{"podcast":{"title":"CANADALAND","slug":"canadaland-317958","podcast_index_feed_id":317958,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/630ceae33fe37400122828c6","website_url":"https://www.canadaland.com/shows/canadaland/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/630ceae33fe37400122828c6/1743698771719-50c87864-d5ab-4617-8806-05f66a4e5c26.jpeg","author":"Jesse Brown","episode_count":1611,"summary":"The best newspaper in Canada is a podcast. Original reporting, sharp political analysis, and media criticism you won’t get anywhere else. Keeping you informed about what’s happening now in your country. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-23T10:17:59.362732+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/canadaland-317958"},"episode":{"title":"Is A.I. a Threat or an Opportunity for Canadian Newsrooms?","slug":"is-a-i-a-threat-or-an-opportunity-for-canadian-newsrooms","published_at":"2026-07-10T10:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/canadaland-317958/is-a-i-a-threat-or-an-opportunity-for-canadian-newsrooms","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/canadaland-317958","url":"https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/6a5043a30be8a677173e9e3a","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/630ceae33fe37400122828c6/e/6a5043a30be8a677173e9e3a/media.mp3","summary":"Canadian newsrooms are hesitant to embrace A.I. but new tools offer the potential to revolutionize workflows and expand the capacity of individual journalists. Rather than a threat to journalism, Kevin Newman joins Julian Abraham to explain why A.I. should be viewed as an opportunity for newsrooms to create new business models and do more in-depth reporting.   Host: Julian Abraham Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Kallan Lyons (Associate Producer and Fact Checking), Caleb Thompson (Mixing and Mastering), Tristan Capacchione (Senior Production Supervisor), Jesse Brown (Editor) Guest: Kevin Newman Photo: igovar igovar Additional music by Audio Network Students and new-to-audio reporters: Canadaland is launching another year of our Audio Journalism Fellowship!  If you’re a journalism student or audio storyteller looking to gain some invaluable experience, this is a really unique opportunity. Find out more: https://www.labs.canadaland.com/   Further reading:  Journalists pushing AI into newsrooms are practicing terrible journalism - Halifax Examiner The way I briefed myself six months ago is now laughably obsolete - Alex Panetta [Substack] AskLaura.ai - AI Fact Checking ABC will trial using AI for journalism. What are the risks and benefits? - The Conversation AI in Canadian newsrooms: media engaging cautiously - J-Source Empowering newsrooms with AI and advanced technologies - Reuters  Opinion | The Star tried something with AI it had never done before. Then, we pumped the brakes. Here's why - Toronto Star The New York Times Got Caught Using AI Hallucinations in Its Reporting | The Walrus Iran Is Trolling Us and We’re Not Doing Anything About It - The New York Times ‘Horrendous’ Toronto police scandal allegations linked to Ryan Wedding coc…","meta_description":"Canadian newsrooms are hesitant to embrace A.I. but new tools offer the potential to revolutionize workflows and expand the capacity of individual journal…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1901,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/canadaland-317958/episodes/is-a-i-a-threat-or-an-opportunity-for-canadian-newsrooms/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/canadaland-317958/is-a-i-a-threat-or-an-opportunity-for-canadian-newsrooms.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}