Shows
InterhacktivesREPORTERS, DATA, ROBOTS: Reimagining local journalism's potentialMarieta and Laura discuss how AI can be used to build on local journalism with special guests Sonja Tutty, data journalist, and Joseph Hook, editor of RadarAI. There are so many stories hidden into massive spreadsheets, that local reporters may have no time or resources to go through, and that’s what Radar’s team does with the help of AI. But they are still writing the stories, doing original interviews, and seeking the data themselves. So, if AI is not being used to compose the articles, then how does one script turn into hundreds of local news pieces? Listen to t...
2023-03-2213 min
InterhacktivesModular Journalism: The new way to find stories?Newsrooms have been exploring how Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Information Extractions (IE) can modularise content as reusable elements to use for different storytelling formats and for meeting users’ needs. But what bits and pieces are worth looking at and how can journalists do that? Marieta and Laura talk to Ines Montani, founder of ExplosionAI and Anna Vissens, lead data scientist at The Guardian, to find out more about modular journalism and the importance of transparency when using AI.
2023-03-1521 min
InterhacktivesArtificial Intelligence: A journalist's friend or enemy?Join Marieta and Laura, two postgraduate student journalists who are excited to step into the world of journalism but are also concerned about where the profession is headed. A.I. chatbots have sparked controversial discussions around search, written content, and trust, but are these tools the only ones that journalists should fear? Data scientists and newsrooms have been collaborating for years to ensure the ethical and efficient use of artificial intelligence and to take storytelling to another level. Listen to the weekly episodes of this podcast to hear about all things A.I. and journalism from renowned industry experts.
2023-03-0814 min
InterhacktivesNavigating social platforms old and newThis week, Bryony, Freya, and Olly discuss Telegram, Instagram, and journalism in the Metaverse... Give us a follow on Twitter and let us know what you think! @Interhacktives
2022-03-2313 minInterhacktivesSocial Media Roundup: The Ukraine War on socials, Amazon’s Amp and Wheels or Doors?The Interactive Journalism MA students at City, University of London are back for another episode of The Interhacktives Podcast.
In this episode, Gemma Farrell, Oliver Barsby and Stella-Quinn Hernandez discuss the use of social media in the ongoing Ukraine War, Amazon’s Amp app and last, but by no means least, the debate that’s been dividing the internet this week: are there more wheels or doors in the world?
Sound Effects from Zapsplat.com
Mentioned in the podcast:
- Topic 2: https://techcrunch.com/2022/03/08/amazon-launches-a-live-radio-app-amp-which-lets-you-play-dj-with-the-amazon-music-catalog/?utm_campaign=The%20Media%20Roundup%20from%20Media%20Voices&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter
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2022-03-1610 minInterhacktivesWill TikTok kill YouTube?This year's Interhacktives from City, University of London discuss the introduction of 10-minute videos to TikTok. Will this new feature kill YouTube?
2022-03-1110 minInterhacktivesSocial Media Roundup: Meta’s widely viewed content, the Ukraine war and Archant’s eco shiftThe Interactive Journalism MA students at City, University of London are back for another episode of The Interhacktives Podcast.
In this episode, Olivia Burney, Oliver Barsby and Gemma Farrell discuss Meta’s controversial widely viewed content report, how the Ukraine war is playing out on social media and Archant’s adoption of digital magazine for environmental reasons.
We’ve recorded this episode over Zoom due to ongoing university and tube strikes (fun…), but we’ll be back in the studio next week!
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Mentioned in the podcast:
- Topic 1: https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/meta-releases-new-widely-viewed-content-report-for-facebook-which-contin/619645/
- Bellingcat...
2022-03-0414 minInterhacktivesSocial Media Roundup: TRUTH Social, longer TikTok videos and Instagram Story likesThe Interactive Journalism MA students at City, University of London are back for another season of The Interhacktives Podcast.
In this episode, Olivia Burney, Bryony Gooch and Freya Graham discuss the launch of Donald Trump’s TRUTH social, TikTok videos becoming longer and the introduction of Instagram Story likes.
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2022-02-2509 min
InterhacktivesSocial Media Round up- 12/03/2020Yes, we're back again!
Todays social media round up includes the welcomed 'dark mode' for WhatsApp, Facebook's plans to allow cross-posting directly to Instagram stories, and finally, Twitter has joined the 'story' hype with the act of 'fleeting'.
2020-03-1210 min
InterhacktivesSocial Media Round up- 11/03/2020Here's your Wednesday dose of digital and social news.
On today's show we look at how instagram is filtering out false inofrmation about covid-19, how Twitter is putting its foot down on hateful conduct towards race, disease and disability and finally, stories have arrived to LinkedIn, intrigued? Us too...
2020-03-1109 minInterhacktivesSocial Media Round up- 10/03/20Welcome back to your daily dose of social media news!
Today's episode includes how coronavirus is causing an increase in keyboard blocks, we delve into the details of Apple's new push notifications, and finally, we look at what Instagram influencers are doing to make their sponsored posts more transparent...
2020-03-1008 minInterhacktivesInterhacktive Interview with Adam TinworthA bumper episode for everyone today!
We spoke with Adam Tinworth, a huge figure in the early days of the internet, owner of the blog OneManandHisBlog, visiting lecturer at City University and general old-but-flexible hand with all things web.
We spoke about a range of issues, including the evolving landscape of journalism, the dangers of social media,
2020-03-0947 minInterhacktivesSocial Media News Roundup 05/03Back again with another Social Media news round up!
We're leading with the story about Kashmir being allowed Internet access, finally, if in a very limited form. A slight clarification; Social Media access is available, though not from mobil network, and only til March 17th, provisionally.
Read this one here : https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/social-media-ban-removed-in-kashmir-broadband-services-to-be-restored-2189956
Snapchat are testing out some wacky new Augmented Reality features. But are they just wackiness or is there something more to it?
Give it a gander here at : https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/snapchat-adds-ground-transformation-ar-effects-showcasing-evolving-ar-ca/572769/
Is IGTV encroaching into Tik Tok in a big way...
2020-03-0507 minInterhacktivesSocial Media News Roundup 03/03Here at Interhacktives, we like to stay experimental.
To that end, we've recorded a different sort of episode, and one that we might be continuing!
Tune in for a news round up of yesterday's biggest Social Media stories!
We have;
ITV; reporting on Coronavirus fake news, and the steps being made to combat it.
The Drum; on the death of the banner ad
The Huffpost UK; how deplatforming extremists works
Campaignsanddemocracy.com; a tale of Trump and Bloomberg's social media strategies
and finally
Socialmedianews; Jack Dorsey might be losing his job?
All music was found the the youtube audio library...
2020-03-0316 minInterhacktivesInterhacktives Roundtable: City University's Interactive Journalism CourseThis week due to some scheduling malarkey we're taking a different tack with the show, discussing City University's Interactive Journalism course with Hamza Azhar Salam and Ioanna Toufexi!
We talk about what module we do, what our favourite things are about the course, and generally delve a little deeper than a prospectus might into the personal experiences on this experimental course!
Intro music provided this time around by Sappheiros, track is called "Lights".
https://soundcloud.com/sappheirosmusic/lights
If you want more of this sort of roundtable discussion, maybe drop a comment below? It's a form that presents it's own...
2020-02-2521 min
InterhacktivesAudience Management with Condé Nast's Sarah Marshall; 2020 Season BeginsThe Interhacktives Podcast, cast of 2020, is back with a bang, looking at Audience Management and Digital Media with Sarah Marshall, guest lecturer at City University, and Head of Audience Growth at Vogue.
We discuss how these media bodies manage their communities, what metrics they use and how to turn your online presence from a necessary evil to a vital money-spinner.
We've got big plans for this podcast, so keep tuned in to hear from us, we'll be covering all things data journalism and social media!
Royalty free music is incredible, so big thanks to
LiQWD @ https://soundcloud.com/liqwyd/new-start...
2020-02-1720 min
InterhacktivesSRF’s Angelo Zehr talks to Interhacktives about data journalism, Federer and succeeding with codeInterhacktives talk to Angelo Zehr, data journalist with @srfnews about their story - 20 years, 20 titles - the career of Roger Federer and why they used a three step approach to publish the story.
1. The story
https://bit.ly/2IONSgM
2. The methodology
https://bit.ly/2I3H9OP
3. The code
https://srfdata.github.io/
Listen out for his vital tip on how to prevail when it feels like your data and coding is going nowhere!
2018-03-2430 min
InterhacktivesInterview with Amy McCullough Mosley @ Mozilla Festival 2017An interview with Amy McCullough Mosley, Open Project Lead at Mozilla Foundation, at this years Mozilla Festival 2017 in London.
2017-11-0300 min
InterhacktivesInterview with Jochai Ben-Avie @ Mozilla Festival 2017Interview with Jochai Ben-Avie, Senior Global Policy Manager at Mozilla, at this years Mozilla Festival
2017-11-0301 min
InterhacktivesHow to make the perfect podcastStarting a podcast can be a daunting prospect, but if 'Data Day' can teach you anything, it's that the barrier for entry is incredibly low.
On this final episode of 'Data Day', Bridie Pearson-Jones joins Luke Barratt as they discuss what makes some of their favourite podcasts great, why podcasting is such a compelling format for modern journalists, and the difference between podcasts and radio programmes.
Plus, special guest and longtime fan of the show Faye White joins the team to discuss some funny podcasts, because apparently our podcasting experts are really boring.
This is the end of season 1 of...
2017-03-2413 min
InterhacktivesThe secrets of Facebook LiveIn this week’s podcast, Luke Barratt and Jasper Pickering talk about the growing importance of live-streaming on Facebook for media organisations and the average Joe alike.
As Facebook grows its video platform, Zuckerburg is pushing users to interact with each other via live video feed. No longer are the broadcasters telling us what to do from atop their ivory towers. Now you (yes, YOU!) can produce live coverage from the comfort of your handheld device.
The intrepid duo tackle examples of livestreamed news like Trump’s disastrous press conference and the suspense of watching a watermelon explode under the pres...
2017-02-2214 min
InterhacktivesEmail newsletters for journalists: a guideDespite numerous technological innovations — from 360-degree video (http://bit.ly/2kS5VJe) to social media live-streaming (http://bit.ly/2kSfF63) to robot journalists (http://bit.ly/2kSfVSH) — the trusty old email seems to be increasing in importance in the newsroom.
Quartz, for instance, has several journalists based across the world work on its daily newsletter (http://bit.ly/2kS7ers), which releases at about 6am across time zones in Asia, Europe/Africa and the Americas, every day.
This shouldn’t come as a surprise. The email inbox is, for many people, the first app or webpage they open in the mornin...
2017-02-1512 min
InterhacktivesUsing data in sport journalismIn this week's Data Day, Luke Barratt is joined by Matteo Moschella to discuss the use of data in sport journalism.
Data is omnipresent in the reporting of sport, particularly recently as the closing of the Barclays Premier League January transfer window has prompted a glut of visualisations on the month's top stories.
Check out some of the code used by the Guardian on their Github: http://bit.ly/2kqSyj5
Athletes and sports teams are using more and more data nowadays to optimise their performance, but crucially for journalists, the vast audiences drawn by sports demand extensive data.
Opta provides...
2017-02-0813 min
InterhacktivesWhy you shouldn't make a 360° video podcast360° video is an emerging format and, like all emerging formats, must go through an uncertain period of experimentation. As journalists begin to push the boundaries for this storytelling device, the Interhacktives discuss the merits, challenges and funny side of all things 360°.
It has to be seen to be believed, so head to http://bit.ly/2khA7gR.
In order to fully enjoy this 360° experience, strap on a cardboard viewer and be transported into the studio with Interhacktives podcast team. This week we discuss the BBC podcast pilot 'No Small Talk,' as well as our favourite examples of 360° journalism.
Check out...
2017-01-3011 min
InterhacktivesHave your say on government data policyOn this week's 'Data Day', Ayushman Basu and Luke Barratt discuss the opening of a survey for journalists by the Government Statistical Survey. The Government is looking for feedback on how to improve their provision of open data.
You can respond to the survey here: http://bit.ly/2jU47je
The main focus of the survey is on the possibility of creating a single outlet for releasing data from the government, and on this podcast, we discuss some of the inconvenience of the current system. Datasets have to be sourced from various different portals and subsequently combined, which creates significant...
2017-01-2311 min
InterhacktivesHave a very data ChristmasThis is Interhacktives’ latest attempt to persuade you that data journalism can be relatable and human, and this time we’ve teamed up with a powerful ally: Christmas.
Christmas is a time of year for turkey, mince pies, stuffing, stockings, trees, treats, presents, and… data? On this week’s Data Day, James Somper and Luke Barratt look through the news to find some of their favourite examples of data-driven Christmas journalism.
Luke made his mince pie joke again, but this time you don’t have to wait until the end to hear it.
You can read Kate Hughes’ article on the true cos...
2016-12-2013 min
InterhacktivesShould Silicon Valley resist Donald Trump?On this week's Data Day, Luke Barratt and Bridie Pearson-Jones discuss what relationship tech companies in Silicon Valley can or should be doing to resist Donald Trump. Such companies overwhelmingly supported Clinton in the US election, and have in the past been outspokenly progressive on social issues.
However, the Intercept reported that of nine tech companies they asked, only Twitter said it wouldn't help Trump create a database of American Muslims. Will tech companies adapt to a new Trump presidency?
The Intercept article: http://bit.ly/2h4vUvn
There is a wider discussion to be had around the place of...
2016-12-0915 min
InterhacktivesHow to win a Data Journalism AwardEntries are now open for the Data Journalism Awards 2017, as of 28 November. Interhacktives are the media partners of this year's awards, and on this podcast, Luke Barratt and Ryan Watts give them an introduction.
Past winners have included the Panama Papers, but this year for the first time, there is a category for students and young data journalists! With that in mind, we discuss some of the things that impressed us about last year's winners, and what strategies might help you to win one this time around.
The deadline for submission to the Data Journalism Awards 2017 is 7 April 2017. Winners will...
2016-12-0211 min
InterhacktivesThe rise of fake newsDid Pope Francis endorse Donald Trump? Did Hillary Clinton sell weapons to Isis? If you don't know the answers to these questions, you may have been the victim of fake news. In the first episode of a new podcast from Interhacktives – Data Day – Ella Wilks-Harper and Luke Barratt discuss the rise of fake news, question whether the crisis has been overstated, and examine some possible solutions to the problem.
Mark Zuckerburg's initial response to the fake news scandal:
http://bit.ly/2fZ533d
Buzzfeed's story about Macedonian teenagers using fake news to garner ad revenue:
http://bzfd.it/2fYYxcZ
A lett...
2016-11-2512 min