The Philadelphia Inquirer built Scrape, an AI tool to surface hyperlocal news leads
Summary
The Philadelphia Inquirer built Scrape, an AI tool to surface hyperlocal news leads, as part of the Lenfest AI Collaborative. The tool is embedded in newsroom workflows to reduce manual effort, using iterative prompts and editor feedback to extract relevant local news from many small sources. It serves six newsletters with plans to scale, illustrating a practical AI-driven workflow for local journalism and editorial efficiency.