Media
Trusted information for every Caribbean community.
The Charge
Why Media exists
The Media Think Tank exists to help Caribbean journalism earn and keep public trust as AI changes how information is made and shared. It offers a place for journalists, editors, broadcasters, researchers and community media to work through practical questions together: what to verify, when to use AI, what to disclose and where human judgement must remain in charge.
Our starting priorities reflect the region: small newsrooms with limited time and budgets, audiences across islands and the diaspora, and languages and cultural context that generic AI tools can miss. The work will focus on useful guidance that protects sources, supports accurate reporting and keeps editorial decisions independent.
The Name
Caribbean media connect communities across islands, borders and languages. This Think Tank brings that public-service role into the age of AI.
What we work on
Focus areas
AI and media literacy
Help journalists and audiences understand what AI can do, where it fails and how to question claims about it.
Verification and evidence
Develop source-checking, provenance and deepfake-verification practices, with clear corrections when reporting gets something wrong.
Responsible newsroom AI
Evaluate tools for research, transcription, translation and production with human review, disclosure and protection of confidential sources.
Caribbean languages and culture
Test language tools against Caribbean English, Spanish, French, Dutch, Creoles and local language varieties without flattening their meaning or context.
Editorial independence and rights
Protect independent judgement, copyright and attribution, and examine how platforms and AI business models affect public-interest journalism.
Regional collaboration
Share training resources and practical lessons across large and small newsrooms, community broadcasters and independent media.
Who joins Media: Journalists, editors, broadcasters, publishers, community media, fact-checkers, journalism educators, media researchers and people working on public-interest information.
Practical value
What we plan to build together
These are proposed priorities for the group to shape with its contributors, not resources already published. The aim is practical help that a small newsroom can use, adapt and question.
Newsroom verification guides
Proposed checklists for assessing AI-generated images, audio and claims, tracing sources, recording uncertainty and handling corrections.
Clear AI reporting briefs
Planned plain-language explainers and reporting questions to help journalists examine AI claims, risks and effects on Caribbean communities.
Practical editorial standards
Draft guidance for human review, AI disclosure, source confidentiality, attribution and responsible use of transcription and translation tools.
Hands-on workshops and shared learning
Proposed sessions where contributors can test tools and guidance against regional reporting challenges, including Creoles and other local language varieties.
Bring a real newsroom challenge
Help choose the questions that matter, test guidance against everyday reporting, share language expertise, or contribute a workshop. Please use public or anonymised examples and protect confidential sources.
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Take your place in the Media Think Tank
Sign up to join the group, or tell us you want to help lead it. There is no fee, and membership is open across the Caribbean and the diaspora.
