A recent study by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) said the digital shift is raising critical questions about the future sustainability of traditional media and its ability to remain relevant in an increasingly digital world.
Dr. Rachel Khan, a professor of journalism at the UP College of Mass Communication in Diliman, said AI has its advantages and disadvantages but it will still take years before AI will replace journalists -- if it happens at all.
GMA Network reporter Atom Araullo urged the news industry to rethink its negative view of social media’s capacity to turn everyone into a storyteller. While this affordance has allowed trolls to gain a following on these platforms, it has also allowed Philippine media network to expand tremendously.
The workshop series will offer a breadth of skills for election coverage — from finding ideas on Google Trends, producing data-driven stories, conducting investigations on political ads, to producing your newsroom’s best election coverage on YouTube.
