Local news organizations across the country are wrestling with the same challenge: how do you cover more communities when resources are stretched thin?
At Connecticut Public, the answer wasn’t to replace journalists. It was to build tools that help journalists discover stories they might otherwise miss.
That’s the challenge Connecticut Public set out to solve with its Public Meeting Monitor, an AI-powered system that reviews government meetings, identifies potentially newsworthy developments, and alerts journalists to stories that may deserve further reporting.
The project recently earned first place for Most Innovative Use of AI in a News Organization at the 2025 Local Media Association Digital Innovation Awards.
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