Opening the “black box” with explainable AI – a conversation with Menna El-Assady
With artificial intelligence tools having overwhelmed work routines and even our daily lives, Menna El-Assady, computer science professor and head of the Interactive Visualization & Intelligence Augmentation Lab of ETH Zurich, explains what we should avoid, what are the real questions and how we can understand what really happens inside AI models.
Rhett Butler on Mongabay’s global reporting network and impact-driven environmental journalism
Rhett Butler, founder and CEO of Mongabay, speaks to iMEdD about Mongabay’s transformation from a one-man project into a global media non-profit reporting on nature, and the “recipe” for driving impact.
The thrill and skill of young reporters in the field
Radio Workshop’s Mike Rahfaldt discussed how critical it is for early career journalists to gain experiences away from their screens. After a week of live radio shows, youth reporters from South Africa, Greece, and Zambia shared how it feels to report out of your comfort zone.
Erin Reilly on immersive experiences: Story-living rather than storytelling
We met with Erin Reilly, founding director of the Texas Immersive Institute, to discuss what immersive storytelling can offer journalism.
Lisa Gibbs: Journalism’s future depends on engagement, accountability and connection
The future of journalism depends on public access, journalists' curiosity, and new ways of disseminating news.
Surveillance capitalism, counterintelligence for civil society, and journalism: a conversation with Citizen Lab’s founder
The founder and director of the University of Toronto’s renowned Citizen Lab sat down with iMEdD in Athens to talk about the crisis he perceives in liberal democracy and the future of digital spyware.
A memoir of abuse, the ghostwriter and her journalism
While collaborating on the writing of Virginia Giuffre’s autobiography, journalist Amy Wallace used meticulous journalistic research to document the trauma, the abuse, and Epstein’s secret network.
Two decades of fact-checking: Louis Jacobson on a profession under pressure
Speaking to iMEdD, Louis Jacobson of PolitiFact, described a profession constantly adapting to a fractured and fast-moving information ecosystem.
Charting myths, debt and monkey farms: How Kontinentalist is reimagining data journalism in Asia
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