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Polis LSE is currently accepting applications for its JournalismAI Skills Lab 2026. Interested applicants are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
The Skills Lab is a virtual, live instructor-led programme that runs over 14 weeks. The programme includes two sessions per week, each running for two hours. Participants are expected to dedicate 7 hours per week in total to the programme, including self-paced work.
Participants leave the Skills Lab with more than a certificate. Here's what's waiting for you inside the programme:
Learning from a curriculum co-designed with a product leaders and data scientists
Hands-on lessons in creating journalistic proofs-of-concept using GenAI, LLMs, and agents
‘Lecture’ and ‘Lab’ learning components, with a great degree of emphasis on hands-on experience
Candidates with at least some knowledge* of how AI systems are being used in journalism including but not limited to data journalists, reporters, editors, visual editors, copyeditors, product professionals etc.
Ideal candidates possess basic arithmetic and good numeracy skills to excel in the programme**
Ideal candidates have some knowledge and experience with Python
The Skills Lab is NOT for:
Candidates who are already proficient in using AI technologies and looking to significantly upgrade or enhance existing prototypes/tools
Independent journalists not affiliated with a news organisation
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