Funding: Tech company (Google/GNI) (3), Own budget (3), Public broadcaster / state media (1)
AI integration across newsroom workflows: journalists use generative AI tools (including ChatGPT) for content drafting with mandatory human monitoring and fact-checking at every stage; Google Data Studio for data visualisation and trend-based storytelling; algorithm literacy and audience analytics integrated into editorial process; journalists tasked with monitoring AI-generated content for bias, accuracy,…
AI Speaks Arabic" (اي اي بالعربي) training programme: joint initiative with Google News Initiative training Arab journalists in AI tools using train-the-trainer model; trained journalists then delivered AI training in their own cities and countries; reached mid-sized cities and regions previously untouched by AI training; balance of theoretical and practical content; participants included journalism students,…
Full Fact AI fact-checking tools localised into Arabic — claim classification, prioritisation, media/social monitoring, detection of previously fact-checked claims; deployed to AFCN member organisations including Tafnied and Saheeh Masr (Egypt); tools later withdrawn after Google funding cuts
Fareed: first Arabic-speaking AI TV presenter in Jordan; presents news broadcasts as a virtual AI anchor;" launched 2023
Early AI adoption in journalistic practices — identified as one of the first newspapers in the Arab region to implement AI in its editorial workflow