News Machines

News Machines analyzes how news media in the U.S. and worldwide are innovating with AI. One new case study every week.

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Why OpenAI cares about your city council coverage

Jan 13, 2026

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7 min read

Why OpenAI cares about your city council coverage

AI companies need reliable local information to train their models. Your archive has it.

Ulrike Langer

How Crosstown Finds Stories Hidden in Municipal Data

Jan 6, 2026

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14 min read

How Crosstown Finds Stories Hidden in Municipal Data

A machine learning platform has been generating 114 Los Angeles neighborhood newsletters from one template for years. Now it's a white-label service for newsrooms, and GenAI is expanding what it can find.

Ulrike Langer

AI in Journalism: How Five Patterns Separate Success from Expensive Experimentation

Dec 16, 2025

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6 min read

AI in Journalism: How Five Patterns Separate Success from Expensive Experimentation

News Machines has published a Gen AI industry report and is launching a Premium Club

Ulrike Langer

How Mobile Stories Teaches Gen Z to Trust News by Making Them Producers

A Swedish nonprofit embeds journalism ethics into youth publishing workflows. Now they're asking: What role should AI play?

Ulrike Langer

Why Audience Teams Matter More in the AI Era

Dec 2, 2025

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10 min read

Why Audience Teams Matter More in the AI Era

Transformation expert Dimitry Shishkin argues for elevating audience expertise to executive level

Ulrike Langer

Nov 25, 2025

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11 min read

Wait, Wait - They Really Did This?

Test your knowledge with this fun little GenAI news quiz

Ulrike Langer

Why The Atlantic Uses AI for Password Resets - But Not for Journalism

Nov 18, 2025

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10 min read

Why The Atlantic Uses AI for Password Resets - But Not for Journalism

Product chief Mariah Craddick on AI and paywall strategy, Signalgate and why simple often wins

Ulrike Langer

Why Particle News Is Betting on Comprehensive Stories, Not Individual Articles

Nov 11, 2025

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9 min read

Why Particle News Is Betting on Comprehensive Stories, Not Individual Articles

Ex-Twitter executives built a news app that wants you to stay informed without endlessly scrolling

Ulrike Langer

Bundling

How Mediahuis reaches new audiences with bundles of repackaged stories

Nov 4, 2025

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7 min read

How Mediahuis reaches new audiences with bundles of repackaged stories

European publisher sets quality bar: journalism must lead to “time well spent” or it's not worth making

Ulrike Langer

How Hearken’s Jennifer Brandel Thinks About Building Real Engagement

Oct 28, 2025

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10 min read

How Hearken’s Jennifer Brandel Thinks About Building Real Engagement

Actual experience versus artificial intelligence: Exploring collective journalism models as a Knight Fellow

Ulrike Langer

The Onion's AI Strategy: Why Satire Can't Be Automated

Oct 21, 2025

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10 min read

The Onion's AI Strategy: Why Satire Can't Be Automated

How Ben Collins is building The Onion's future by rejecting AI-generated comedy

Ulrike Langer

How YESEO analyzed 60,000 AI-generated headlines and decided to pivot to paid source tracking

Oct 14, 2025

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8 min read

How YESEO analyzed 60,000 AI-generated headlines and decided to pivot to paid source tracking

The Slack-based tool YESEO is looking for 10 partner newsrooms in the US and beyond to test new paid features for free - application deadline October 24

Ulrike Langer

Oct 7, 2025

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7 min read

How a San Diego Nonprofit Newsroom Uses AI to Build Brand Affinity

inewsource reaches 350,000 readers monthly with a 20-person team. Their AI strategy? Make journalism more accessible while keeping humans firmly in control.

Ulrike Langer