{"podcast":{"title":"Backlight","slug":"backlight-6136461","podcast_index_feed_id":6136461,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/d90d7698/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.lighthousereports.com/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/36315382/36315382-1707825089853-e71c6ddacf677.jpg","author":"Lighthouse Reports","episode_count":33,"summary":"Backlight is a podcast produced by the investigations team at Lighthouse Reports. Every month we take you inside real world investigations to explain how they work, who works on them and how to get involved.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T00:17:32.188546+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/backlight-6136461"},"episode":{"title":"Don’t leave AI reporting to the experts","slug":"don-t-leave-ai-reporting-to-the-experts","published_at":"2025-02-11T13:08:06+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/backlight-6136461/don-t-leave-ai-reporting-to-the-experts","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/backlight-6136461","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lighthouse-reports/episodes/Dont-leave-AI-reporting-to-the-experts-e2ung0t","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/d90d7698/podcast/play/98336221/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-1-11%2F159dc4fe-c327-6b9a-e80d-dcd89522bf39.mp3","summary":"This month, we discuss how journalists can investigate the ways AI is shaping the world around us and push for accountability from the companies and governments responsible for its use. We talk to AI reporter Karen Hao and Lighthouse reporter Gabriel Geiger who share insider tips on how to get started into AI reporting and how to incorporate it into your beat. Investigations mentioned in this episode: Lighthouse Reports: Suspicion Machines The Atlantic: Microsoft’s Hypocrisy on AI Hosts: ⁠⁠⁠Beatriz Ramalho da Silva⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠Tessa Pang⁠⁠⁠ Sound design, mixing and editing: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Spoovio - Audiovisual Productions⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ -- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BlueSky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ - and you can email us at backlight@lighthousereports.com","meta_description":"This month, we discuss how journalists can investigate the ways AI is shaping the world around us and push for accountability from the companies and gover…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1488,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/backlight-6136461/episodes/don-t-leave-ai-reporting-to-the-experts/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/backlight-6136461/don-t-leave-ai-reporting-to-the-experts.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}