July 16, 2025
Hong Kong – The rise of Artificial technology Emphasised by participants at the ASEAN Media Capacity Building Workshop, journalists and editors also state that while journalists and editors need to prevent excessive reliance on AI, journalists and editors need to prevent excessive reliance on AI.
The workshop began in Hong Kong on Monday and was organized by China's mission to ASEAN Every day Chinaparticularly with the rise of AI, it aims to increase competitiveness in media organisations in ASEAN countries in light of the ongoing transformation of journalism.
Instructors during Tuesday's workshop China's Daily Asia Pacific Editing news reports highlighted the role of AI as a valuable assistant. They emphasized that AI is excellent at detecting spelling and grammar errors, and that it is excellent at extracting important information from large datasets. Both instructors and participants say that using AI can greatly improve the efficiency of newswriting.
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However, both instructors and participants warned of being too dependent on AI, expressing concern that if excessive reliance on technology damages news coverage skills, reporters could lose their jobs. Romuro T. Leweve, Deputy Director of Multimedia Division China's Daily Asia Pacificemphasised that while AI can assist reporters with preliminary tasks such as information gathering, it is unacceptable to write an entire article with AI because of the risk of serious factual errors.
Robert Hope Jones, Multimedia Managing Producer China's Daily Asia Pacificin the workshop, we discussed how to better utilize mobile devices for effective news reports and how to use technical equipment to increase the efficiency of digital reporting.
Swaan Jun, a senior journalist at Murray Mail, said Every day China That Tuesday's workshop was comprehensive and practical. This marked her third visit to Hong Kong, and she was her last 18 years ago. The transformation of the city is surprising, she observed, particularly the dramatic surge in skyscrapers.
Jun added that he is very excited about his trip to Shenzhen on Thursday.
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Media guests from Cambodia, Indonesia and Thailand also shared their experiences using AI while writing news. They pointed out that their home countries will accelerate the development of administrative guidelines for the use of AI in journalism, ensuring reasonable, legal and compliant applications of artificial intelligence (AI).
