Team & Partners

team members, project partners and strategic alliances

AI work in a newsroom rarely sits with one person. This card looks at who is involved: staff, freelancers, outside vendors, and partner organizations that shape how AI gets used. A team pauses here to map who is in the room and who is missing.

Questions to explore

// use these as prompts in a workshop or on your own. There are no right answers.

Who in the newsroom is actually responsible for choosing and using AI tools today?
Which outside vendors or partners shape the AI you rely on, and how much do you know about them?
How do you decide when to build something in-house versus working with an external partner?
What skills or perspectives are missing from the people currently making AI decisions?
How are freelancers and contributors included in the rules you set for AI use?

Expert voices

// notes from the journalists and AI experts who helped shape this kit

“Is it worth having a separate AI team in a media organization? Decide who should be on it and which functions it covers.”

Anastasiia Korinovska, Suspilne

“Co-create with experts: it strengthens both the content and the community, and expert involvement improves adoption and reach.”

Bahia Albrecht, DW Akademie

Things to consider

List both internal people and external partners before deciding who owns each AI decision.
A partner who controls a tool also shapes what you can and cannot do with it.
The people closest to the daily work often see risks that leadership does not.

using this card

Pull Team & Partners when it is relevant and set it aside when it is not. Pair it with the other AI Conversations cards, lay them out on a table, and use the questions above to get everyone on the same page. Capture what you discuss on sticky notes or in a shared doc.