},{"taxonomy":"discipline-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/discipline-type?post=40837"},{"taxonomy":"event-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-topic?post=40837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}