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Flock Safety technology helped detect 53 missing people in Michigan and assisted in a hit-and-run case, as discussed in an interview emphasizing privacy protections.
An article chronicling the collapse of New Zealand's music media and venues, and introducing the author's initiative to build a new platform to cover the local music scene.
The FCC plans to repeal the 39% national TV ownership cap, replacing it with case-by-case reviews, a move criticized as benefiting large broadcasters and potentially harming local news.
Over 340 local news outlets have implemented measures to limit the Internet Archive's access to their content, likely due to copyright or scraping concerns.
Researchers from EPFL and Idiap apply NLP methods (topic modeling, sentiment analysis, readability scoring) to over 2000 hyper-local news articles to assess how well local French-language media serves migrant communities. The study combines focus groups with computational text analysis to identify gaps between local news content and migrant readers' needs.
Axios discusses how it uses custom AI tools, including a custom GPT called the Axiomizer, to streamline its local journalism workflow from story creation to editing and distribution. The AI helps reporters work faster on high-impact journalism while handling routine tasks, enabling sustainable local news coverage in more communities with smaller teams.
OpenAI and Microsoft have launched the Lenfest Institute AI Collaborative and Fellowship program to help local newsrooms adopt AI for business sustainability and innovation, with initial grants supporting five news organizations including the Chicago Sun-Times, Minnesota Star Tribune, and Philadelphia Inquirer.
OpenAI announces a partnership with the American Journalism Project, committing $5 million in funding plus up to $5 million in API credits to help local news organizations explore and deploy AI technologies. The collaboration aims to develop tools that enhance journalism while addressing challenges like misinformation, bias, and copyright concerns.