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Liam Andrew: Building a Data Infrastructure for AI Innovation at The Texas Tribune
Aug 31, 2023
Liam Andrew, Chief Product Officer at The Texas Tribune, discusses building a data warehouse and implementing tools like automatic content tagging and content recommendations using AI. The podcast explores the importance of data in AI innovation and the opportunities it presents for nonprofit newsrooms. It also delves into entity recognition, AI's benefits for journalists in the newsroom, and the impact of AI on journalism and funding opportunities.
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- The Texas Tribune prioritizes building a data warehouse and analytics hub to provide transparency and insights about their work and audience.
- The Texas Tribune utilizes AI tools like automatic content tagging and content recommendations to improve content organization, analysis, and reader engagement.
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Building a Data Infrastructure at the Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune prioritizes building a solid data infrastructure for their newsroom. They recognized the importance of good quality data for AI development and implemented an analytics hub to house their data. The hub provides democratic access to all Tribune staff, allowing them to analyze data from various sources such as podcasts, newsletters, and website readers. By building a data warehouse and creating a shared resource for analytics, the Tribune has been able to gain insights about their own work and audience.
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