17 April 2026, 10:00 am
AI-Friendly Newsrooms
Programme Type
Discussions
Venue
Conference Room II, IIC main building

AI-Friendly Newsrooms
Reimagining Journalism in the time of AI 

The Ethics Framework (The “Why”)
•    Transparency: Protocols for “AI-assisted” disclosures
•    Human-in-the-Loop: Editorial oversight to prevent bias and inaccuracies
Streamlining Production (The “How”)
•    Automated Layouts: Multi-platform publishing templates
•    Transcription & Translation: ASR tools and multilingual workflows
•    Visual Storytelling: AI-driven data analysis and visualisation
Audience Engagement & Distribution
•    Hyper-Personalisation: Machine learning for content recommendations
•    Text-to-Speech: Audio formats for long-form journalism
Closing Remarks & Q&A
Summary of key takeaways and audience interaction.
 

Speakers: Sanjay Kapoor, President, EGi; Editor, Hardnews; Siddharth Varadarajan, Founding Editor, The Wire; Sanket Upadhyay, Founder, Double Check; Pradeep Gairola, Chief Digital Business Officer, The Hindu; and Nandagopal Rajan, Chief Executive Officer (Digital), The Indian Express; and others.
 

(Collaboration: Editors Guild of India)