JournalismAI Skills Lab 2026 for Journalists

The JournalismAI Skills Lab 2026 is a 14-week, free, virtual programme designed for professionals to learn how to practically implement LLMs, GenAI, and agents in their journalistic work. It aims to upskill participants in using AI technologies to develop tools, prototypes, or proofs-of-concept and to deepen knowledge of building with AI for newsroom projects.

Hands-on lessons, curriculum co-designed with product leaders and data scientists, and opportunities to develop journalistic proofs-of-concept using GenAI, LLMs, and agents

Candidates with some knowledge of how AI systems are being used in journalism; ideal candidates have basic arithmetic and some knowledge of Python.

Applications are open; see the official page for details and prerequisites including a letter of support from the applicant's news organization.