Summer School
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
The summer school offers a curriculum designed to address the unique challenges and opportunities within the Greek media landscape.
Supporting bold ideas through in-person training, interactive workshops, and roundtables with some of the industry’s leading practitioners.
Novel ways for journalists to support the community they serve using computational journalism and artificial intelligence.
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.