Center for News, Technology & Innovation

The Center for News, Technology & Innovation (CNTI) is an independent research center, based in Washington, D.C., that examines issues that shape media and technology policy and convenes conversations among global experts in journalism and the internet. It was founded in 2023.[1]

Staff and board

Amy S. Mitchell, former managing director of news and information research at the Pew Research Center,[2] is the center's founder and executive director. Craig Forman, managing general partner at NextNews Ventures and former CEO of the McClatchy Co., is executive chair.[1]

Executive board members are Marty Baron, former editor of The Washington Post, The Boston Globe and the Miami Herald; Dr. Sangu Delle,[3] CEO of CarePoint (formerly Africa Health Holdings); Richard Gingras, vice president of news at Google; Paula Miraglia, co-founder and former CEO of Nexo Jornal;[4] Maria Ressa, co-founder and CEO of Rappler and a Nobel Peace Prize honoree; and Marietje Schaake, international policy director at Stanford University’s Cyber Policy Center and a former member of the European Parliament. More than two dozen industry and civil society leaders from around the world are members of the center’s advisory committee.[5]

Research

“We work on issues at the intersection of journalism and technology to enable a diverse, independent news media to maintain an open internet and foster informed policy discussions,” Mitchell told Editor & Publisher, a news industry publication, in 2025.[6] Among the center's research topics are artificial intelligence in journalism[7] (including deepfakes and algorithmic transparency); information integrity[8] (including disinformation, content moderation and an open internet); journalist safety[9] (including cybersecurity, online abuse and source safety); media sustainability and relevance[10] (including business models, copyright and public policy); and press freedom[11] (in the United States and around the world). As part of its Defining News Initiative, the center has partnered with journalism organizations on five continents on reports that examine the changing role of journalists in an evolving media ecosystem.[12][13]

In September 2025 CNTI assumed the stewardship of Newsgeist, a "network of news journalists, educators, entrepreneurs, and advocates working together to set a course to the future of news reporting in both digital and analog forms."[14] Founded in 2014 and funded by Google and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, it has been described as an annual "un-conference" of invited guests that is deliberately not public-facing so that participants can speak freely.

Funding

CNTI is a nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization. Initial funders included the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Google, the MacArthur Foundation, the Lenfest Institute and Craig Newmark Philanthropies.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Fischer, Sara (2023-08-22). "Exclusive: Media heavyweights form new research group to support free press". Axios. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
  2. ↑ "Amy Mitchell Archives". Pew Research Center. 2022-10-06. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
  3. ↑ "Sangu Delle". World Economic Forum. Archived from the original on 2025-06-23. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
  4. ↑ Communication, IMMAA (2024-06-06). "Dr. Paula Miraglia, Publisher of Gama Revista and Founder of the Journalism & Tech Task Force (Brazil)". IMMAA. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
  5. ↑ "About Us". Center for News, Technology & Innovation. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
  6. ↑ Miller, Bob (29 July 2025). "Beyond the think tank: how CNTI is building a global 'do tank' for journalism's future". Editor & Publisher. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  7. ↑ "Artificial Intelligence in Journalism". Center for News, Technology & Innovation. 2025-07-29. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
  8. ↑ "Addressing Disinformation". Center for News, Technology & Innovation. 2024-10-11. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
  9. ↑ "Journalists Who Face High Risks Require Better Security Practices to Provide News". Center for News, Technology & Innovation. 2025-07-23. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
  10. ↑ "Enabling a Sustainable News Environment: A Framework for Media Finance Legislation". Center for News, Technology & Innovation. 2024-09-20. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
  11. ↑ "World Press Freedom Day 2025: About Half of Surveyed Journalists Report Their Government Seeks Too Much Control Over Their Journalism". Center for News, Technology & Innovation. 2025-07-23. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
  12. ↑ Global Forum for Media Development (2025-03-24). "CNTI reports explore journalism in the age of AI: insights on safety, technology, and government". GFMD. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
  13. ↑ Blinder, Mike (2024-10-26). "Exploring the boundaries of journalism: Amy S. Mitchell on CNTI's Defining News Initiative". Editor and Publisher. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
  14. ↑ "Newsgeist". YouTube. Retrieved 2025-09-23.
This page is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.