Hannes Cools
@hannescools.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, University of Amsterdam 🇳🇱 || Journalism, AI, Tech & innovation 👨💻 || Fellow Digital Democracy Centre 🇩🇰 & Marie Curie Scholar 🇪🇺 || #FirstGen
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Full article [open access]: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Sandbox Journalism: The Role of Media Labs as Innovation Drivers in European News Organisations
News organisations are seeking to innovate but face constraints related to time and resources for experimentation. In response, many have established in-house “labs” to support the development and ...
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November 27, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Full article [open access]: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Together w Ana Bisso Nunes, Ana Marta Flores, Colin Porlezza (@cporlezza.bsky.social), Sonja Kretzschmar, Julia Eyrich, Giulia Ferri, Jose García-Avilés, and Jane Singer @janebsinger.bsky.social 💥
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November 27, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Together w Ana Bisso Nunes, Ana Marta Flores, Colin Porlezza (@cporlezza.bsky.social), Sonja Kretzschmar, Julia Eyrich, Giulia Ferri, Jose García-Avilés, and Jane Singer @janebsinger.bsky.social 💥
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Challenges include cultural resistance, financial limitations and the need for sustained leadership support.
📈 Our research underscores the importance of media labs in fostering a culture of innovation, essential for the digital transformation of journalism & the resilience of European democracies.
📈 Our research underscores the importance of media labs in fostering a culture of innovation, essential for the digital transformation of journalism & the resilience of European democracies.
November 27, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Challenges include cultural resistance, financial limitations and the need for sustained leadership support.
📈 Our research underscores the importance of media labs in fostering a culture of innovation, essential for the digital transformation of journalism & the resilience of European democracies.
📈 Our research underscores the importance of media labs in fostering a culture of innovation, essential for the digital transformation of journalism & the resilience of European democracies.
🔍 Some key findings:
- Media labs serve as catalysts for experimentation and innovation, providing "safe zones" for interdisciplinary teams to ideate and test new approaches.
- Successful labs act as sensors for detecting trends, contributing to strategic foresight and institutional agility.
- Media labs serve as catalysts for experimentation and innovation, providing "safe zones" for interdisciplinary teams to ideate and test new approaches.
- Successful labs act as sensors for detecting trends, contributing to strategic foresight and institutional agility.
November 27, 2025 at 7:37 AM
🔍 Some key findings:
- Media labs serve as catalysts for experimentation and innovation, providing "safe zones" for interdisciplinary teams to ideate and test new approaches.
- Successful labs act as sensors for detecting trends, contributing to strategic foresight and institutional agility.
- Media labs serve as catalysts for experimentation and innovation, providing "safe zones" for interdisciplinary teams to ideate and test new approaches.
- Successful labs act as sensors for detecting trends, contributing to strategic foresight and institutional agility.
📅 In 2022, (yes, peer review can sometimes take long) we conducted interviews with leaders from 12 diverse EU media labs, uncovering three key archetypes:
- Labs focused on creativity and originality.
- Labs driven by business validation.
- Labs interpreting innovation through educational programs.
- Labs focused on creativity and originality.
- Labs driven by business validation.
- Labs interpreting innovation through educational programs.
November 27, 2025 at 7:37 AM
📅 In 2022, (yes, peer review can sometimes take long) we conducted interviews with leaders from 12 diverse EU media labs, uncovering three key archetypes:
- Labs focused on creativity and originality.
- Labs driven by business validation.
- Labs interpreting innovation through educational programs.
- Labs focused on creativity and originality.
- Labs driven by business validation.
- Labs interpreting innovation through educational programs.
En als de genomen keuzes dan effectief nagelopen worden, dan zijn er best wel wat gaten te schieten in de modus operandi. Het zijn pijnlijke fouten die terecht op het vertrouwen van NRC, en bij uitbreiding, de journalistiek afstralen.
November 22, 2025 at 1:04 PM
En als de genomen keuzes dan effectief nagelopen worden, dan zijn er best wel wat gaten te schieten in de modus operandi. Het zijn pijnlijke fouten die terecht op het vertrouwen van NRC, en bij uitbreiding, de journalistiek afstralen.
Het was de ene na de andere pijnlijke fout voor NRC, iets wat de ombudsman ook niet ontkent... Rommelige journalistiek
November 22, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Het was de ene na de andere pijnlijke fout voor NRC, iets wat de ombudsman ook niet ontkent... Rommelige journalistiek
Dit is voor mij een tekenend voorbeeld van de stiefmoederlijke relatie die journalistiek heeft met transparantie. Daarnaast toont het dat bepaalde journalistieke keuzes moeilijk na te lopen zijn en soms arbitrair zijn...
November 22, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Dit is voor mij een tekenend voorbeeld van de stiefmoederlijke relatie die journalistiek heeft met transparantie. Daarnaast toont het dat bepaalde journalistieke keuzes moeilijk na te lopen zijn en soms arbitrair zijn...
De ombudsman noemt die interpretatie "terecht", maar het is toch sterk te betwijfelen dat die journalisten niet nog even doorgevraagd hebben of het wel degelijk om de 'leugenaar'-uitspraak ging. De ombudsman schrijft dan: "Het nieuwsfeit was zeker relevant om te melden." Om welk nieuwsfeit gaat het?
November 22, 2025 at 12:20 PM
De ombudsman noemt die interpretatie "terecht", maar het is toch sterk te betwijfelen dat die journalisten niet nog even doorgevraagd hebben of het wel degelijk om de 'leugenaar'-uitspraak ging. De ombudsman schrijft dan: "Het nieuwsfeit was zeker relevant om te melden." Om welk nieuwsfeit gaat het?
en journalisten. De verslaggevers hebben hier steken laten vallen. De verklaring van de woordvoerder en dus reactie Wijers werd geïnterpreteerd als een bevestiging van alle drie de uitspraken die waren voorgelegd...
November 22, 2025 at 12:17 PM
en journalisten. De verslaggevers hebben hier steken laten vallen. De verklaring van de woordvoerder en dus reactie Wijers werd geïnterpreteerd als een bevestiging van alle drie de uitspraken die waren voorgelegd...
... dan moet dat gewoon driedubbel gecheckt worden. Ombudsman noemt de publicatie van het artikel rommelig, ook omdat "de plaatsvervangend chef in Den Haag" pas in de loop van de middag inhoudelijk betrokken werd, "net als de hoofdredactie." Daarnaast was er een misverstand tussen woordvoerder...
November 22, 2025 at 12:14 PM
... dan moet dat gewoon driedubbel gecheckt worden. Ombudsman noemt de publicatie van het artikel rommelig, ook omdat "de plaatsvervangend chef in Den Haag" pas in de loop van de middag inhoudelijk betrokken werd, "net als de hoofdredactie." Daarnaast was er een misverstand tussen woordvoerder...
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The Handbook of Artificial Intelligence and Journalism
<p><b>Presents a comprehensive global overview of AI-driven journalism and its transformative impact on media practices</b> <p>As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to reshape the media landscape...
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November 17, 2025 at 8:04 AM
In the online version it states:
"This report published in today’s Dawn was originally edited using AI, which is in violation of our current AI policy. (...) The matter is being investigated, and the violation of AI policy is regretted."
www.dawn.com/news/1954574 via Dennis Binnekade
"This report published in today’s Dawn was originally edited using AI, which is in violation of our current AI policy. (...) The matter is being investigated, and the violation of AI policy is regretted."
www.dawn.com/news/1954574 via Dennis Binnekade
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November 14, 2025 at 12:02 PM
In the online version it states:
"This report published in today’s Dawn was originally edited using AI, which is in violation of our current AI policy. (...) The matter is being investigated, and the violation of AI policy is regretted."
www.dawn.com/news/1954574 via Dennis Binnekade
"This report published in today’s Dawn was originally edited using AI, which is in violation of our current AI policy. (...) The matter is being investigated, and the violation of AI policy is regretted."
www.dawn.com/news/1954574 via Dennis Binnekade
This comes at a sensitive time for the BBC, with the government set to review the corporation's royal charter. As the biggest public broadcaster in the world, the BBC is and has always been under a lot of scrutiny. #PublicBroadcasting #BBC #Media
November 9, 2025 at 7:07 PM
This comes at a sensitive time for the BBC, with the government set to review the corporation's royal charter. As the biggest public broadcaster in the world, the BBC is and has always been under a lot of scrutiny. #PublicBroadcasting #BBC #Media