The showcase will be held across three sessions:
Fighting mis- and disinformation: Tuesday, 2 September, 12:00–14:30 GMT
Growing subscriptions and diverse revenue: Tuesday, 9 September, 12:00–13:45 GMT
Engaging audiences with new formats: Tuesday, 16 September, 12:00–14:10 GMT
Selected grantees have developed a wide range of innovations. For example, The Republic (Nigeria) created an AI voice converter to translate news into indigenous African languages, while Full Fact (UK) is building a GenAI-powered chat interface to track government accountability. Other projects include AI-driven chatbots for fact-checking in local languages, tools for detecting climate misinformation, and platforms for personalizing news delivery and boosting reader engagement.
Grants for the challenge ranged from $50,000 to $250,000, with the goal of empowering resource-constrained publishers to experiment, implement, and share best practices in AI adoption. The programme emphasises open collaboration, with grantees required to report on their results and share insights with the wider journalism community.
The JournalismAI Innovation Challenge is part of a broader push to democratize AI in journalism, ensuring that smaller newsrooms are not left behind in the digital transformation. Registration for the showcase sessions is open to all interested in the future of AI-powered journalism.