Charlie Beckett

Director of Polis and Journalism AI Project, The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK

Charlie Beckett is a professor in the Department of Media and Communications. He is the founding director of Polis, the London School of Economics’ international journalism think-tank.

Professor Beckett is currently leading the Polis Journalism and AI project. He was director of the LSE’s Truth, Trust and Technology Commission that reported on the misinformation crisis in 2018.

He was an award-winning filmmaker and editor at LWT, BBC and ITN. He began his career on the South London Press and ended it as a programme editor at Channel 4 News where he covered major stories such as the terrorist attacks on New York and London.