Mentoring Program for Newsrooms: Support in the Adoption of AI

This innovative six-month program will help newsrooms in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay understand, experiment and adopt AI-based solutions in an ethical manner and improve their editorial and operational efficiency. The program offers:

• Strategies adapted to the needs of each editorial team
• Hands-on experience with AI tools
• Guidance from AI and journalism experts

Costs Covered

• To support the AI ​​adoption process and based on the needs of the newsrooms, each participating newsroom will receive a moderate grant.

Who they support?

• At TRF, they understand an editorial team to be a team of journalists whose primary function is to produce journalistic content. They may be legally constituted or informal, start-ups or long-established, and cover a wide range of topics or a single topic. They must be led by an editorial director and comply with a set of editorial standards recognised in the professional media sector. They must also assume legal responsibility for their published and/or broadcast content.
• Newsrooms can apply to participate in TRF activities through open calls, be referred by TRF partners or donors, or be chosen by the TRF team based on a set of clear and specific objective criteria. However, there are minimum criteria for a newsroom to be eligible for TRF Newsroom Support.

Eligibility Criteria

• They are looking for:
  • Newsrooms that focus part or all of their content on producing original journalism in the public interest. This means that their journalistic work must aim to inform the public about issues relevant to their lives, their well-being and their rights and responsibilities as citizens.
  • Newsrooms that strive to produce balanced, fair and accurate journalistic content that explores different sides of an issue and presents those findings accurately.
  • Small or medium-sized newsrooms (10 to 50 contributors).
  • Newsrooms with a significant digital presence.
  • Editorial teams must have access to technical support (this could be an IT manager, a developer, a website manager, etc.).
  • Newsrooms that are able and willing to commit at least two members of their team to participate in the program for six months and attend in-person/online training.
  • No history of illegal activities by the entity, owner, management and key personnel.
  • Editorial offices that are not affiliated/associated with any government entity or political group.
  • Editorial offices with editorial independence and freedom to make decisions without interference from actors outside the editorial office, including the owners.

For more information, visit Thomson Reuters Foundation.