Artificial Intelligence has led journalists to question how they’ll report. While the benefits of AI include simplifying complex topics and assisting with questions for interviews, many find it can’t always be trusted. Experts in the field discuss how journalists can use artificial intelligence as a resource, while also being mindful of its limitations.
Presented with the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment and Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
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Paul Cheung, CEO, The Center for Public Integrity
Paul Cheung is a passionate media executive driving transformative change in journalism. As CEO of The Center for Public Integrity, he holds powerful interests accountable and empowers the public with knowledge to drive change.
Previously, Cheung managed a $50 million dollar investment portfolio at the Knight Foundation to scale AI, business sustainability solutions, and mitigating misinformation. With over two decades of experience, he has led digital transformation initiatives, including AI and VR/AR programs. Cheung has held leadership positions at esteemed media outlets such as NBC News Digital, The Associated Press, The Miami Herald, and The Wall Street Journal. He actively contributes to the betterment of communities, serving on the boards of the Center for Disaster Philanthropy and the University of Florida’s Consortium on Trust in Media and Technology. He also co-leads the executive leadership program of the Asian American Journalists Association in the U.S and Asia. Cheung is a graduate of Columbia University's Punch Sulzberger Executive Leadership program and New York University.
Christopher Chung, Managing Editor, SmartNews
Christopher Chung is the managing editor at SmartNews, where he oversees breaking news operations and facilitates the collaboration between content and product teams. He previously worked at the Wall Street Journal, focused on U.S. and political news. Prior to that, he was a senior editor on the Journal’s mobile editorial team.
Paris Martineau, Feature Writer and Investigative Reporter, The Information
Paris Martineau is a feature writer and investigative reporter for The Information, based in New York. She covers power and influence in the tech industry. Previously, she was a reporter covering big tech companies and online influence at Wired Magazine. Before that, she covered social media manipulation as a staff writer at The Outline and wrote about internet culture for New York Magazine.
Surya Mattu, Lead, Digital Witness Lab
Surya Mattu is a Brooklyn based investigative data journalist, engineer and artist who builds tools to investigate algorithmic systems and the societal harms they can cause. He leads the Digital Witness Lab at Princeton University.
At The Markup he created Blacklight, a real-time website privacy inspector, and led Citizen Browser, a first of its kind independent audit of Facebook’s recommendation algorithms. His work at The Markup has received public recognition including two Edward Murrow awards and an NABJ award. He was also a 2021 Knight Wallace fellow.
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Previously, he was a contributing researcher at ProPublica, where he worked on Machine Bias, a series that aims to highlight how algorithmic systems can be biased and discriminate against people. Machine Bias was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for Explanatory Journalism.
His work has been exhibited at Somerset House, The Haus der Kulturen der Welt, The Whitney Museum, V&A Museum and Bitforms Gallery.
Moderator: Brian Stelter, Special Correspondent, Vanity Fair; Author, Network of Lies
Brian Stelter is the New York Times best-selling author of three books: Top of the Morning, Hoax, and Network of Lies. Previously, Stelter was a media reporter at The New York Times, the chief media correspondent for CNN Worldwide, and the anchor of Reliable Sources. He is currently a special correspondent for Vanity Fair and a Walter Shorenstein Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy. Stelter is a producer on the Apple TV+ series The Morning Show, which is inspired by his first book, Top of the Morning. He also executive produced the HBO documentary After Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fake News. He lives in New Jersey with his wife and two children.
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