Janet Coats

This story originally appeared in UF News on Feb. 12, 2024. As the 2024 election season ramps up, voters are looking for reliable information about candidates to help them decide who to support on election day. Unfortunately, that reliability is threatened by a wave of disinformation that is bolstered by…

As the 2024 election season ramps up, voters are looking for reliable information about candidates to help them decide who to support on election day. Unfortunately, that reliability is threatened by a wave of disinformation that is bolstered by increasingly sophisticated artificial intelligence tools. “In 2024, we should be most…

Janet Coats, managing director of the University of Florida’s Consortium on Trust in Media and Technology, is featured in the video “ChatGPT and Media: A Conversation with Janet Coats,” part of a Building an Artificial Intelligence (AI) University discussion hosted by the UF AI2Center. In the video, Coats says she…

Consortium on Trust in Media and Technology Managing Director Janet Coats discusses the advantages and challenges of using generative AI in the reporting process.  This video was produced for the University of Florida’s AI Days in October 2023.     

This article by Janet Coats, managing director of the University of Florida’s Consortium on Trust in Media and Technology, and Kendall Moe, senior project manager and researcher for the Authentically project, originally appeared in the Nov. 16 issue of InContext, a publication by Digital Content Next. Trust – and the lack…

David Cuillier, director of the  Brechner Freedom of Information Project, and Janet Coats, managing director of UF’s Consortium on Trust in Media and Technology, will participate on panels for the virtual National Freedom of Information Coalition summit from Oct. 3-5. Cuillier will participate in two sessions. The first, “School Shootings…

Janet Coats, managing director of UF’s Consortium on Trust in Media and Technology, has been selected to selected to serve as an advisor on the new Center for News, Technology & Innovation (CNTI). Research executives have raised nearly $3 million to launch this independent policy research center focused  on global…

Janet Coats, managing director of UF’s Consortium on Trust in Media and Technology, is quoted in “DeSantis Campaign’s Use of Fake Images Against Trump Part of AI ‘Arms Race’” published in the Tampa Bay Times on June 14. The article focuses on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ political campaign’s apparent use…

Janet Coats, managing director of UF’s Consortium on Trust in Media and Technology, will be a participant in the Tech and the Future of News Workshop at the Computer History Museum (CHM) in Mountain View, California, on June 20. Her discussion will focus on technology and disinformation/misinformation. CHM, a leading…

Janet Coats, managing director of the Consortium on Trust in Media and Technology (CTMT) at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, will speak about the College’s Brechner Center for Freedom of Information at the Alachua County Library District’s Freedom of Information Day on March 16 at 5…

This column originally appeared on the Consortium on Trust in Media and Technology website.  With the reality of Elon Musk’s hostile takeover of Twitter setting in, many individuals, news outlets and communities are left in the wreckage of the social media giant. It has served the world as the preeminent…

In celebration of the University of Florida’s Core Values, the UF College of Journalism and Communications is focusing on Freedom and Civility. In this video, Janet Coats, Consortium on Trust in Media and Technology managing director, discusses the importance of media literacy and its impact on free expression and civil…