"I am a Foreign Correspondent" Training Held, Hu Wan-Ling Encourages All-Round Journalists in AI Era
Central News Agency's "I am a Foreign Correspondent" training camp has commenced, where President Hu Wan-Ling delivered a speech on journalism in the AI era. She emphasized the importance of balancing AI utilization with human professionalism and ethics, calling for journalists to become versatile professionals in this new era.
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(Central News Agency reporter Chiu Tsu-ling, Taipei, 25th) The 9th "I am a Foreign Correspondent" training camp for the northern region by the Central News Agency kicked off today. Central News Agency President Hu Wan-Ling shared her overseas reporting experiences and discussed how journalism should adapt in the era of artificial intelligence (AI), encouraging trainees to become all-round journalists in the AI era.
The two-day event is being held at the auditorium of Chunghwa Telecom Laboratories. On the first day, Hu Wan-Ling opened the lecture with the topic "All-Round Journalists in the AI Era."
"Can AI replace journalism? Yes and no," said Hu Wan-Ling. She explained that "yes," AI can organize primary data, generate repetitive content, enhance productivity, and create new formats. However, "no," because the professional qualities, value judgments, and ethical considerations of journalists cannot be replaced.
She noted that in the past, media colleagues often complained about too many typos by reporters, but such complaints seem to have decreased in the past two years. AI can help correct errors in articles, but she reflected, if AI were to "break down" one day, would more errors appear again, asking, "Has the advent of AI made humanity progress or regress?"
Hu Wan-Ling stated that journalism must still be human-centered. AI might assist in improving news content and correcting errors, but actual news reporting and verification still need to be done by journalists. While content rewriting might be replaced by AI in the future, the "first-hand news information" and the "true news organization" remain human-centric.
Hu Wan-Ling also shared her rich overseas reporting experiences, including Nobel Peace Prize laureate the Dalai Lama, stateless Thai-Burmese veterans with unclear international identities, Taiwanese heads of state visiting abroad under diplomatic constraints, and multiple on-site investigative reports in "North Korea."
Hu Wan-Ling stated that "foreign correspondents" must first understand Taiwan, have a full grasp of Taiwan, and then care about the world from a Taiwanese perspective. Even when reporting local news, they must "be on site for reporting, presenting the truth," write about topics of concern to Taiwanese people, and compare Taiwan with international related persons, events, and things.
The "I am a Foreign Correspondent" event responds to the pulse of the times, incorporating AI sustainability, international literacy, and news power as new main themes. It aims to combine AI sustainability (digital literacy) and international literacy (cross-cultural understanding) with news power, media literacy, and international media resources to help young people build more comprehensive international competitiveness in an environment where technology and globalization intersect.
The central region training camp will be held on May 9th and 10th at Chunghwa Telecom College's Taichung Liming Hall, and the southern region training camp will take place on May 23rd and 24th at Kaohsiung's Grand Hi-Lai Hotel. Trainees will undergo preliminary selections for internship qualifications during the training, with opportunities to intern at Central News Agency, and selected junior correspondents can intern abroad for one month.
In the previous eight sessions, a total of 1,390 students participated in the training camps, with accumulated participation reaching 21,464. Thirty-five junior correspondents were selected, traveling to 8 countries (Germany, USA, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, and India) and 11 cities.
The "I am a Foreign Correspondent" series of events is guided by the Ministry of Culture and sponsored by Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd., CTBC Bank Co., Ltd., First Commercial Bank, Ever Rich Duty Free Shop Corporation, Mega Bank, and Mega Bank Cultural & Educational Foundation. (Edited by Li Ming-chung) 1150425
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(Central News Agency reporter Chiu Tsu-ling, Taipei, 25th) The 9th "I am a Foreign Correspondent" training camp for the northern region by the Central News Agency kicked off today. Central News Agency President Hu Wan-Ling shared her overseas reporting experiences and discussed how journalism should adapt in the era of artificial intelligence (AI), encouraging trainees to become all-round journalists in the AI era.
The two-day event is being held at the auditorium of Chunghwa Telecom Laboratories. On the first day, Hu Wan-Ling opened the lecture with the topic "All-Round Journalists in the AI Era."
"Can AI replace journalism? Yes and no," said Hu Wan-Ling. She explained that "yes," AI can organize primary data, generate repetitive content, enhance productivity, and create new formats. However, "no," because the professional qualities, value judgments, and ethical considerations of journalists cannot be replaced.
She noted that in the past, media colleagues often complained about too many typos by reporters, but such complaints seem to have decreased in the past two years. AI can help correct errors in articles, but she reflected, if AI were to "break down" one day, would more errors appear again, asking, "Has the advent of AI made humanity progress or regress?"
Hu Wan-Ling stated that journalism must still be human-centered. AI might assist in improving news content and correcting errors, but actual news reporting and verification still need to be done by journalists. While content rewriting might be replaced by AI in the future, the "first-hand news information" and the "true news organization" remain human-centric.
Hu Wan-Ling also shared her rich overseas reporting experiences, including Nobel Peace Prize laureate the Dalai Lama, stateless Thai-Burmese veterans with unclear international identities, Taiwanese heads of state visiting abroad under diplomatic constraints, and multiple on-site investigative reports in "North Korea."
Hu Wan-Ling stated that "foreign correspondents" must first understand Taiwan, have a full grasp of Taiwan, and then care about the world from a Taiwanese perspective. Even when reporting local news, they must "be on site for reporting, presenting the truth," write about topics of concern to Taiwanese people, and compare Taiwan with international related persons, events, and things.
The "I am a Foreign Correspondent" event responds to the pulse of the times, incorporating AI sustainability, international literacy, and news power as new main themes. It aims to combine AI sustainability (digital literacy) and international literacy (cross-cultural understanding) with news power, media literacy, and international media resources to help young people build more comprehensive international competitiveness in an environment where technology and globalization intersect.
The central region training camp will be held on May 9th and 10th at Chunghwa Telecom College's Taichung Liming Hall, and the southern region training camp will take place on May 23rd and 24th at Kaohsiung's Grand Hi-Lai Hotel. Trainees will undergo preliminary selections for internship qualifications during the training, with opportunities to intern at Central News Agency, and selected junior correspondents can intern abroad for one month.
In the previous eight sessions, a total of 1,390 students participated in the training camps, with accumulated participation reaching 21,464. Thirty-five junior correspondents were selected, traveling to 8 countries (Germany, USA, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, and India) and 11 cities.
The "I am a Foreign Correspondent" series of events is guided by the Ministry of Culture and sponsored by Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd., CTBC Bank Co., Ltd., First Commercial Bank, Ever Rich Duty Free Shop Corporation, Mega Bank, and Mega Bank Cultural & Educational Foundation. (Edited by Li Ming-chung) 1150425
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