Paul Quigley: How NewsWhip Uses AI to Help Newsrooms Predict Viral Stories

Paul Quigley, the CEO of NewsWhip, joins Nikita Roy to discuss how NewsWhip aids newsrooms in identifying trending stories and predicting viral news through real-time social media monitoring and analytics. He discusses how his team is integrating large language models and shares his perspective on the transformative impact that generative AI could have on the news media business model.NewsWhip, an innovative technology, is utilized by PR professionals and journalists in over 80 countries. Leading newsrooms, including the Associated Press, Reuters, and BBC, are among its users.NewsWhip provides low-cost access to its tools for numerous researchers, universities, and NGOs. Since 2017, NewsWhip has played a key role in tackling misinformation. It is utilized by the WHO and numerous fact-checking organizations to counter political disinformation.Before founding NewsWhip, Paul was an attorney based in New York City, specializing in international dispute resolution. He holds law degrees from Trinity College Dublin and an LLM in International Law from NYU. He is a winner of the Emerging EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award.🔔 Introducing Generative AI for Media Pros Masterclass. A Wondertools + Newsroom Robots CollaborationA Live Cohort-Based Course taught by Jeremy Caplan & Nikita RoyJeremy Caplan: Director of Teaching and Learning at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York and the founder of Wondertools.Nikita Roy: Data scientist, journalist, media entrepreneur. Host of the Newsroom Robots podcast. She was a two-time semi-finalist in the Harvard President's Innovation Challenge at Harvard University's Innovation Labs and has led AI literacy workshops at places like the City University of New York's Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, the International Center for Journalists, and the University of Toronto.Sign up to be the first to know when course registration opens. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.