For my JOUR 306: Digital Technology and Social Strategies for Media course here at Biola University, we were asked to use AI tools to help create a solution to Journalism. I worked on this project with my classmate, Alexis, and from here we decided to work towards finding approachable AI tools.
The first resource we used to create our video was ChatGBT, this allowed us to ask the generated AI to create problems/solutions that journalists are currently facing with social media. Once we got a good enough prompt, we continued to tweak the solutions to make more sense with what we wanted to create.
Our final Problem/Solution was:
Problem: The rise of personalized, algorithm-driven news feeds further isolates individuals within their own driven media, reinforcing pre-existing beliefs and hindering the dissemination of objective and diverse perspectives.
Solution: By actively curating your social media feeds, engaging with reliable journalists, and staying informed through diverse sources, you can contribute to a more balanced and unbiased news consumption experience.
After we had successfully found our problem/solution, we asked ChatGBT to give us a script for a video. There were a few problems while doing this, mainly the lack of information it was giving us. But once you asked the software to go more in depth, it worked out. We had to work more on the prompt so that the AI didn’t ramble on without answering the solution.
We then worked on creating the video with a platform called Pictory Ai. This allowed us to input our AI generated script and allow the website to decide how the video should be crafted. After our second try at the website and moving a few things around for the slides, the video came out pretty well! We then picked an AI voiceover to deliver the script to finish off the project.
Overall the process was interesting to say the least. It showed me how powerful AI can truly be when you use it correctly. There are still some bugs that you have to work around but nonetheless it’s pretty seamless.