Open Society AI in Journalism Futures Workshop 2024

The aim of the AIJF is to kickstart a global public conversation that focuses on the longer-term, structural implications of AI on the information ecosystem with people that bring a diverse set of perspectives and expertise.

The goal is that the final outcomes of AIJF – four to five fully developed, robust scenarios – can help stakeholders, investors, and others working in the digital information ecosystem better understand what possible futures might be, how to spot any early signals that point to these futures, and thus guide the decisions that need to be taken now which ensures positive impact later.

What is the AI in Journalism Futures 2024?

• AIJF is divided into two parts:
  • Individuals are invited to submit their visions of an AI-mediated information ecosystem, which they call ‘mini-scenarios’.
  • Forty individuals will be selected based on their submissions and will deepen their mini-scenarios with structured guidance. Those selected will attend a two-day workshop where they will explore, exchange, and craft full scenarios in a group setting.

How does the AIJF Open Call work?

• Individuals are invited to enter the AIJF Open Call by submitting a 300-word mini-scenario.
• Applications focus on how AI capabilities might structurally reshape the global information ecosystem over the next five to 15 years.
• Forty applicants will be selected and asked to develop and deepen their miniscenarios, and will also be invited to join a two-day scenario planning workshop to be held in Italy on April 15 – 16 2024.
• Participants will have their travel expenses fully covered, and will also receive an honorarium of U.S. $1,000 for participation at the workshop.
• Each person selected must commit to attending the workshop and to expanding their mini-scenario into a more detailed and comprehensive document.

Eligibility Criteria

• They are looking for a diverse set of perspectives from around the globe to participate in AIJF 2024.
• They are particularly seeking applications from people who are:
  • engaged with the digital information ecosystem,
  • are aware of the new capabilities available from AI and their potential to disrupt media, and
  • who are thinking about or working with the emerging AI-mediated information ecosystem in some way.
• Applications must be from individuals, and only one entry per individual will be considered.
• Submissions can be made in any language; however, they request that English be used if possible.

For more information, visit Open Society Foundations.