Newsroom Robots
Episodes
Kati Erwert & Tristan Loper: How The Seattle Times uses AI to drive revenue in local news
12 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
At The Seattle Times, an AI tool identified a new prospect and helped close additional ad revenue in a single day. The Seattle Times is one of 11 news...
Kat Downs Mulder: Inside Yahoo’s AI Strategy for the Future of News
13 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
For years, the aggregator model was simple: curate the best journalism from thousands of publishers and send audiences their way. Now that contract is...
CNN, The New York Times, Reuters, and Hacks/Hackers on AI in the Newsroom: In Conversation with Arlyn Gajilan, Burt Herman, Ryan Struyk and Rubina Madan Fillion
02 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
AI is settling in as infrastructure within newsrooms, a layer quietly reshaping how journalists discover information, how stories move through product...
Uli Köppen: How Bavarian Broadcasting is preparing for an AI-mediated future where trusted content wins
02 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Most major newsrooms have now moved beyond early experimentation with AI. The main challenge now is determining how to govern effectively, scale consi...
Melissa Bell, Aron Pilhofer, Mark Chonofsky & David Chivers: Chicago Public Media on Building AI Tools That Serve the Audience
27 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Chicago Public Media operates two distinct news brands: WBEZ, the public radio station, and the Chicago Sun-Times, the legacy newspaper. With audio an...
Alessandro Alviani & Fabian Heckenberger: How Germany’s Süddeutsche Zeitung is building AI products that audience can trust
10 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
By 2026, most leading newsrooms have moved past the question of whether AI belongs in their organization. Now the key question is: what does a sustain...
Francesco Marconi & Scott Austin: 2025 Year in Review, What Actually Changed in AI and Media
01 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
2025 wasn’t just another year of AI experimentation in the media industry. It forced the industry to confront a bigger question: what happens when A...
Jim Friedlich, David Chivers & Matt Boggie: How the Lenfest AI Collaborative placed AI engineers in 10 newsrooms
19 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Philadelphia Inquirer never had an AI engineer on staff until the Lenfest AI Collaborative & Fellowship program changed that.The col...
Tav Klitgaard: How Zetland turned a newsroom problem into a global AI business
15 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Newsroom Robots, host Nikita Roy is joined by Tav Klitgaard, the CEO of the Danish newsroom Zetland, to unpack the origin story of GoodTa...
Markus Franz: How Germany's Ippen Digital Is Prototyping the AI-Powered Newsroom of the Future
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How do you redesign a newsroom’s entire workflow when AI is no longer a single tool, but a collection of agents, voice interfaces, and ambient intel...
Olle Zacharison: How BBC News is Shaping its AI Strategy for the Next Era of Journalism
15 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How do you bring AI into a newsroom as big and globally distributed as the BBC, an editorial network that stretches across 42 languages and more than ...
Vilas Dhar: Why the Future of Journalism Is Still Human
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Newsroom Robots, host Nikita Roy sits down with Vilas Dhar, President of the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation, one of the world's foremost ...
Ludwig Siegele: Inside The Economist’s AI Playbook
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How does a 182-year-old global magazine stay ahead in the age of generative AI? This week on Newsroom Robots, host Nikita Roy is joined by Ludwig Sieg...
Ivar Krustok: How Estonia’s Media Giant Builds AI That Actually Works
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Estonia, Delfi Meedia has built one of the strongest foundations for AI in journalism. With one of the highest digital subscription rates in the wo...
Djordje Padejski: Why AI Literacy Belongs at the Core of Journalism Education
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As a new academic year begins, journalism schools face a defining challenge: how to prepare students for a profession being reshaped by AI.At Stanford...
Sara Beykpour: The Next Chapter in News Aggregation
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, host Nikita Roy is joined by Sara Beykpour, co-founder and CEO of Particle News — the AI-powered news aggregator. Launched in...
Florent Daudens: How Open-Source AI Puts Newsrooms Back in the Driver’s Seat
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if the future of journalism isn’t locked behind the paywalls of big tech companies, but freely available to every newsroom willing to embrace i...
Fabian Heckenberg, Naja Nielsen & Gard Steiro: The Hard Truths About AI Every Newsroom Leader Can’t Ignore (Recorded Live at Nordic AI in Media Summit 2025)
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this live episode of Newsroom Robots, host Nikita Roy moderates a panel discussion recorded at the Nordic AI and Media Summit in Copenhagen. The co...
Gina Chua: Where Journalism’s Value Lives When AI Tells the Story
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this live episode, host Nikita Roy sits down with Gina Chua, Executive Editor of Semafor, recorded at an event at New York University hosted in col...
Zach Seward: How a Five-Person AI Team Is Powering Innovation at The New York Times
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this live episode, host Nikita Roy sits down with Zach Seward, Editorial Director of AI Initiatives at The New York Times, recorded at the ONA x Ne...
Cheryl Phillips: How AI Is Uncovering Hidden Stories in Local Government
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When officials in Santa Clara County (home to Silicon Valley) publicly proclaimed they were not sharing data with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce...
Kasper Lindskow: Building a Scalable AI Infrastructure at Denmark's JP/Politikens Media Group
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to AI adoption, experimentation is easy—scaling is hard. So, what is the difference between AI projects that fade out and those that t...
Rune Ytreberg and Lars Adrian Giske: How iTromsø is Building an AI-Ready Foundation for News
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine a newsroom where AI agents assist with reporting, actively surface leads, analyze government data, and help journalists navigate complex inves...
Rune Ytreberg & Lars Adrian Giske: Building AI Tools for Investigative Journalism in Local News
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Translating a journalist's gut instinct into code—is it possible? In Norway, iTromsø—a long-standing regional newspaper known for its investigati...
Neil Brown: The Pulitzer Prizes, AI Transparency, and Journalism’s Next Evolution
10 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Neil Brown, president of The Poynter Institute and former chair of the Pulitzer Prizes, joins host Nikita Roy to discuss the Pulitzer Board's decision...
Upasna Gautam: The Product Manager's Guide to AI in News
27 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Upasna Gautam, Senior Platform Product Manger at CNN and Chair of the Board of Directors at the News Product Alliance, joins host Nikita Roy to discus...
Agnes Stenbom: Reimagining News Through the Eyes of Gen Z
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Agnes Stenbom, Sweden’s AI Person of the Year and Head of IN/LAB and Trust Initiatives at Schibsted Media, joins host Nikita Roy to discuss how one ...
Ritvvij Parrikh: Personalization Vs. Editorial Judgment? At The Times of India, You Can Have Both
23 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ritvvij Parrikh, Senior Director of Product at Times of India, joins host Nikita Roy to discuss how AI-powered personalization is transforming news di...
Martin Schori: The AI Hub Powering Innovation at Sweden’s Aftonbladet
12 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Martin Schori, Deputy Managing Editor and Associate Publisher at Aftonbladet, joins host Nikita Roy to discuss how Sweden’s largest newsroom built a...
Your Questions Answered: A Live Q&A Session in Collaboration with the Online News Association
02 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode of Newsroom Robots, host Nikita Roy steps into the spotlight to answer your pressing questions about AI. Recorded during a ses...
Congresswoman Anna Eshoo: Shaping the Future of AI Policy
09 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.), co-chair of the U.S. Congressional AI Caucus and one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people in AI, shares her pers...
Natali Helberger: Audience-Centric Approaches to AI Ethics in Media
24 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Natali Helberger, Professor of Law and Digital Technology at the University of Amsterdam, joins host Nikita Roy to explore the complex ethical landsca...
Garance Burke: A Journalist's Guide to Investigating Artificial Intelligence
08 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Garance Burke, a global investigative journalist at the Associated Press, joins host Nikita Roy to discuss the crucial role of journalism in holding A...
Ole Reissmann: Revolutionizing a Legacy Newsroom with AI at Germany's Der Spiegel
19 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ole Reissmann, Director of AI at Der Spiegel, joins host Nikita Roy to discuss how the legacy German news organization is harnessing AI to enhance the...
Jaemark Tordecilla: Unlocking the Potential of Custom GPTs for Newsrooms
05 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jaemark Tordecilla, Nieman Fellow at Harvard University, joins host Nikita Roy to discuss the potential of using custom GPTs for journalistic purposes...
Adrian Gill: How AI Image Generation is Revolutionizing the Graphic Design Industry
26 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Adrian Gill, the founder and CEO of Ad Hoc Industries and the former creative director of the Harvard Innovation Labs, joins host Nikita Roy to explor...
Mattia Peretti: Balancing AI Innovation with Journalistic Integrity
01 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mattia Peretti, former manager of Journalism AI at the London School of Economics and current Knight Fellow at the International Center for Journalist...
Florent Daudens: Building an AI-Literate Newsroom at Radio Canada
29 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Florent Daudens, the outgoing Director of Newsgathering and Deployment at Canada's National Public Broadcaster, Radio-Canada, joins Nikita Roy to shar...
Ezra Eeman: Navigating the AI Frontier at the Dutch Public Broadcaster NPO
14 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ezra Eeman, the Director of Strategy & Innovation at the Dutch Public Broadcaster NPO joins Nikita Roy to discuss NPO's AI strategy, revealing the...
Craig Newmark: Philanthropy's Role in Supporting Journalism in the AI Era
02 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Craig Newmark, internet pioneer and founder of Craigslist, joins Nikita Roy to talk about the past, present, and future of AI. Craig is a visiona...
How Germany’s Ippen Digital is Fine-Tuning Large Language Models for Their Newsroom
17 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From fine-tuning large language models, to discussing modular journalism, to developing an AI tool to help track misinformation, there’s a lot to un...
Alessandro Alviani (Part One): Building AI Products with an Editor-Centric Approach
09 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rather than AI replacing journalists, Alessandro Alviani believes editorial teams can leverage AI to enhance and augment their work. Formerly as ...
Jeff Jarvis (Part Two): Rethinking the journalism business model in the age of AI
01 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff Jarvis joins Nikita Roy in the second part of his conversation to discuss how journalism business models will be affected by the rise of generati...
Jeff Jarvis (Part One): Should AI have the ‘right to read’ news like humans do?
23 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff Jarvis joins Nikita Roy to discuss whether AI companies should be allowed to use news media's copyrighted content to train their models. Jar...
Aliya Itzkowitz and Sam Gould (Part Two): Potential of Multimodal AI and Autonomous AI Agents in Publishing
16 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Aliya Itzkowitz and Sam Gould from FT Strategies join Nikita Roy to discuss the capabilities of multimodal AI and AI agents within the publishing indu...
Aliya Itzkowitz & Sam Gould (Part One): Insights from FT Strategies' AI Design Sprint Day
06 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Aliya Itzkowitz and Sam Gould from FT Strategies join Nikita Roy to discuss their AI Design Sprint that they used to help nearly 20 publishers identif...
Nina Brown & Jared Schroeder: The Legal Implications of Generative AI in the Newsroom
29 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Nina Brown and Jared Schroeder join Nikita Roy to break down the intellectual property implications of generative AI models and explore the legal impl...
Felicitas Carrique: News Product Management in the Age of AI
22 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Felicitas Carrique, Executive Director of the News Product Alliance joins Nikita Roy to discuss the key components of building a successful AI product...
Louise Story: How to Lead AI Innovation Across a News Organization
15 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How does a newsroom leader spearhead AI innovation when AI still remains a buzzword to much of their staff? Louise Story joins Nikita Roy to high...
David Clinch: The Cost-Benefit Analysis of Building vs. Buying AI Tools
08 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
David Clinch, the Vice President of Partnership at Mather Economics and Managing Director at Media Growth Partners, joins Nikita Roy to discuss the cr...
Simon Willison: How Datasette Helps with Investigative Reporting (Part 2)
02 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this second part of the episode with Simon Willison, he shares how Datasette, the open-source data exploration and publishing tool he built, could ...
Simon Willison: OpenAI's New Features & Security Risks of Large Language Models (Part 1)
24 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Simon Willison, the creator of the open source data exploration and publishing tool Datasette, joins Nikita Roy to discuss the recent turmoil at Open ...
Lynn Walsh: Building Trust in News in the AI Era
17 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lynn Walsh, the Assistant Director of Trusting News, joins Nikita Roy to discuss how newsrooms should think about their relationship with audiences wh...
Mario Garcia: How AI is Unleashing New Creative Potentials in Journalism
10 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Mario R. Garcia, Senior Adviser on News Design and Adjunct Professor at Columbia University, joins Nikita Roy to discuss how artificial intelligen...
Paul Quigley: How NewsWhip Uses AI to Help Newsrooms Predict Viral Stories
02 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Quigley, the CEO of NewsWhip, joins Nikita Roy to discuss how NewsWhip aids newsrooms in identifying trending stories and predicting viral news t...
Jeff Sonderman: Leveraging Generative AI to Optimize Business Processes
27 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Newsroom Robots now has a newsletter! Subscribe to receive podcast summaries and be the first to know when a new episode is released. Sign up here.In ...
Ernest Kung: How The Associated Press Built Five AI Tools for Local Newsrooms
21 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ernest Kung, the AI Product Manager for The Associated Press joins Nikita Roy to share how the AP has been helping local newsrooms implement artificia...
Charlie Beckett & Munmun De Choudhury: The Role of the News Industry in Safeguarding Democracy in the Age of AI-Generated Misinformation (Recorded at Online News Association's Onward 2023)
13 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Charlie Beckett, Professor and Founding Director of Polis, the international journalism think tank at the London School of Economics and Munmun De Cho...
Uli Köppen & Miranda Marcus: Approaches In AI Innovation From Two of Europe's Public Broadcasters (Recorded at Online News Association's Onward 2023)
05 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Uli Köppen, Head of AI + Automation Lab and Co-Lead of BR Data at Germany's Public Broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), and Miranda Marcus, Head of...
Nick Diakopoulos: The Potential of Fine-Tuning Large Language Models on Newsroom Data
28 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Nick Diakopoulos, Communication Studies and Computer Science Professor at Northwestern University joins Nikita Roy to discuss the opportunities fine-t...
Francesco Marconi: Opportunities and Challenges of Large Language Models in Journalism
20 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Francesco Marconi, the co-founder and CEO of AppliedXL, joins Nikita Roy to discuss the opportunities and challenges that Large Language Models presen...
Chris Dinn: How a Toronto News Startup Developed an AI Chatbot to Analyze & Report on Municipal Budgets
14 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Dinn joins Nikita Roy to talk about building AI bots for his Toronto news startup, Torontoverse. Chris also explores the Online News Act's effec...
Mark Hansen: How Generative AI Can Help With Data Journalism
07 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Hansen joins Nikita Roy to discuss how generative AI can enhance data journalism, particularly by accelerating coding tasks. The discussion also ...
Liam Andrew: Building a Data Infrastructure for AI Innovation at The Texas Tribune
31 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Liam Andrew, the Chief Product Officer at The Texas Tribune joins Nikita Roy to discuss how they built a data warehouse and analytics hub to provide t...
Uli Köppen: Algorithmic Accountability, Generative AI and Automation in Journalism at Germany's Bayerischer Rundfunk (Bavarian Broadcasting)
23 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Uli Köppen, head of the AI + Automation Lab at German Public Broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk, joins Nikita Roy to discuss how BR's newsroom has inte...
Jeremy Caplan: Exploring the Landscape of AI Tools to Boost Productivity
17 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jeremy Caplan joins Nikita Roy to discuss the evolving landscape of AI tools by analyzing their use cases, addressing the challenges they present, and...
Scott Brodbeck: Early Experiments with Generative AI in Local News & Lessons Learned
09 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Scott Brodbeck joins Nikita Roy to discuss his experiments using generative AI in his local newsroom, from creating completely AI-generated newsletter...
Elite Truong: From The Washington Post to American Press Institute, Leading AI Innovation in Newsrooms (Part Two)
03 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the second part of this episode with Elite Truong, she shares her work leading AI products like Metrics for News and Source Matters at the American...
Elite Truong: From The Washington Post to American Press Institute, Leading AI Innovation in Newsrooms (Part One)
02 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Elite Truong joins Nikita Roy to delve into her journey of leading AI products, first at The Washington Post and now at the American Press Institute, ...
Aimee Rinehart: How AI is Transforming News Production at The Associated Press and Beyond
27 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Aimee Rinehart, the Senior Product Manager of AI Strategy for The Associated Press joins Nikita Roy to discuss how AP is using AI and the tools bein...
Mark Briggs: Creating an AI-Ready Newsroom Culture
20 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Briggs joins Nikita Roy to discuss the core components necessary for building an AI-ready newsroom culture. Mark also shares the findings of a re...
Dalia Hashim: Building an Ethical AI Strategy & Tips for Engaging with AI Vendors
12 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dalia Hashim joins Nikita Roy to unpack the nuances of incorporating AI into journalism. She provides critical questions to consider when engaging wit...
Santiago Lyon: How Adobe’s Content Authenticity Initiative is fostering digital provenance
05 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Santiago Lyon joins Nikita Roy to discuss how Adobe's Content Authenticity Initiative is taking an active role in combating misinformation through dig...
Gregory Gondwe: Uncovering Stereotypes in Generative AI Models and How Journalists in sub-Saharan Africa Use ChatGPT
28 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Gregory Gondwe joins Nikita Roy to discuss the embedded stereotypes and biases in Generative AI models that put the Global South at a disadvanta...
Ryan Restivo: Inside the Product Life Cycle of Building an AI-Powered SEO Tool
21 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan Restivo joins host Nikita Roy to discuss the product life cycle of building a generative AI product. As a Reynold’s Journalism Institute (RJI) ...
Jay Allred: How a Local Newsroom in Ohio Uses AI to Automate Sports Reporting
14 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jay Allred joins host Nikita Roy to share how his newsroom uses artificial intelligence to automatically generate sports content by converting data in...
David Cohn: Copyright Challenges & Audience Engagement in AI-Era Newsrooms
07 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
David Cohn, the co-founder of Subtext joins host Nikita Roy in this episode to discuss the recent doomsday buzz surrounding AI, copyright challenges a...
Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY Workshop: Empowering News Entrepreneurs with Generative AI
31 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features a workshop held by Newsroom Robots’ host Nikita Roy at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY for the Entrepr...
Ryan Serpico: Building Hearst Newspapers’ First Generative AI Tool
24 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode, Ryan Serpico joins host Nikita Roy to discuss how he built the first generative AI tool that is helping power local newsrooms ac...
Bill Adair: AI-Generated Misinformation & The Future of Fact-Checking
17 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Bill Adair, the creator of PolitiFact and the co-founder of the International Fact-Checking Network joins host Nikit...
Tim O’Rourke: How Hearst Newspapers DevHub Builds Tools to Empower Their Local Newsrooms
10 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Tim O'Rourke, the Vice President for Content Strategy at Hearst Newspapers, shares his experience leading the group's DevHub editoria...
Charlie Beckett: Fostering AI Literacy in Newsrooms and Navigating the Risks of Generative AI
03 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we explore the crucial considerations when developing an AI strategy and the potential risks of generative AI in the newsroom with Ch...
Damon Kiesow: Approaching AI in Journalism with a Human-Centered Design Mindset
26 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How can journalists adopt a human-centered design mindset when building AI-driven products, and what skills will the next generation of journalists ne...
Joe Amditis: Harnessing the Power of ChatGPT for Local Newsrooms
19 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we explore the potential of ChatGPT for local newsrooms with Joe Amditis, author of Beginner's Prompt Handbook: ChatGPT for Local New...
Matt Karolian: AI Efforts at The Boston Globe and Views on the AI Revolution
12 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As AI technology rapidly evolves, how will it transform journalism and newsrooms? In our first episode, we delve into the intersection of AI and journ...
Introducing: Newsroom Robots with Nikita Roy
07 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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