OpenAI Academy
Webinar: Building and Scaling AI in News Organizations: Lessons from Embedded AI Fellows
WEBINAR
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM GMT
October 15, 2026

Webinar: Building and Scaling AI in News Organizations: Lessons from Embedded AI Fellows

# News Organizations
# News
# News
Over the past two years, the Lenfest Institute's AI Collaborative and Fellowship Program has embedded 11 AI engineers within news organizations to develop and scale solutions that support their journalism, engage audiences, grow revenue, and improve operational challenges.
In this one-hour conversation, leaders from The Lenfest Institute and fellows from participating organizations – including Boston Globe Media Partners, Chicago Public MEdia, NEWSWELL – will share what they learned about moving from early experimentation to tools and workflows that teams use in practice. The discussion will explore how fellows identified the right problems to solve, built trust across their organizations, established responsible guardrails, and helped colleagues adopt and expand upon their work.
Panelists will also discuss projects developed through the fellowship. From archival search and public-meeting monitoring to translation, transcription, audience engagement, and revenue tools – and offer practical guidance for other news organizations considering how to prioritize and embed AI expertise.

Speakers

Christina Lim
Media Partnerships @ OpenAI
Chase Davis
Technical Lead, AI Collaborative and Fellowship Program @ Lenfest Institute
Sapna Satagopan
Director of Product and Innovation @ NEWSWELL
Shira T. Center
Vice President of Innovation & Strategic Initiatives @ Boston Globe Media Partners
Mark Chonofsky
AI Fellow @ Chicago Public Media
Starting in 1 day 15 hours
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM GMT
October 15, 2026
Online
Organized by
News Organizations
Starting in 1 day 15 hours
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM GMT
October 15, 2026
Online
Organized by
News Organizations