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Aimee Rinehart

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Aimee Rinehart’s Biography

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I've lived in Indiana, California, New York and Brussels. I have worked as a writer and editor for print and the web for the past 20 years. I was a digital founder at The New York Times online and have helped many small and large non-profits be more comfortable in the digital world. I still like print for its finality.

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Key Moments in the Fake News Debate - First Draft News

Key Moments in the Fake News Debate - First Draft News

The First Draft timeline of the fake news debate surrounding the 2016 US presidential election. I wrote and a…

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Podcasts for the People

Podcasts for the People

Remember the old museum audio tours? The big clunky tape recorder slung over your shoulder, telling you to vi…

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Guitar Hero

Guitar Hero

One of this shopping season's big hits is called Guitar Hero 2. Like the new Nintendo Wii, Guitar Hero isn't …

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Left Behind

Left Behind

Novelist Jerry Jenkins might not have the name recognition of Stephen King or John Grisham, but his book sale…

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Shedding New Light on Daybeds

Shedding New Light on Daybeds

When Julie and Jim Turney searched for a new couch for their Portland, Ore., loft, they ruled out sofas that …

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A Real Throwback: Ponchos Swing In

A Real Throwback: Ponchos Swing In

Although she wasn't part of the hippie movement, Claire Whitaker has worn ponchos for decades. From time to t…

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A renewed appetite for print

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By Aimee Rinehart
| Nieman Lab Verified
In August, I canceled my weekend delivery of a print newspaper. By November, I’d resubscribed, longing for something I missed most during the pandemic: serendipity. This past Saturday, while leafing through The New York Times, I learned that Kim Deal, former bassist of the Pixies, lives in Dayton, Ohio. I stumbled upon an article about the deadly challenges many Kenyan female athletes face. And I read about Putin’s deepening quandaries nearly three years into the war in Ukraine.
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Building AI-Powered Projects for Local Newsrooms

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By Aimee Rinehart, Ernest Kung
Renee Richardson, Managing Editor at the Brainerd Dispatch newspaper, has many responsibilities to juggle as a local news leader. Despite a busy schedule, she found time to discuss her lack of time. In her pitch to the independent judges selecting AI-powered projects for development as part of AP’s Local News AI Initiative, Richardson wrote that time is “the one thing we typically want more of in order to do all the things on our work lists.
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The future of journalism is radical collaboration

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By Aimee Rinehart
| LinkedIn
Note: These ideas are mine and not that of my employer, AP. I've been thinking a lot about the Comprova project in Brazil that I led in 2018 around the national elections. We gathered 24 competing newsrooms together to create a collaborative verification project. We were the first news operation to have API access to the WhatsApp business account.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

I was an editor on fellowship at a national college magazine.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes, ma'am. In seventh grade I had a typing class with "quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog." Nailed it.

How is social media changing news?

Social media has sped up the news cycle to an alarming rate and also the proliferation of fake news.
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