Computation + Journalism 2026 Symposium – Call for Participation

Audiences today often get information from chatbots, influencers, and AI-generated summaries rather than directly from news outlets, threatening the reach and relevance of traditional newsrooms. Through this year’s theme, “News Beyond the Newsroom,” the Computation + Journalism 2026 Symposium invites you to rethink the role that newsrooms occupy within the broader and changing information ecosystem. They welcome all submissions related to computation and journalism, but particularly those that engage with the theme.

Details

Applicants can make a submission in the following formats:

• short academic-style papers (up to five pages, ACM 2-column template)
• contributed talks (≤250-word abstract)
• workshop proposals (≤250-word abstract)

Potential topics for submissions may include News Influencers and Content Creators, Evolving News Audiences, AI Agents and Journalism, Authenticity and the Challenge of Synthetic Media, Transparency and Provenance in the Information Ecosystem, Newsroom Revenue and Sustainability in the GenAI Age and more.

How to participate

Submit via the symposium’s page by 29 June 2026. Decisions will be released on 10 August 2026. Apply here.

For more information, please visit this page.