Nikita Roy is a data scientist, news media entrepreneur and AI innovator. She hosts the globally acclaimed Newsroom Robots podcast, which consistently charts among the top technology podcasts across 25 countries.
Her digital news startup, The NRI Nation, has been incubated at Harvard Innovation Labs, a two-time semifinalist at the Harvard President's Innovation Challenge, and has received the Harvard Innovation Lab's Spark Grant.
Nikita has been a part of the International Center for Journalists' News Innovation Lab and the Google News Initiative Startups Lab. She was spotlighted as a notable Canadian youth founder and was selected for Canada's League of Innovators Accelerator in 2022.
She is the President of the Canadian Association of Journalists - National Capital Region chapter.
An alumna of the University of Toronto and Harvard University, Nikita aims to foster the responsible and innovative use of AI in newsrooms and conducts workshops, offers consultancy, and develops AI products.
Website: https://scholar.harvard.edu/nikitaroy
- Friday, Sep 29 - Misinformation, AI, and Elections: The Role of the News Industry in Safeguarding Democracy in the AI Era from ONA23
- Thursday, Sep 28 - Approaches In AI Innovation From Two of Europe's Public Broadcasters from ONA23
- Saturday, Aug 26 - Tiny, Scrappy And Hungry: How Small Newsrooms Can Launch Products On A Shoestring from ONA23