Defne Altıok is a digital journalist at +90, a DW-sponsored project developed with BBC, France 24 and VOA, BBC, dedicated to producing bespoke content for young audiences in Turkey. Having started her career in data-driven journalism, she joined DW through its traineeship program in 2018. Currently, she writes, edits, produces, and hosts content for +90, focusing on format development, constructive reporting, and data-driven journalism. She specializes in newsroom innovation and AI adoption, having participated in leading programs including LSE's JournalismAI Fellowship, CUNY’s AI Journalism Labs: Adoption Programme and SJN's Bridging News Fellowship. Her work spans developing new editorial frameworks and building AI-driven tools for newsrooms, including systems for agenda tracking, news recommendation, and bias detection.
With Mara Bierbach, Çağrı Özdemir, Melis Yüksel, Elke Sandtner, Dennis Lichtenstein, Cordula Nitsch, Anja Kueppers-McKinnon, Beenish Javed and Defne Altıok
How do you produce constructive journalism that resonates? In this Deep Dive workshop, journalists and market researchers from Germany’s international broadcaster share what works and why.
With Çağrı Özdemir, Özge Artunç, Defne Altıok and Lars Boering
Discover how +90, part of Deutsche Welle, overcame hurdles to deliver quality journalism in Turkey's challenging political landscape. At our proposed panel discussion at b° future festival, we share lessons from tackling the 2023 earthquakes and covering the recent general election. Learn about the power of constructive journalism and help shape the future of media in Turkey and beyond.