I'm a j-school grad and 20-year TV news veteran. I spent two decades at NBC and CBS because I love the work — and now I lead AI adoption in journalism at OpenAI, helping newsrooms do more of it.
Because so much of newsroom "work" isn't journalism — it's busywork. Scrolling hundreds of local sites for a story. Mining a 200-page court filing for three usable quotes. Catching typos spell-check missed. That time should go to reporting.
These tools are capable of a lot. But they can't uncover a story someone wants to keep secret. Or earn the trust of a source. Or understand what truly matters to a community.
AI doesn't replace journalists. It empowers them.