Journalism Watchdogs is the web tool that University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa professor Dr. Brett Oppegaard wanted for his classrooms and newsrooms. He couldn’t find anything like it, so he built it, with a Journalism ‘Dog theme and the abilities to boost journalistic work through various online editing support systems. Using a Large Language Model tapped into a GenAI-powered interface, these ‘Dogs show off their writing-coach specialities as a way to increase the speed, efficiency, and effectiveness of any journalist, student or otherwise.
Speaker:
Brett Oppegaard, Ph.D researches media-production processes and products at intersections of Journalism, Artificial Intelligence, Technical Communication, Rhetoric, Human-Computer Interaction, and Disability Studies. He primarily studies those interests within mobile contexts, including creating novel research tools through interactive mobile media, mobile apps, and mobile technologies. The U.S. National Park Service, the U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities, the U.S. National Endowment for the Arts, and Google, among others, have supported his research projects, and those research efforts have been recognized internationally by various organizations, including the European Heritage Association, the American Alliance of Museums, and the American Council of the Blind.
Registration
Anyone is welcome to attend. Tickets are free.
Where will the meetup take place?
This event will be hosted on Zoom. For this particular event, you’ll have the best experience if you join via the Zoom app on a desktop or laptop computer so that you can see the presentation on a larger screen. You can also join using the mobile app, although the presentation may be harder to view.
Can I dial in by phone?
We recommend joining from your computer, tablet or phone using the Zoom app. You won’t be able to access the presentation slides, chat and exercises if you’re dialed in via phone only. If you’re unfamiliar with Zoom, we’ll have staff on hand to troubleshoot, and we also suggest checking out the Zoom support site for more help.
Will this event be recorded?
Yes, this event will be recorded. We will send the recording to everyone who registered after the event, regardless of whether or not they attended.
Will closed captioning be available?
Yes, we will enable Zoom’s closed captioning tool, which now supports closed captioning in both the main room and breakout rooms.
Funding for ONA’s AI in Journalism Initiative is generously provided by Microsoft, the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation and The Joyce Foundation. To learn more about supporting ONA’s AI programming, contact Hanaa Rifaey, Head of Strategic Partnerships, at hanaa@journalists.org.
