Anna Averkiou Media

04/11/2024

A really interesting article about the use of AI replacing traditional sketches for court reporting. https://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2024/news/law-column-ai-images-a-modern-take-on-the-traditional-court-sketch/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawGVb1ZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHd20WQZRF7JUs8k5Q1u3uHzWv3HY-FUeJkJR-61Mig72t42QBgWQeC4f0w_aem_CYazxDMM-UyTH02TS3qQsA

Our fortnightly lookat legal issues facing journalists

04/11/2024

Good to see the new Chair of the BBC is actively fighting for what is one of the UK's greatest soft powers, public service broadcasting.

Samir Shah, the BBC chair, says rules that bind terrestrial broadcasters give US streaming services an unfair advantage

01/11/2024

There's still time to enter the Chartered Institute of Journalists Young of the Year Awards.

29/10/2024

Good , office etiquette, , and were just some of the many topics I covered during All Spring Media Ltd's latest for 3rd ADs. They resulted in some really open and encouraging conversations amongst this fantastic cohort who worked so well together. Good luck with your future hashtag in the .

29/10/2024

Honoured to be invited back to judge this year's AIB - Association for International Broadcasting Awards. Good luck to all the finalists.

With our 2024 awards around the corner, we wanted to introduce our judges.

Meet Anna Averkiou!

24/10/2024

I always enjoy working on mock media interviews as part of the recruitment process for senior Fire Service candidates with Dave Etheridge OBE & Martin Blunden from Fire Knowledge. We put candidates through their paces to see how they would cope and perform in a real media interview.

08/09/2024

Fascinating but very scary for the future of journalism.

A data annotator reveals the threat his job poses to the art of real writing – and big tech’s growing concerns over AI’s limitations

08/09/2024

Fascinating -but scary.....

A data annotator reveals the threat his job poses to the art of real writing – and big tech’s growing concerns over AI’s limitations

01/08/2024

"Preparation, preparation preparation!" That's been one of the key take-aways of a really enjoyable week teaching World Food Programme staff in Nairobi and field locations about Oral and skills. Keep up your amazing work! It's always good to work with the Albany Associates team.

25/07/2024

This is an incredibly important initiative to get the for a pilot for a new series about what happened to the 3.8m taxpayers who were deliberately refused any meaningful government support during the . Many still haven't recovered and have lost everything.

Production of a TV drama pilot documenting the scandal of 3.8m UK taxpayers EXCLUDED from fair financial support during the COVID-19 crisis

04/06/2024

With BBC news app alerts reaching as many as 7m Britons, parties are desperately trying to influence what gets pushed out....

06/05/2024

I've just returned from a fantastic, enlightening and humbling week working with World Food Programme teams in Cox's Bazar and Dhaka teaching and Skills. Everyone was so kind, friendly and welcoming and they really got stuck in with the tasks. It was a pleasure working there. I learnt a lot about the amazing work they all do to help the Rohingya refugees - who seem to be forgotten after almost 8 years - and how they are helping to alleviate food poverty in Bangladesh. Their passion and care for those they help is incredible. Thanks to Albany Associates for sending me there and to the WFP for their hospitality.

12/04/2024

Sobering article about the difficulties facing . I'm so grateful I had the opportunity to pursue the career I loved for many years before the onset of and now, . There is still some really good journalism being done - but more often than not by staffers working for big media outlets. Most freelance rates just aren't worth the time and effort needed to write a decent story. No

Up to 25 reporters from 20 countries shared their struggles, painting a stark picture, with shrinking rates, second jobs and mental health issues

10/04/2024

10/04/2024

I've just spent the day receiving an eye-opening introduction to AI Enabled Content Production through a CIM - The Chartered Institute of Marketing workshop. It's managed to alleviate some of my fears regarding the impact of by highlighting its immediate benefits to enhance and streamline our work. However, it’s clear we're only at the start of the AI journey, and things are moving rapidly with regard to its mind-blowing potential to do SO much more.
In the meantime, I'm already looking at where I need to adapt my business to better serve my clients in certain instances and incorporate AI into content.

(Rest assured - I still believe in good old-fashioned and won't be taking short-cuts there!)

05/03/2024

A new "credentials" feature will help audiences around the world differentiate between real and fake BBC content when they see what might appear to be BBC stories on external sites.

'Content credentials' will show how BBC journalists have verified content's authenticity

03/03/2024

An interesting Sunday read about a Nazi-bating propagandist and lessons to be learnt for today in relation to and conspiracy theorists.

British propagandist Sefton Delmer’s remarkable ability to tap into the psyche of wartime Germans has lessons for our world of personality cults and conspiracy theories

29/02/2024

With some 90 local journalists killed, foreign correspondents are calling on Israel for access to Gaza through Israel and Egypt, saying it would help them bolster the efforts of local journalists whose safety is at risk.

Open letter: More than 55 foreign correspondents have issued a plea for access to Gaza through Israel and Egypt.