Tackling AI: 4 Tips for Innovative Journalism • Gina Chua

In this masterclass, Gina Chua, Executive Director of the Tow-Knight Center at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY and a leading voice in newsroom innovation, shares four practical tips for journalists navigating the challenges and opportunities of AI.

Chua, who is also Executive Editor at Semafor, encourages reporters to “get their hands dirty” by experimenting directly with new technologies instead of waiting to fully understand them. Curiosity is key: journalists should explore how AI tools work and how they can support reporting. She also urges reporters to question newsroom culture and assumptions about how journalism is produced, especially in a time of rapid technological change.

• Interview: Sarah Ulrich
• Video Editing: Quentin Egloff
• Music: Lionel Marçal
• Filming: Ron Lopez – Reynald Ramirez – Hashim Hakeem
• Supervision and Coordination: Sandrine Rigaud
• Special thanks: Glenn Chong
• With the support of The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung