The nature of jour­nal­ism is under­go­ing a trans­for­ma­tion. New dig­i­tal tools, such as AI, Big Data, as well as the dis­tri­b­u­tion chan­nels of social media are chang­ing what is required, what is pos­si­ble in terms of career and offers a new set of chal­lenges. What are these exact­ly? How can jour­nal­ism retain its cred­i­bil­i­ty in the dig­i­tal age? How will it ensure its inde­pen­dence in this era of vast­ly dis­parate opin­ions in dig­i­tal space? How can the pop­u­la­tion digest the cur­rent infor­ma­tion flood con­sist­ing of real and fake reports? How does jour­nal­ism cre­ate room for thinkers to have dis­cus­sions on what we want to achieve using all that is pos­si­ble in the dig­i­tal world?

In her lat­est Duet inter­view, Dr Cal­daro­la, author of Big Data and Law, and Prof. Christi­na Elmer, the first Pro­fes­sor for data jour­nal­ism and dig­i­tal jour­nal­ism in Ger­many, dis­cuss the many impor­tant changes in journalism.