Mentoring Program for Newsrooms: Support in the Adoption of AI

The Thomson Reuters Foundation is offering a Mentoring Program to guide selected newsrooms in their efforts to better understand, experiment with and integrate technology and Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions to support their key editorial and operational work and become better equipped to counter disinformation.

This innovative six-month program will help newsrooms in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay understand, experiment and adopt AI-based solutions in an ethical manner and improve their editorial and operational efficiency. The mentoring program offers:

• Strategies adapted to the needs of each editorial team
• Hands-on experience with AI tools
• Guidance from AI and journalism experts

Eligibility

They are looking for:

• Newsrooms that focus part or all of their content on producing original journalism in the public interest. This means that their journalistic work must aim to inform the public about issues relevant to their lives, their well-being and their rights and responsibilities as citizens.
• Newsrooms that strive to produce balanced, fair and accurate journalistic content that explores different sides of an issue and presents those findings accurately.
• Small or medium-sized newsrooms (10 to 50 contributors).
• Newsrooms with a significant digital presence.
• Editorial teams must have access to technical support (this could be an IT manager, a developer, a website manager, etc.).
• Newsrooms that are able and willing to commit at least two members of their team to participate in the program for six months and attend in-person/online training.
• No history of illegal activities by the entity, owner, management and key personnel.
• Editorial offices that are not affiliated/associated with any government entity or political group.
• Editorial offices with editorial independence and freedom to make decisions without interference from actors outside the editorial office, including the owners.

Costs Covered

To support the AI ​​adoption process and based on the needs of the newsrooms, each participating newsroom will receive a moderate grant.

How to apply

The deadline for applications is December 2, 2024. To learn more and apply, please click here.