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CONTENTS
COVER
STORY
32AI AND THE FUTURE
OF JOURNALISM: A VALUABLE
TOOL THAT CAN BECOME A LETHAL WEAPON
By Martin Mazur
07EDITORIAL By Gianni Merlo 16FROM THE WORLD
48 AIPS NEWS FROM DELEGATES 48
52 AIPS SPORT WORLD NEWS
66 TIME OUT Oscar Pistorius: What future for him? I wrote a book with him in 2018. I only knew his sensitive soul, not the fierce one By Gianni Merlo
ON THE COVER: What a newsroom could look like if AI had fully taken over and human journalism had become obsolete. Image generated by Dall-E3, the image creator powered by OpenAI
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IRANIAN COLLEAGUES NILOOFAR HAMEDI AND ELAHEH MOHAM-
MADI RELEASED ON $200,000 BAIL AFTER 15 MONTHS IN JAIL
Niloofar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi, the Iranian colleagues who have been in prison for more than a year for their coverage of the death of Mahsa Amini, have each been re- leased on $200,000 bail pending their appeal. It was also reported on Sunday, January 14 that until their appeal is heard they are banned from leaving the country. They have been in prison for 15 months because they simply carried out their work.
28 FOCUS AIPS AND UNESCO, HAND IN HAND AGAINST RACISM AND DISCRIMINATION
By Carlos Julio Castellanos
29 FOCUS IOC PRESIDENT BACH GUEST OF HONOUR FOR URUGUAYAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS
By Ernesto Ortiz Gomez
30 FOCUS AIPS STRESSES ROLE OF SPORTS JOURNALISM IN PROMOTING CULTURE
AND HERITAGE AT BEIJING INTERNATIONAL MEDIA FORUM By Jura Ozmec
31 FOCUS GENDER EQUALITY STEREOTYPES ON FOCUS AS SPORT MEDIA PROFESSIONALS CONVERGE AT “ALL IN PLUS” INFORMATIVE SESSION
By Chibuogwu Nnadiegbulam
35 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE THE LINE BETWEEN INNOVATION AND JOURNALISTIC INTEGRITY By Azra Isic
36 LA28 THE NEW OLYMPIC SPORTS FOR LA28: BASEBALL- SOFTBALL, CRICKET, FLAG FOOTBALL, LACROSSE AND SQUASH By Gianni Merlo
38 LA28 WILL IOC RECOGNISE HAUDENOSAUNEE CONFEDERACY TO PLAY LACROSSE AT LOS ANGELES 2028 OLYMPICS?
By Jaap de Groot
40 LA28 BACH: “LA28 ADDITIONAL SPORTS ARE FULLY IN LINE WITH THE AMERICAN SPORTS CULTURE”
By Chibuogwu Nnadiegbulam
42 OLAF BROCKMANN SPRINTING THROUGH 40 YEARS OF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
By Olaf Brockmann
44 AIPS AMERICA SUCCESSFUL SEMINAR MARKS 40 YEARS OF AIPS AMERICA By Jairo Giraldo Jiménez
46 CHENGDU SPORTS CITY OF THE FUTURE By Jaap de Groot
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2023 BEST IN COUNTRIES
Champions 2023
AIPS MAGAZINE 04.23 DIRECTOR OF EDITORIAL BOARD Gianni Merlo MEMBERS OF EDITORIAL BOARD Esat Yilmaer - Roslyn Morris EDITORIAL STAFF Martin Mazur - Chibuogwu Nnadiegbulam - Nadine Alsheikh Hassan - Stefano Carnevale - Azra Isic ART DIRECTOR Carlo Pozzoni / www.nordcapstudio.it AIPS MAGAZINE is the official publication of the International Sports Press Association (AIPS)
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