Presenting: AI MediaLab Denmark

The Center for AI at DMJX and CIFS have jointly received a grant from the Google News Initiative for a two-year program aimed at kick-starting experimentations and skills development in the Danish newsrooms.
Artificial intelligence has made significant inroads into the nation’s news media. However, many organisations have yet to determine how AI can be most effectively integrated into their day-to-day operations.

Now a project is being launched that provides a shared foundation for strengthening dialogue, exchanging experiences, and exploring the possibilities of AI in editorial practice.

The aim is to give newsrooms a better grasp of how AI can be used and to open the door to new ideas, formats, and workflows—all with a view to creating concrete solutions that can be applied directly in the media’s daily work.

The project will be run jointly by the new Center for AI at the Danish School of Media and Journalism (DMJX) together with CIFS, which—as a central part of the project—will develop an innovation manual to help strengthen the media’s ability to work systematically with long-term development.

Funding for the project comes from the Google News Initiative, enabling the Center for AI and CIFS to work closely throughout 2026 and 2027 with 8–10 media organizations on a wide range of joint projects and experiments. The accumulated knowledge and practice will benefit the entire media industry.

CIFS will develop an AI Handbook

The project’s innovation handbook will be anchored in CIFS' H3 AI Lab. The purpose is to provide media organisations with a shared language and practical methods that can challenge short-term assumptions, open up new opportunities, and create new future-driven formats, services, and business models in a rapidly changing media landscape.

​Key objectives of the overall project

  • AI Readiness Scorecard, a simple tool that makes it easier for newsrooms to see where they stand and where there are opportunities for development.
  • Ethics Toolkit with tools that make it easier to address the ethical questions that come with AI.
  • Playbook with methods and recommendations.
  • Resource library: a collection of materials from across the entire programme.
This project is supported by an unrestricted grant from the Google News Initiative. All project partners retain full independence and autonomy in their work

Contact

Toke Hanghøj
Head of Communication & PR
tot@cifs.dk
+45 26 25 80 44
Søren Høyner
Web Coordinator
sth@cifs.dk
Bugge Holm Hansen
Head of Innovation and Technology
bhh@cifs.dk
+45 30 23 01 70
Sofie Hvitved
Futurist & Senior Advisor, Head of Media
shv@cifs.dk
+45 20 77 01 44
Adela Bisak
Advisor & Futurist
ab@cifs.dk
+45 33 11 71 76
Aron Szpisjak
Head of Health
as@cifs.dk
+ 45 91 10 61 75
August Leo Liljenberg
Editor
aul@cifs.dk
+45 42 72 21 80
Caitlin van Bommel
Publications Staff Writer
cvb@cifs.dk
+45 33 11 71 76
Casper Skovgaard Petersen
Head of Research & Publications
csp@cifs.dk
+45 42 53 32 13
Claus Sneppen
Associated Partner
csn@cifs.dk
+45 26 21 12 21
Gisela Eliasen
Associated Partner
gel@cifs.dk
+45 33 11 71 76
Karoline Sofie Lee
Advisor & Course Coordinator
kfl@cifs.dk
Klaus Æ. Mogensen
Associated Partner
klm@cifs.dk
+45 30 65 11 22
Kristian Mehlsen
Chief Operating Officer (COO), Senior Advisor & Futurist
kme@cifs.dk
+45 31 27 29 60
Magdolna Klára Kovács
Health Advisor & Futurist
mkk@cifs.dk
+45 33 11 71 76
Manya Lind, PhD
Senior Advisor & Futurist
ml@cifs.dk
+45 29 93 31 88
Martin Kruse
Senior Advisor & Futurist
mkr@cifs.dk
+45 30 65 11 04
Monika Volgyi
Advisor & Futurist
mov@cifs.dk
Morten Grønborg
Associated Partner
mgr@cifs.dk
+45 50 45 00 35
Nicklas Larsen
Senior Advisor & Head of Impact
nl@cifs.dk
+45 31 75 03 85
Patrick Henry Gallen
Senior Advisor & Futurist
phg@cifs.dk
+45 50 20 48 34
Peter Aadal Nielsen
Scientific Advisor
pan@cifs.dk
+45 31 52 55 93
Sara Frostig
Art Director
sf@cifs.dk
Sean Pillot de Chenecey
Associated Partner
spdec@cifs.dk
+44 (0) 772 045 0163
Simon Fuglsang Østergaard
Director & Futurist, Head of Foresight Training
sio@cifs.dk
+45 31 26 83 26
Tamira Snell
Head of Behaviour, Senior Advisor & Futurist
tsn@cifs.dk
+45 26 79 05 85
Thomas Geuken
Associated Director
tg@cifs.dk
+45 28 10 08 38
Thor Svanholm Gustavfson
Senior Advisor & Project Lead
tsv@cifs.dk
+45 28 77 47 97
Victor Zoega Sørensen
Research Assistant
vzs@cifs.dk
+45 33 11 71 76
John Hansen
Associated Partner
+45 33 11 71 76
Lourdes Velasquez Cabrera
Associated Partner
lfvc@cifs.dk
+45 33 11 71 76
Tessa Finlev
Associated Partner
Bogi Eliasen
Fellow
Rodrigo Fernández García
Advisor & Futurist
rfg@cifs.dk
+45 93 94 73 89
Luis Felipe Alvarez Vega
Junior Health Advisor
lfav@cifs.dk
Joseph Press
Associated Partner
jp@cifs.dk
Ask Ejlerskov
Advisor & Futurist
ale@cifs.dk
+45 28 19 38 46
Matt Klein
Associated Partner
Joanna Lepore
Associated Partner
Valentina Doorly
Associated Partner
Mikkeline Lykkesfeldt
Advisor
mily@cifs.dk
Torben Rene Uhrenholt
Associated Partner
tru@cifs.dk
Flemming Besenbacher
Fellow
Michael Johansson
Associated Partner
Lisa Di Giulio
Junior Advisor
ldg@cifs.dk
Giovanna Noronha
Junior Advisor
gn@cifs.dk
Anton Alfonsin Larsen
Junior Advisor
al@cifs.dk
Suus Hulsen
Junior Health Advisor
sh@cifs.dk
Ellen Impgaard Schou
Junior Advisor
eis@cifs.dk
Carsten Beck
Director & Futurist
cab@cifs.dk
+45 30 65 11 01
Anastasia Allanovna Rytkheu Nørager
Executive PA & Office Manager
ann@cifs.dk
+45 53 53 59 77
Lovisa Volmarsson
Senior Advisor & Futurist
lov@cifs.dk
+45 31 51 10 58
Lasse Jonasson
Chief Foresight Officer
lj@cifs.dk
+45 53 66 00 40
Helle Kallermann
CFO
hek@cifs.dk
+45 30 93 42 43
Nabil Ali Jaloud
Head of Business Development
naj@cifs.dk
+45 31 31 13 22
Jonas Gissel Mikkelsen
Fellow
Daria "Dasha" Krivonos
CEO & Futurist
dka@cifs.dk
+45 29 32 59 31