The first edition of the European Youth Science-Media Days (EYSMD) – the ESMH summer school for young journalists – took place from 4 to 7 June 2019 in Strasbourg. The three-day science event for young media-makers has been organised by the European Science-Media Hub with the cooperation of the European Youth Press network (EYP) and it provided an overview of existing interlinks between Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Journalism. The event is the first of this kind and it falls within a wider overall ESMH training plan.
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Summer school for young journalists “AI and journalism”, 4-7 June 2019 – ESMH
The three-day science event for young media-makers (summer school) has been organised by the European Science-Media Hub with the cooperation of the European Youth Press network (EYP) and it will provide an overview of existing interlinks between Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Journalism.