Summer School

The intensive training program will take place in Athens in September 2025. The Summer School will focus on Computational Journalism and Artificial Intelligence.

Over the past two years, IQ Media Hub has implemented multiple training programs and hosted two international conferences, pioneering in the areas of media digital transformation, new business models, data journalism, and artificial intelligence. The school intends to share the produced knowledge to Greek media professionals. The IQ Media Summer School will take place in Athens from September 8 to 12, 2025.

Key Features

Tailored Curriculum

The summer school offers a curriculum designed to address the unique challenges and opportunities within the Greek media landscape.

Innovation

Supporting bold ideas through in-person training, interactive workshops, and roundtables with some of the industry’s leading practitioners.

Local Journalism

Novel ways for journalists to support the community they serve using computational journalism and artificial intelligence.

The Summer School will cover the following topics, led by distinguished experts:

Data Journalism

Cheryl Phillips, Professor and Founder of the Computational Journalism Lab and the Big Local News initiative at Stanford University.

Constantinos Mourlas, Professor, Director of the New Technologies Laboratory, and Head of the Computational Journalism Group at the Department of Communication and Media Studies, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA).

Jonathan Soma, Professor of Data Journalism at the Columbia Journalism School.

Dhrumil Mehta, Professor of Data Journalism at both the Columbia Journalism School and the Harvard Kennedy School.

Artificial Intelligence, Transparency, and Accountability in Journalism

Nick Diakopoulos, Professor at Northwestern University and Director of the Computational Journalism Lab.

Catherine Sotirakou, Director of the IQ Media Hub and Visiting Professor at the Department of Communication and Media Studies, NKUA.

Bahareh Heravi, AI Advisor at the BBC and Professor at Surrey University, UK.

Martin Chorley, Professor and Dean of Undergraduate Studies at the School of Computer Science and Informatics, Cardiff University.

Social Media Journalism and News Verification

Elena Cabral, Professor and Associate Dean for Student and International Affairs at the Columbia Journalism School.

Marc Lavallee, Founder of Lyra TK,formerly Director of Journalism Technology Product & Strategy at the Knight Foundation and Executive Director & Head of Research & Development at The New York Times.