NewsTech Initiative to Hold Workshop on "Strategies for Applying AI Agents in Newsrooms"

The industry-academia collaboration platform NewsTech Initiative announced on September 29, 2026, that it will host a workshop titled "Newsroom and AI Agents: Implementation Strategies and Practice – Public API Integration, Data Query & Change Detection, Desk Briefing Practice." The event will take place on October 7 at the International Conference Hall of the Seoul Global Center Building in Jongno-gu, Seoul, and is aimed at working journalists and technology development managers from media outlets.

The event is organized by the Digital Communication Research Center (DCRC) at Konkuk University. NewsTech Initiative, the Digital Committee of the Korea Newspaper Association, and the Korea Online Newspaper Association are jointly hosting, with sponsorship from Google.

Seminar held on August 25 last year by NewsTech Initiative. NewsTech Initiative

The "AI agent," which has recently emerged as a new challenge for newsrooms, is an advanced form of artificial intelligence that goes beyond simple question-and-answer chatbots. It autonomously plans work steps and uses external tools such as public APIs to accomplish assigned tasks. The workshop has been designed to specifically explore, from the field perspective, practical implementation methods for AI agents and the reliability of their outputs.

The program is divided into three sections. The first section, "AI Agents and Newsrooms," will feature Minkee Kim, Professor at the Department of Business and Technology Management at KAIST, analyzing the evolution toward an agent-based economy and changes in the news media value chain. This will be followed by Youngbin Noh, Head of Governance Insights at the NC AI Global Business Division, who will discuss technical considerations and governance checklists necessary for building AI agents.

The second section, "Hands-on Practice with AI Agents," will be led by Jangmin Oh, Professor at the Department of AI Convergence at Sungshin Women’s University. Participants will gain a sense of fact-checking by directly practicing how AI agents generate evidence-based briefings using data from the Financial Supervisory Service’s Open DART electronic disclosure system and the KOSIS national statistical portal.

The third section, "Sharing AI Agent Use Cases," will be moderated by Yongseok Hwang, Professor at Konkuk University’s Department of Media & Communication. Panelists include Hyunjung Jung, Deputy Editor at Electronic Times, Youngjun Choi, Teaching Fellow at Google News Lab, and Younghoon Yu, Head of AI Data at Maekyung AX. The panel will discuss real-world experiences integrating AI agents in the newsroom, including technical and organizational limitations and future directions for development.

Registration is open until October 2 on a first-come, first-served basis via the provided online application link. Participation is free (lunch included), and a certificate of completion will be issued to those who complete the entire program.

NewsTech Initiative will continue discussions on journalism innovation based on newsroom technologies by holding a second workshop in December, following this inaugural event.

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