The folks at Northwestern are holding an Agentic AI Investigative Journalism Challenge using press releases from my Congress Press project. First place is $5,000. www.gain-agent-challenge.northwestern.edu
Who's Who of AI
Derek Willis
I teach data journalism at the University of Maryland, run OpenElections. Fan of WBB & test cricket. Posting obscure things about campaign finance, Congress & elections.
https://github.com/dwillis
https://thescoop.org
https://buttondown.com/dwillis
What they're sharing
gain-agent-challenge.northwestern.edu
wypr.org
umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
Articles & links
Had a great conversation with Jason Michael Perry of WYPR about teaching AI to journalism students without losing our way: www.wypr.org/podcast/thou...
The Howard Center for Investigative Journalism is looking for an associate director for data & AI investigations and partnerships. Come work with me at @merrillcollege.bsky.social! umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UMCP/j...
Their own posts
Recent commentary
Does Facebook have a problem with AI-generated slop pages? Here's a post about UF football coach Jon Sumrall "clashing" with Nigel Farage about immigration to help you decide!
I don't often use papal encyclicals in teaching my class on artificial intelligence, but when I do, I use this pope's encyclicals.