The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism is hosting a seminar to explore issues relating to AI journalism.

Methodologies for tracking and reporting AI is part of the Global Journalism Seminar series run by the Institute.

Emmy-award winning journalism Professor Hilke Schellmann will deliver the talk at 1pm on 14th February.

For more details or to register, click here.

The Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has come out fighting in 2024 – already agreeing to be grilled in TV interviews by Laura Kuenssberg and Piers Morgan.

And later this week ITV will broadcast “Rishi Sunak: Up Close” – a programme that promises to deliver to some personal insights into the famously image-conscious prime minister.

Deputy political editor of ITV News, Anushka Asthana, got rare access to Sunak as he returned to his family home in Southampton and joined him as he watched Saints at St Mary’s.

Media watchers and Tory strategists will be carefully watching how Sunak performs.

They’ll want to see if he can handle the confrontational approach of the sit-down interviews, while also coming across a a normal human being in the long-form documentary format.

BBC Local Radio audiences declined by 10% in the second half of last year, according to the latest RAJAR figures.

The results follow major restructuring at the BBC that saw established local radio presenters leaving the corporation and an increase in programme sharing across regions.

Analysis by Press Gazette found that the BBC’s local radio services in England collectively had a weekly reach of 4.9 million in the Q4. Full report here.