2023 IPI World Congress - New Frontiers: Press Freedom and Media Innovation in the Age of AI - Videos

"Increasingly, threats to the media are becoming more complex, more nuanced and more difficult to withstand so we are at this moment in a crisis..." - Khadija Patel, IPI Executive Board Chair in the opening address

The International Press Institute (IPI) hosted the 2023 World Congress and Media Innovation Festival in May 2023 under the theme "New Frontiers: Press freedom and Media innovation in the Age of AI". The event was designed to bring journalists together to explore emerging challenges for press freedom and independent journalism, including a special lens on the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) and other new technologies, all in a global context of rising authoritarianism and pervasive disinformation. Presenters from across the globe shared ideas, experiences, and solutions related to a wide range of issues affecting journalism, including digital censorship, surveillance, media capture, and staying safe on the frontlines covering war and protests.

Discussions on AI and new technologies fell within the newly introduced Media Innovation Festival, which ran parallel to the World Congress. Sessions falling under the Innovation Festival brought together media innovators, founders, editors, and big thinkers to explore how journalists are and can use new approaches and tools, including the power of AI, to support innovation in journalism.

Videos are available from the following sessions:

• Welcome to IPI World Congress / Media Innovation Festival 2023
• Global Spotlight: Press Freedom at Risk - Around the world, growing authoritarianism and repressive new laws threaten the free press. What's our path forward?
• Journalism in Democracies under Pressure - Democracy is under pressure around the world. With key elections just past or coming up, how can journalists step up?
• New Frontiers: Democracy and the Information Ecosystem in the Age of AI - The launch of ChatGPT tells us what we already knew: AI is ushering in the next big disruption. What will it mean for our societies, for how we do journalism, and for our ability to access independent, credible, public interest information?
• The Truth about Lies - How we tell the story of mis/disinformation is the challenge of the moment.
• Beating the odds: How can we stop impunity? - The majority of journalist killings go unpunished. Here's what it takes to win this battle - and why we can't afford to lose it.
• Journalists in Exile: Innovation by Necessity - Looks at how journalists forced into exile are rethinking everything to continue delivering the truth to audiences at home.
• The Big Idea - There's a new energy in journalism, fuelled by big ideas.
• Cybercrime Laws: A New Frontline for Press Freedom - Governments are increasingly using cybercrime laws to muzzle the press. Meanwhile, a draconian global cybercrime treaty looms. How can journalists and civil society respond?
• Resilience in Action: Ukrainian Editors in Conversation - As the initial shock from Russia's full-scale invasion fades, Ukrainian editors share how they are confronting the reality that covering the war is not a sprint but a marathon.
• Journalism and Surveillance: A Brave New World - Spyware is proliferating, encryption is under threat, and authorities are increasingly using biometric surveillance tools, including those tied to COVID-19, to investigate crime, limit travel of certain groups, and harass marginalised communities. This session investigates what's at stake for journalism and for our societies.
• Local News: Bringing Disruption Near You - While disrupted, local media - start-up and transitioning - is leading some of the most interesting innovations. This presentation explored different models.
• Cutting Loose from Media Capture - Media capture threatens the public's access to independent news. How do we get free?

Sessions falling under the Media Innovation Festival:

• The AI Moment - Charlie Beckett - Short and sharp on AI and journalism and what the leap forward might mean for the future of journalism, for news gathering, storytelling, and business purposes.
• The AI Moment - Agnes Stenbom - Short and sharp on AI and journalism and what the leap forward might mean for the future of journalism, for news gathering, storytelling, and business purposes.
• What next for journalism? - The speakers discussed issues such as the Twitter exodus but also touched on the complex relationship between journalism and social media platforms, and how journalists and media companies need to adapt.
• Media Blend Hackathon Presentations - This video features pitches from the three winners of the three-day media blend hackathon, which combines journalists and technologists innovating to build prototypes for creative solutions that serve independent media to everything from storytelling and monetisation to tackling disinformation. An expert jury provided feedback and asked questions to each of the pitches.
• Walking in the Shoes of Others - How can innovation make journalism more inclusive, engaging, and impactful for groups too often ignored?
• - Three innovators offer some hints on how to use AI to tell big stories.
• Podcasts: Talking Personally at Scale - Journalists are turning to podcasts to tell their stories. How? And can it scale?
• Modelling Journalism and the Business Under Pressure - Independent journalists and news outlets are standing up as governments crack down.
• Suddenly, It's All TikTok All the Time: Where Does Journalism Fit? - Leaning into the algorithmic social breakthrough, short form video is everywhere. Can it work for journalism? What's the business model?
• Short Shorts - Quick takes, big stories, new models.