AI Community Engagement Lab Showcase
🚀 The AI Community Engagement Lab empowers local and community journalists to harness artificial intelligence in service of stronger audience connections and more responsive reporting. The program was developed by J+ and the Center for Community Media at the Newmark J-School, with support from the Walton Family Foundation.
In this showcase, participants will share 5-minute lightning presentations on how they’re experimenting with AI to deepen community engagement and enhance their newsroom practices.
Discover how community journalists are using AI to better serve their audiences and strengthen trust in local news.
You'll hear from:
· Diego Barahona, Editor at La Noticia
· Christian Betancourt, Bilingual Communities Issues Reporter at Central Valley Journalism Collaborative/Merced FOCUS
· Henok Mengistu, Founder/Publisher at Ethiopique LLC
· Giannina Ong, Editor-in-Chief at Mochi Magazine
· Prachi Singh, Audience Engagement Editor at India Currents