Google News Initiative AI Skills Program 2.0 – YOA

Deadline: August 5, 2026

Applications are open for the Google News Initiative AI Skills Program 2.0. Following the success of the inaugural version that was launched in 2025, the AI Skills Program returns with a stronger focus: serving to members – editors, journalists, newsroom managers and media professionals throughout personal and authorities media sector –  transfer past merely utilizing AI instruments and in direction of constructing AI-powered newsroom apps, options and dashboards, understanding how AI brokers can help newsroom workflows, and creating AI-powered workflows that make newsrooms extra productive and environment friendly.

AI Skills Program 2.0 is designed to assist members:

• Master Google’s newest AI instruments for journalism
• Learn sensible AI workflows that may be adopted instantly
• Build AI-powered newsroom functions
• Improve productiveness throughout reporting, modifying, analysis and manufacturing
• Receive skilled mentoring whereas implementing AI in actual newsroom settings

The program combines an intensive two-day in-individual workshop in Delhi-NCR(AI Design Lab) with 5 on-line periods with skilled-led one-on-one mentoring (one hour per week) to facilitate palms-on app constructing utilizing vibe coding. Participants go away not simply with an understanding of AI instruments, however with sensible workflows and AI-powered options they will start utilizing of their newsrooms. 

Benefits

The program will discover how AI can help:

• Story analysis and data synthesis
• Reporting and story discovery
• Document evaluation
• Content creation and modifying
• Newsroom productiveness
• Vibe coding to construct AI-powered functions (No coding expertise required)
• Understanding AI brokers and the way they are often utilized to newsroom workflows

Participants will achieve palms-on expertise with Google AI instruments together with:

• Gemini
• AI Studio
• Notebook
• Veo
• Flow
• Stitch
• SynthID

Eligibility

• Applications are invited from journalists, editors, newsroom leaders, social media groups, visible journalists, digital publishers.
• Applicants ought to be actively working with a newsroom and ought to be keen on integrating AI into editorial workflows.
• Applicants ought to have a minimum of 10 years {of professional} expertise in a newsroom or media organisation registered in India and be eager to champion AI adoption inside their organisation.
• Applicants have to be actively working with an eligible information organisation that has an operational information web site or YouTube channel, has been producing authentic information content material repeatedly for a minimum of 24 months, and publishes content material on subjects reminiscent of basic information, sports activities, well being, finance or leisure.
• Eligible organisations embrace for-revenue and non-revenue information organisations throughout print, digital, tv and radio.
• Applicants should be capable to dedicate 4 hours per week to this system for coaching periods and undertaking work.
• Training consequence: Applicants might be anticipated to finish a minimum of one capstone undertaking utilizing the AI instruments coated throughout this system (for instance, an AI-powered app for newsroom workflows).
• Prior expertise utilizing AI instruments is fascinating, however nor obligatory.
• Prior expertise in knowledge journalism is a plus.
• Applicants should be capable to attend the 2-day in-individual workshop in Delhi-NCR – AI Design Lab, take part in all on-line periods over six weeks, and commit the required time every week for each coaching and their capstone undertaking. Apply provided that you’ll be able to decide to the total program. 

Application

They have solely 50 seats obtainable, so apply now. Participants might be chosen on a rolling foundation.

Click here to apply

For extra data, go to Google News Initiative AI Skills Program 2.0.