A propos/about
Laurence Dierickx
PhD #newsautomation (Information and Communication, ULB/ReSIC/LaPIJ).
Master in Information and Communication Sciences and Technologies (MASTIC/ULB)
Ex-(professional)(computational)journalist
Scientific Collaborator ReSIC (Université Libre de Bruxelles, ULB)
Member LaPIJ (Laboratoire des Pratiques et des Indentités Journalistiques)
Data journalism teacher (Jounalism Master, ULB) Syllabus
Postdoc researcher at Bergen University, Department of Information Science and Media Studies (AI/Fact-Checking/Information Disorder - NORDIS)
Research fellow DDC x TrygFonden / University of Southern Denmark (generative AI and fact-checking)
Member of the editorial board of Politique
View contributions on Datajournalism.com
Webdoc "Quatrième Révolution"
@ohmyshambles – Contact : aloha ( at ) ohmybox ( dot ) info
Short Biography
Laurence Dierickx is a researcher and a digital & data journalism
teacher. Her field of expertise is AI-driven
journalism & fact-checking, with a focus on ethics,
data-centric approaches, user needs/experience. She is also
conducting a research project on generative AI and risks mitigation.
She has a
professional background in (data and computational) journalism.
She holds a master's degree in journalism and science and
technology of information and communication. Her PhD focused on
the integration of news automation within professional practices.
Academics/publications
- Media and Communication: Screens as Battlefields: Fact-Checkers’ Multidimensional Challenges in Debunking Russian-Ukrainian War Propaganda
- Lecture Notes in Computer Science (MISDOOM 2024): Striking the Balance in Using LLMs for Fact-Checking: A Narrative Literature Review
- communication + 1: Journalism and Fact-Checking Technologies: Understanding User Needs
- Disinformation in Open Online Media. MISDOOM 2023. Lecture Notes in Computer Science: The Information Disorder Level (IDL) Index: A Human-Based Metric to Assess the Factuality of Machine-Generated Content
- International Journal of Communication: Automated Fact-Checking to Support Professional Practices: Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis
- 5th International Conference on Advanced Research Methods and Analytics (CARMA 2023): AI in the newsroom: A data quality assessment framework for employing machine learning in journalistic workflows
- 2023 10th IEEE Swiss Conference on Data Science (SDS): Fine-Tuning Languages: Epistemological Foundations for Ethical AI in Journalism
- C+J DataJ Conference 2023: The Ethical Dimensions of Data Quality for Automated Fact-Checking
- NORDIS Report on Fact-Checkers' User Needs
- Les Cahiers du Jounalisme L’adéquation aux usages, un remède contre l’échec
- Journal of Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice Between fear and confidence. The dual relationship between journalists and news automation
- Journalism News automation, materialities, and the remix of an editorial process
- Equal Times Artificial intelligence and journalism: a race with machines (EN, FR, ES)
- Les carnets du LaPIJ Journalisme algorithmique : un état de l’art de la recherche
- Brazilian Journalism Research The Social Construction of News Automation and the User Experience
- First Monday Journalists as end-users: Quality management principles applied to the design process of news automation
- Sur le journalisme Information automatisée et nouveaux acteurs des processus journalistiques
- Proceedings of #COBCIBER6: Automated news production within the uses and professional practices
- Computation + Journalism Symposium 2019: Why News Automation Fails
- Terminal 122|2018: Du statut d’objet technique à celui d’objet social dans le contexte de la production automatisée d’informations journalistiques
- Conference GIJC 2017/Investigative Journalism Education Consortium: News bot for the newsroom: how building data quality indicators can support journalistic projects relying on real-time open data
Revue de presse/press review
- Lire l'interview sur Méta-Média: Robot-rédacteur et méta-journaliste, la nouvelle équation gagnante ?
- Lire sur le site de la Fédération européenne des journalistes (EFJ): Faut-il avoir peur des robots-journalistes ?
- Read on the EFJ's website: The ethical aspect of "robot journalism
- GEN Summit 2016 (Vienne): Three reasons why you shouldn’t feel threatened by robot journalism (Global Editors Network)
- GEN Summit 2016: Warum Roboter schon bald die Drecksarbeit für Journalisten machen werden (Vice.com)
- GEN Summit 2016: Did a robot write this article? The upsides and downsides of automated journalism (BBC Blog)
- Lire sur le site de l'EPJT/Assises du journalisme (2017): Robots, amis ou ennemis ?
- Citation dans Méta-média n°13 "Et si les médias redevenaient intelligents" : Télécharger le rapport PDF (Article : "Robots journalistes, ces mal aimés... et mal nommés").
- A propos de Bxl'air bot (Sciences et Avenir): Bxl'air bot : un robot surveille en direct la pollution
- Conférence "The media in the post-truth era" (Varsovie, nov.2017): Media w czasach postprawdy (SDP)
- The media in the post-truth era (2017): Internet jak bańka mydlana (Prawy, Pl)
- The media in the post-truth era (2017): Elszigetel a Facebook az értelmes vitától (Magyar Nemzet, Hu)
- Global Investigative Journalism Conference (#GIJC17), academic track organized by Investigative Journalism Education Consortium: Tips on Teaching Data and Investigative Journalism
- Robot journalism - Shall we be afraid? (EFJ, Mediaroad, 2018): Are robots a threat or an opportunity for journalists?
- Lire sur RTBF.be (2018): Intelligence artificielle et emploi: "La technologie n'est pas toute noire ou toute blanche"
- Lire sur Alter Echos (2018): Un an avec un robot
- Conference "Robot journalim: should we be afraid?" (EFJ, Lisbon, 2018): Robot Journalism – We should not be afraid
- Lire sur LeSoir.be (14/11/2018): «Bonsoir, je suis une IA et voici les titres du 20h»: quand des robots présentent le JT
- How artificial intelligence is transforming journalism (EqualTimes, 28/11/2018): Lire l'article (en/fr/es)
- In Deutschlandfunk Kultur, 09/02/2019: Woran Journalismus-Roboter scheitern
- Lire sur Medium, 27/09/2019: Ecriture automatisée : que peut y gagner la presse régionale française ?
- In Universum.net (romanian), 31/05/2020: Zeci de jurnaliști, înlocuiți de Microsoft cu Inteligența Artificială. Ar trebui să ne temem de ”jurnaliștii-robot”?
- M24.no (Norwegian), 25/05/2023: Kunstig intelligens kan gi kunstig tillit
- M24.no (Norwegian), 03/07/2023: Vi trenger bedre verktøy mot falske nyheter
- Le Soir, 05/07/2023: L’intelligence artificielle prête à remplacer commentateurs et journalistes ?
- The Fix, 06/07/2023: How AI can be used to fight disinformation
- The Fix, 11/07/2023: AI tools to detect disinformation – a selection for reporters and fact-checkers
- IJNet, 26/07/2023: Tracking disinformation? These AI tools can help
- RTBF, 03/08/2023: Pourquoi le travail des femmes risque d’être plus impacté par l’intelligence artificielle que celui des hommes
- Daily Science, 20/10/2023: Une avalanche d’outils à découvrir, à maîtriser, et (peut-être) à utiliser
- The Fix, 24/11/2023: Review of RSF's new guidelines on using AI in journalism
- The Fix, 28/11/2023: Here’s how European organisations are approaching ethical use of AI in journalism
- EDMO Blog, 24/01/2024: The Information Disorder Level (IDL) Index: An experiment to assess machine-generated content’s factuality
- EDMO Blog, 15/07/2024: Fact-checking the war in Ukraine, or when the screens have become battlefields