14 must-read newsletters about AI for journalists

If you are anything like us, you both want to know everything there is to know about artificial intelligence, while simultaneously wanting to shut out all the noise and never hear the words "AI strategy" again.

Much of the online content about how AI can save (or ruin) journalism is either too complicated to understand, too repetitive or totally useless.

Very few people can call themselves AI in journalism experts. But there is a handful of smart writers out there who are doing their best to cut through the noise with sensible newsletters. Here is our pick:

News Machines

If you want to keep up with what’s happening in journalism and AI without wading through endless hype, this newsletter by media innovation journalist Ulrike Langer is well worth a read.

It looks at what news organisations are experimenting with, from AI tools and newsroom workflows to new ways of reaching audiences and making money. Langer digs into what’s working, what isn’t, and what other journalists can learn from it. It’s a useful source of ideas and inspiration, especially if you’re wondering what the newsroom of the next few years might look like.

THEFUTURE - Ole Reissmann

A particularly good find if you want something European and less mainstream. German journalist and director of AI at SPIEGEL Group, Ole Reissmann, describes this newsletter simply as handpicked links on "AI and journalism's future". Recent editions cover everything from AI-generated news sites and newsroom automation to AI's effect on journalists' thinking and verification.

Wayfinder, The Open Edition

A weekly newsletter by Ezra Eeman, strategy and innovation director at Dutch public broadcaster NPO, is for "for all of us trying to navigate the changing news and media landscape". Sign up for the latest updates from one of the brightest minds in the field of AI and journalism.