Join our webinar on 19th November to hear what research- and practice-based evidence is already available. We bring together insights from projects in Finland and Canada, creating a meeting ground for researchers, developers, and media professionals.
What to expect:
- ♥️ Welcome from professor Laura Ahva, Tampere University
- 🎯 Keynote from business editor Kate Hopwood, The Canadian Press: Experiences on different tools, including the Gender Gap Tracker, from Canada’s oldest and largest news agency
- 🎓 Lessons learned from 4-years-long design project of the News Diversity Meter, developed and tested in cooperation with several Finnish media houses; Doctoral Researcher Matleena Ylikoski, Tampere University
- 🎤 An open discussion on methods, validation, limits, and future directions for advancing diversity in journalism
- 🔗 Closing words by Kirsikka Kaipainen, DigiSus research platform, Tampere University
Who are proposed to attend:
- Researchers working on media, journalism, and language technologies.
- Developers and data scientists building content analysis pipelines or newsroom tools.
- Journalists, editors, and product leads seeking evidence-based ways to monitor and strengthen news diversity.
- Journalism students interested in news diversity.
When:
- 📅 Wednesday, 19th November
- ⌚ 14:30–16:30 CET / 15:30–17:30 EET / 08:30–10:30 EST
- 🍵 Save the date, bring a cup of something warm, and join from your own time zone! Webinar link: https://tuni.zoom.us/j/65408113767?pwd=KBGCPNK7YKDQyo1tcG7FAvG3BkrRaQ.1
Please register to the event if you want to receive a calendar invite to the webinar, or the PP-presentations after the webinar.
On behalf of the research team,
Matleena Ylikoski
You can also read about the News Diversity Meter project's outcomes in Finnish in Tampere University news.
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Picture: Meeri Hentilä
Organiser
The event is organised by Matleena Ylikoski, Laura Ahva and the News Diversity Meter research team, supported by the DigiSus research platform seed funding.