Daan Stokvis | PhD in HAICu: Investigative journalism and interpretive “deep” reporting
Daan Stokvis | PhD in HAICu: Investigative journalism and interpretive “deep” reporting | Overarching project : HAICu, https://www.haicu.science/ | RUG, Centre for Media and Journalism Studies
Promotor(es); supervisor(s): Prof Dr. M.J. (Marcel) Broersma and Prof. Dr. Y. (Yael) de Haan | 01 February 2025 – 01 February 2029 | d.j.stokvis[at]rug.nl
My PhD research is part of the HAICu project, a collaboration between AI and digital humanities researchers, journalists, and stakeholders in digital cultural heritage collections in the Netherlands. HAICu seeks to answer the following research question: ‘How can human-centered AI technology, along with its future institutional and individual users, provide new forms of reliable access and storytelling for the Netherlands vast yet largely untapped multimodal cultural heritage collections?’
People in the Netherlands struggle to navigate the ever-expanding volume of digital sources, making it difficult for both the public and professionals, such as journalists, to identify relevant and accurate information amid the constant flow of new data. This challenges understanding current events and reduces complex historical contexts to dominant narratives. To address this, HAICu aims to develop a multimodal online platform that provides reliable and easily accessible historical information about the Netherlands.
My PhD research focuses on interpretive “deep” reporting on migration and discrimination. I examine how journalists incorporate historical context into their coverage of these topics and explore the potential of an online platform that offers historical sources for this work. By examining the conditions under which journalists can integrate digital heritage collections into their reporting, my research will help improve the user-friendliness of these collections for professionals. Ultimately, the goal is to ensure that HAICu’s multimodal online platform becomes an important source for journalists, helping them to create nuanced and historically informed understandings of migration and discrimination in the Netherlands.
