Charlie Beckett
@charliebeckett.bsky.social
LSE journalism professor
I run the LSE Polis Journalism and AI project
Hammer
Communication & Media Studies
37%
Political science
35%
Pinned
JournalismAI Festival | Day 1
YouTube video by PolisLSE
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All the sessions from our journalism and AI Festival are now on YouTube: check out the case study demos and panels showing off innovation from around the world www.youtube.com/live/ocr--Gv...
Programme Officer | JournalismAI 2025/26
Programme Officer JournalismAI is looking for a Programme Officer (Full-time) to support the execution of its grant funding programme and other activities. The Programme Officer will work closely w...
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Job alert! We are looking for someone based in South Africa to join our JournalismAI team on a new project - please share! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Good game today. Villa are a better team but we looked good. It didn't matter for me as I was thinking how much this game has changed since I started (1970s) and my sons (2000s). Mateus Fernandes has the attributes, but there will never be another Bonzo
King Charles shares 'good news' that his cancer treatment will be reduced
The 77-year-old says the milestone is a "personal blessing" and testimony to advances in cancer care.
www.bbc.com
So the King is now a health influencer. And he's brilliant. Not sure how relatable but it feels genuine. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Last week we saw something like a German/Russian seasonal equivalent in Munich's Staatsoper - Rimsky Korsakov's Nights Before Xmas - also superbly executed www.staatsoper.de/stuecke/die-...
Twelfth Night | Barbican
Welcome in the festive season with this spellbinding production of Shakespeare's masterpiece, following a five star, sold-out run in Stratford-upon-Avon.
www.barbican.org.uk
Had fun with my sons at the Barbican's 12th Night. It's basically Shakespearean panto with some poetry and done brilliantly. I wonder what non-Brits make of it? www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/202...
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Michael Wood · At the Movies: ‘Frankenstein’
In all versions of the story a human competes with God by creating a living being. The difference in Guillermo del Toro...
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‘The creature looks more stylish and romantic than monstrous. Like a jigsaw puzzle, let’s say, rather than our idea of a serial killer or a crime against divinity.’
Michael Wood watches Guillermo del Toro’s 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘪𝘯.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Michael Wood watches Guillermo del Toro’s 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘪𝘯.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
You are literally describing the career path of many of our students...
Thanks...
How human-AI interaction becomes more creative - News & insight - Cambridge Judge Business School
Cambridge Judge Business School research shows human-AI collaboration doesn’t instantly boost creativity. Over time, structured idea co-development improves joint creativity.
www.jbs.cam.ac.uk
'While collaboration between humans and generative AI does not automatically enhance their joint creativity even after multiple rounds of co-creation sessions, joint creativity does improve over time if there are instructions and guidance on idea co-development.' www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/2025/how-hum...
The Washington Post debuts AI-personalized podcasts to hook younger listeners
The Washington Post used AI to build a pick-your-own-format news podcast, letting listeners choose the topics, hosts and duration.
digiday.com
I was wondering what the use case might be for those AI automated podcasts with generated voices. This might be it. digiday.com/media/the-wa...
World Cup ticket prices: Fifa's prices a 'monumental betrayal' says Football Supporters Europe
Fans' group Football Supporters Europe says it is
www.bbc.co.uk
The World Cup has been corrupt since the beginning but this is just the tip of the iceberg of monumental grifting and extortion. There is no longer any pretence that this is a real people's event www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Into the bowels of the BBC this morning to record a contribution to Moral Maze. It's an easy one: what is truth? Broadcast Xmas Eve 8pm
Refreshingly imaginative vision of what journalism could be in 2026 by @hermida.bsky.social : 'When journalists collaborate with AI in storytelling, creativity flourishes.'
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Or too much time on his hands? I'm not sure that any of those cases are so pernicious - but especially the last one - in person meetings in academia are a form of abuse. Who needs finality of it means compulsion?
The moment the earliest known man-made fire was uncovered - BBC News
Archaeologists in the UK have discovered the world's oldest evidence of humans lighting fires
www.bbc.co.uk
And yet my state of the art eco water heating system doesn't work www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
I think you're right on the history. News media missed the importance of every single shift over the last 25 years, so hardly able to predict the next. You'll get my predictions in six months time. Chapter Five.
Carolina Abbott Galvão and @riddhisetty.bsky.social asked newsroom leaders, independent journalists, and international reporters how they see the media changing in the next 25 years. Their answers describe upheavals to come in both the business and practice of journalism. www.cjr.org/feature/visi...
Visions of 2050: Prominent media figures read the present—and predict the future.
We asked prominent media figures to read the present—and try to predict the future.
www.cjr.org
Thoughtful reflections, but remarkably conservative predictions considering we are talking 25 years hence. Think how much journalism has changed since 2000 and now we have AI. These are all tweaks of current structures (apart from Lorenz). It's hard for current news people to reimagine themselves.
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Visions of 2050: Prominent media figures read the present—and predict the future.
We asked prominent media figures to read the present—and try to predict the future.
www.cjr.org
Carolina Abbott Galvão and @riddhisetty.bsky.social asked newsroom leaders, independent journalists, and international reporters how they see the media changing in the next 25 years. Their answers describe upheavals to come in both the business and practice of journalism. www.cjr.org/feature/visi...
I'm now in the uncomfortable position of wanting a Spurs victory...
What if they'd requested the removal of images of black or female players?
Empire of AI is wildly misleading on AI water use
And the media environment that didn't catch this is getting this issue wrong
andymasley.substack.com
Interesting miscalculation. It's a good book but this appears to be a significant error. LSE's Marion Dumas from the climate change Grantham Institute is interesting on AI and water/energy btw andymasley.substack.com/p/empire-of-...
Exactly. Do they want photos of black players removed too?
Wow. 'Our homophobic fans might cause trouble so you'd better redecorate your stadium' seems like a threat to me.
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We’ve got a significant publication out today - a review of how 10 countries around the world organise their public service media, and what lessons can be drawn for the renewal of the BBC Charter
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/programmes/g...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/programmes/g...
It is messy isn't it? I was firmly anti-ban before, but with the lack of any other regulation I was shifting towards accepting it as a compromise and a way to send a warning to the platforms. Looking at the detail in practice, I am swinging away again!
Interesting, and I would argue refreshing, job advert from the Economist for a newsroom expert
I love how they don't even pretend it's real or meaningful. It's a straightforward transaction like giving a child an ice cream that we all know is made of sh*t