News futures: (re-)designing socio-technical systems for news production and consumption

The news and information ecosystem is undergoing significant upheaval across processes of news production and consumption. For instance, AI integration in newsrooms and the rise of independent creators on digital platforms exemplify shifts in production and dissemination, while evolving audience behaviors of information-seeking show how consumption is changing. This workshop aims to convene researchers and designers in HCI and news to examine these socio-technical shifts across stakeholders, activities, and technologies, and explore how design can support newswork and public engagement with news. Participants will engage in collaborative activities to reflect on current challenges facing news producers and audiences, synthesize the state of research in news and HCI, and identify future research directions. By bringing together diverse perspectives, we aim to nuance our understanding of the evolving news ecosystem and design socio-technical systems that strengthen journalism’s democratic function.