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Anders Thoresson blir projektledare för Medier & demokratis nationella pilotsatsning inom medierelaterad AI-innovation. Satsningen drivs tillsammans med AI Innovation of Sweden och mediekoncernerna Hall Media, Stampen och Sveriges Television. – Kul och utmanande att få kombinera det jag kan om teknik med det jag kan om journalistik och media, säger han.

… Jenny Wiik, who will be working as Flexit Researcher at Medier & demokrati from 1 March.

Artificial intelligence and automated services are precipitating major changes. For society and for industries. And journalism and the media are no exception. Data and AI-based technology are growing in importance for innovation and development. What opportunities and challenges does this pose to the news media?

Medier & demokrati is boosted by the addition of media researcher Jenny Wiik. For the past two years, she has been contributing to Lindholmen Science Park as a Flexit researcher. - Lindholmen Science Park is an exciting environment in which different participants can interact around new ideas, says Jenny Wiik. I think that academics and the media industry need to collaborate more in order to be able to develop journalism in the best possible way.

Gothenburg University, AI Competence for Sweden and Medier & demokrati gathered heads of media and researches at a near-capacity conference at Lindholmen. On the agenda: share experience and take a look at the outlook for the future.

During and in connection with the annual book fair in Gothenburg, there was a heavy focus on media and information literacy MIL. It was arranged in part by Global MIL Week 2019 Feature Conference and Youth Agenda Forum. It was also part of the book fair's them of media literacy. Medier & demokrati contributing by setting the agenda.

... project developer at Direktpress in Stockholm, the media corporation that is a hub in the research and innovation project 'Conflict Management, Dialogue and Reader Engagement in the New Media Landscape'.