JournalismAI Academy 2025 for Journalists & Media Professionals – YOA

Deadline: June 15, 2025

Applications are open for the JournalismAI Academy 2025. The JournalismAI Academy is a FREE on-line programme that provides journalists and media professionals a deep dive into the potential of synthetic intelligence. It is designed by the JournalismAI staff on the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and powered by the Google News Initiative.

The Academy has been a core programme of the JournalismAI initiative since 2021, coaching over 180 newsroom professionals from throughout the globe. Following the success of the primary cohort of the Academy for Sub-Saharan Africa and as part of their continued efforts to increase their programmes throughout completely different areas, they’re excited to launch the second version. This 12 months, they are going to be deciding on 20 contributors from throughout the area to hitch a brand new cohort of journalists exploring the intersection of journalism and synthetic intelligence. The 5-week programme will begin in July 2025. It is designed for journalists and media professionals from any information organisation.

Cost

• Thanks to the assist of the Google News Initiative, the programme is fully free for chosen contributors.

Eligibility

• Open to journalists and media professionals working in any newsroom.
• For 2025, they’re deciding on 20 contributors from Sub-Saharan Africa (together with Central Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa, and West Africa) from GMT+1 to GMT+3.
• The very best candidate already has a primary understanding of the potential of synthetic intelligence and machine studying, and works in a information organisation that has began exploring the best way to use these new applied sciences.
• Candidates with completely different newsroom titles shall be thought of, however within the choice course of, precedence shall be given to candidates who show the flexibility to affect the strategic adoption of AI of their information organisation to deal with journalistic challenges.
• No coding abilities are required to attend the Academy, nor are there some other technical necessities, apart from a steady WiFi connection to take part within the reside actions. They encourage journalists and media professionals from all backgrounds to apply.
• The Academy isn’t for freelancers – it’s good to be part of a newsroom to learn from the programme. The Academy isn’t for journalists primarily based outdoors the Sub-Saharan Africa area.
• The Academy isn’t for journalists who are usually not fluent in English.

Application

The deadline to apply for the JournalismAI Academy is 15 June 2025, at 11:59 PM GMT.

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For extra info, go to JournalismAI Academy.