“Is it ready for primetime, ready to be released to the masses? Absolutely not…But can it be done? Can you design an AI system that attends a city meeting and generates a story? Yeah, I did it.”
“We believe for local news to have a future, it has to be built for people when they truly need information before it is built for people when they are just curious.”
“The grants will fund an organization’s first dedicated revenue positions, or grow an existing revenue team. Most will fund at least two new full-time positions for 24 months dedicated to revenue and fundraising.”
“The goal is not to produce content for media outlets. It’s to repair broken bridges with local government, to get people to the meetings, get their voices heard, and figure out the line between where the active citizen and journalist is.”
Chicago’s City Bureau is betting on local residents doing this sort of low-key not-quite-journalism at meetings, and now it’s expanding the model to Detroit.
Bilton, Ricardo. "In Chicago, two news orgs are using texting and live events to widen the reach of their reporting on lead." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 10 Feb. 2017. Web. 23 Jul. 2024.
APA
Bilton, R. (2017, Feb. 10). In Chicago, two news orgs are using texting and live events to widen the reach of their reporting on lead. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved July 23, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2017/02/in-chicago-two-news-orgs-are-using-texting-and-live-events-to-widen-the-reach-of-their-reporting-on-lead/
Chicago
Bilton, Ricardo. "In Chicago, two news orgs are using texting and live events to widen the reach of their reporting on lead." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified February 10, 2017. Accessed July 23, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2017/02/in-chicago-two-news-orgs-are-using-texting-and-live-events-to-widen-the-reach-of-their-reporting-on-lead/.
Wikipedia
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