Join our webinar on 19 November at 15:30 EET to hear what research- and practice-based evidence is already available. We bring together insights from projects in Finland and Canada, creating a meeting ground for researchers, developers, and media professionals.
What to expect:
- Welcome from professor Laura Ahva, Tampere University
- Keynote from business editor Kate Hopwood, The Canadian Press: Experiences on different tools, including the Gender Gap Tracker, from Canada’s oldest and largest news agency
- Lessons learned from 4-years-long design project of the News Diversity Meter, developed and tested in cooperation with several Finnish media houses; Doctoral Researcher Matleena Ylikoski, Tampere University
- Open discussion on methods, validation, limits, and future directions for advancing diversity in journalism
- Closing words by Kirsikka Kaipainen, DigiSus research platform, Tampere University
Who are proposed to attend:
- Researchers working on media, journalism, and language technologies.
- Developers and data scientists building content analysis pipelines or newsroom tools.
- Journalists, editors, and product leads seeking evidence-based ways to monitor and strengthen news diversity.
- Journalism students interested in news diversity.
When:
- Wednesday, 19th November 2025
- 14:30–16:30 CET / 15:30–17:30 EET (Finland time) / 08:30–10:30 EST
- Webinar link: https://tuni.zoom.us/j/65408113767?pwd=KBGCPNK7YKDQyo1tcG7FAvG3BkrRaQ.1
- Save the date, bring a cup of something warm, and join from your own time zone!
If you want to receive a calendar invite to this webinar, or PP-presentations after the webinar, please register to the event here.
The event is organised by Matleena Ylikoski, Laura Ahva and the News Diversity Meter research team, supported by DigiSus seed funding.
You can also read about the News Diversity Meter project’s outcomes in Finnish in Tampere University news.
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Picture: Meeri Hentilä