Jessica Cecil

Media leader. Founder, Trusted News Initiative. Tech working for everyone. Former BBC Chief of Staff, Editorial Leader and Emmy Nominee. Women in tech advocate.

[Jessica Cecil @JessicaCecil]

@JohnSimpsonNews Thank you @JohnSimpsonNews - Mahmoudi was kind and courageous and took risks so @BBCNews could report from inside Iran, when it was allowed to do so RIP

[Allan Nixon @AllanNixon]

Brilliant new substack by my colleagues @zivreichert & @JessicaCecil on the future of media in the world of AI - and what it means for society.

Well worth signing up 👇

[European Union in the UK @EUdelegationUK]

The event showcased the long standing collaboration on this topic between London and Brussels as well as other like minded partners. 
🔹 Read more about the London FIMI Forum here:
https://t.co/XmTQiO9GP5

[European Union in the UK @EUdelegationUK]

International experts & independent researchers from the EU, the U.K. and from across 🌍 gathered to share insights and discuss potential collective responses to the growing challenges posed by FIMI.

[European Union in the UK @EUdelegationUK]

On 14th October, we hosted the fourth edition of the #LondonFIMIforum - Countering Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI).

Elections, lessons from Ukraine, the effects of #FIMI in Africa as well as the security and defence angle were the leading themes.

[Jessica Cecil @JessicaCecil]

@anneapplebaum Sophie Pedder - Economist

[Jessica Cecil @JessicaCecil]

Great to be part of a fascinating discussion @QEII_Academy with @anitalowenstein

[QE II Academy @QEII_Academy]

Thanks to @anitalowenstein and @JessicaCecil for leading the Policy Leadership School in a discussion that is particularly important this year - the media’s role in the year of elections!

[Jessica Cecil @JessicaCecil]

@rasmus_kleis Thanks yes - starkly highlights: good journalism matters to democracy but good journalism isn’t going to be a happy accident of current markets

[Jessica Cecil @JessicaCecil]

Very best analysis of news industry & sobering findings. More people avoiding news & when they do consume it are increasingly rejecting news organisations’ own site/apps, taking news from platform feeds instead. Quality journalism costs so how to pay for it? #DNR24 @rasmus_kleis

[Reuters Institute @risj_oxford]

Our Digital News Report 2024 is out!

📊 47 markets
🌏 95,000 respondents
✍️ Authored by @nicnewman @richrdfletcher Craig T. Robertson @amyross87 @rasmus_kleis & our partners

📱Explore now https://t.co/UjcCkX4KXc
🧵Findings in thread #DNR24

[Akin Unver @AkinUnver]

This is very, very sad. Solidarity with @stanfordio and very alarmed that top institutions conducting cutting-edge research on internet repression and algorithmic authoritarianism are being suppressed in the US. https://t.co/QwyUB0LBNB

[Jessica Cecil @JessicaCecil]

@_FelixSimon_ Brilliant congratulations Felix

[Jessica Cecil @JessicaCecil]

Terrible to learn of the death of the wonderful Michael Mosley. I was lucky enough to work with him for several years at the BBC: the effervescent curiosity, creativity and intense kindness was always there. My thoughts are with Clare and their children. RIP my friend.

[Jessica Cecil @JessicaCecil]

Great to see @rasmus_kleis and the @risj_oxford new initiative on AI and the news industry - with a shared understanding of the opportunities, the news industry can best navigate what is going to be a massive upheaval

[Rasmus Kleis Nielsen @rasmus_kleis]

Over the years, we have worked on AI and what it means for news with @StructStories @ginasue @maosbot @HilkeSchellmann @rishadist @JessicaCecil @Arthur_Grimo and many others.

Looking forward to expanding what we do on AI w/seed funding from @reuters and in partnership w/@TRF 6/7

[Instituto Reuters en español @risj_espanol]

🤯 Consecuencias ineludibles

¿Qué impacto tendrá la inteligencia artificial generativa en el sector periodístico?

Ese es el eje de un informe de @JessicaCecil, basado en tres mesas redondas que organizamos con líderes de medios, plataformas y expertos.👇https://t.co/6pultKZnzp

[Jessica Cecil @JessicaCecil]

@ifru_london @carljackmiller @acsector @Demos @KingsCollegeLon @UN @sciencespoEDJ @BBCLondonNews @UNAIDS Great to take part in such a lively debate on such an important theme @ifru_london

[Felix M. Simon @_FelixSimon_]

Nearly missed this, but @JessicaCecil has produced a great summary of three roundtables with publishers, platforms & policy folks on (gen) AI and news held at @risj_oxford worth a read & the thread pulls out some of the key highlights (full disclosure: I was rapporteur for this)

[Jessica Cecil @JessicaCecil]

@_FelixSimon_ @risj_oxford Thanks Felix for your wisdom on this

[Institut français UK @ifru_london]

At a time when truth and transparency are all the more needed, how to tackle the expansion of fake news? 

With experts @carljackmiller, Charlotte Sector @acsector and @JessicaCecil. 

#nightofideas #FaultLines 8 Feb @ifru_london

[French Embassy UK🇫🇷🇪🇺 @FranceintheUK]

An essential discussion during #nightofideas at @ifru_london about combating disinformation. Fake news & manipulations of ideas often shape the geopolitical landscape and impact public opinion, so it’s a common challenge we have to tackle.
@JessicaCecil
@acsector
@carljackmiller

[Rasmus Kleis Nielsen @rasmus_kleis]

There was a very high willingness among participating news publishers to experiment with new GenAI tools, @JessicaCecil found in @risj_oxford workshops, at the same time, many news organisations are concerned that their interests do not align with those of tech platforms. More ⬇️