News automation

Associate Professor Carl-Gustav Lindén researches AI and journalism as well as news media business models. He works at University of Helsinki in Finland, Södertörn University in Stockholm and Nordicom, University of Gothenburg. He is also a researcher in the H2020 project EMBEDDIA embeddia.eu. Lindén is co-author of the WAN-IFRA report News Automation The rewards, risks and realities of 'machine journalism'

Gary Rogers is the co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of RADAR, a news agency that combines data journalism and automation to produce local news stories at scale for the UK market. Gary began his career in local newspapers but spent most of it in broadcast as a senior editor at the BBC and ITN. Immediately prior to RADAR, he was a media consultant for 10 years, guiding news start-ups and re-structuring newsroom operations.

Li L'Estrade is the head of content development at Sweden's local media company Mittmedia with 28 local news papers. She launched Mittmedias paid content strategy in 2016. Wich content their readers want to read and buy is her speciality and has been her totaly focus the last five years. Li is leading a team with content developers and analysts and works close to the news rooms.
Li has also developed robot journalism and the automated articles generates great value for both existing and new subscribers and helps the journalists to focus on the unique stories.
Li has many years of experience as a sports journalist, news editor, coordinator and the last years with digital development.