Newsroom Robots

How Bavarian Broadcasting is preparing for an AI-mediated future where trusted content wins: In conversation with Uli Köppen

By 2026, most major newsrooms have moved beyond early experimentation with AI.

Feb 8

46:47

January 2026

Chicago Public Media on Building AI Tools That Serve the Audience: In Conversation with Melissa Bell, Aron Pilhofer, Mark Chonofsky & David…

This episode of Newsroom Robots is supported by the Lenfest Institute for Journalism.

Jan 27

48:13

How Germany’s Süddeutsche Zeitung is building AI products that audience can trust: In conversation with Alessandro Alviani & Fabian…

By 2026, most leading newsrooms have moved past the question of whether AI belongs in their organization.

Jan 10

59:31

2025 Year in Review with Francesco Marconi and Scott Austin

2025 wasn’t just another year of AI experimentation in the media industry.

Jan 1

1:12:23

December 2025

How the Lenfest AI Collaborative placed AI engineers in 10 newsrooms: In Conversation with Jim Friedlich, David Chivers & Matt Boggie

The Philadelphia Inquirer never had an AI engineer on staff until the Lenfest AI Collaborative & Fellowship program changed that.

Dec 19, 2025

47:29

How Zetland turned a newsroom problem into a global AI business: In conversation with Tav Klitgaard

What happens when a newsroom turns an internal AI solution into a global business?

Dec 16, 2025

38:13

November 2025

How Germany's Ippen Digital Is Prototyping the AI-Powered Newsroom of the Future: In Conversation with Markus Franz

How do you redesign a newsroom’s entire workflow when AI is no longer a single tool, but a collection of agents, voice interfaces, and ambient…

Nov 26, 2025

51:44

How BBC News is Shaping its AI Strategy for the Next Era of Journalism: In Conversation with Olle Zacharison

How do you bring AI into a newsroom as big and globally distributed as the BBC, an editorial network that stretches across 42 languages and more than…

Nov 14, 2025

1:05:39

October 2025

Why the Future of Journalism Is Still Human: In Conversation with Vilas Dhar

Can AI write, analyze, and create?

Oct 8, 2025

46:54

September 2025

Inside The Economist’s AI Playbook: In Conversation with Ludwig Siegele

How does a 182-year-old global magazine stay ahead in the age of generative AI?

Sep 24, 2025

41:17

How Estonia’s Media Giant Builds AI That Actually Works: In Conversation with Ivar Krustok

In Estonia, a country of 1.3 million people, Delfi Meedia has built one of the strongest foundations for AI in journalism.

Sep 8, 2025

1:05:58

August 2025

Why AI Literacy Belongs at the Core of Journalism Education: In Conversation with Djordje Padejski

As a new academic year begins, journalism schools face a defining challenge: how to prepare students for a profession being reshaped by AI.

Aug 25, 2025

47:40