PROPUBLICA chose Dana whose and Aaron Brezel as engineering fellows in their part of participation Program joint and scholarships Institute Lenfest InstituteNational news efforts supported by Microsoft and Openai to learn how artificial intelligence technologies can be responsible for work in editorial staff. The Lenfest AI program has chosen PROPBLICA among 10 regional and national news organizations for two -year scholarships.
Proopublica scholarships become possible through the financing of both the Lenfest Institute and the Patrick J. McGustrated.
“We are pleased to welcome Dana and Aaron as the first scholarships of engineering II,” said Ben Verdmuler, Senior Propublica Technology Director. “Their unique combination of technical examination and journalism experience perfectly positions them to help us explore how AI can safely increase reporting investigation, while maintaining strict standards, ethical principles and human examination that determine the work of Propublica.”
Chiueh was recently an innovative news engineer in Minnesota Star Tribune, participating in the Lenfest program on behalf of the editorial board. She was the Magic Grant Institute Magic Grant laureate to develop Tipbot, an instrument that automates the missing information from the advice and previously reported about Dallas Morning News and Los Angeles Times.
Brezel joins Propublica from the Brown Media Institute, where he was a leading software engineer. Prior to that, he was an engineer of the software in The Washington Post, where, as the team founder of Toom Tools, he created software for journalists across the editorial board.
About propublica
PROPUBLICA is an independent non -profit editorial office that produces an investigation into journalism in the interests of public interests. With a team with more than 150 devoted journalists, Propublica covers a number of topics, focusing on the history with the potential to push the real influence. Its reporting contributed to the adoption of new laws; the lapel of harmful policy and practice; and accountability for local, state and national level leaders. Ever since he started publishing in 2008, Propublica received eight Pulitzer prizes, five PEABODY awards, eight Amy awards and 16 George Polk awards.
About the Institute of Journalism Lenfest
The Lenfest Institute creates solutions for the next era of local news, putting in sustainable business models at the intersection of local journalism, the responsible use of technology and community service in Philadelphia and across the country.
About the Patrick J. McGrans
The Patrick J. McGOvern Foundation is a charity dedicated to promoting artificial intelligence and scientific data to create a prosperous, fair and sustainable future for everyone. PJMF works in partnership with public, private and social institutions to make progress in our most pressing issues, including digital health, climate change, wide digital access and data maturity in the social sector.
