How The Philadelphia Inquirer built Scrape, an AI tool to surface hyperlocal news leads
- Case Study A project of the Lenfest AI Collaborative and Fellowship Program By Sonali Verma September 30, 2026 The Inquirer uses Scrape to find leads for its local newsletters.
- Photo: Inquirer.com The problem The Philadelphia Inquirer publishes hyperlocal newsletters covering specific communities across the Philadelphia area.
- The team needed a way to reliably surface newsworthy stories from each community from a fragmented ecosystem of sources, such as municipal meetings, school calendars, and Facebook pages.
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- Case Study A project of the Lenfest AI Collaborative and Fellowship Program By Sonali Verma September 30, 2026 The Inquirer uses Scrape to find leads for its local newsletters.
- Photo: Inquirer.com The problem The Philadelphia Inquirer publishes hyperlocal newsletters covering specific communities across the Philadelphia area.
- The team needed a way to reliably surface newsworthy stories from each community from a fragmented ecosystem of sources, such as municipal meetings, school calendars, and Facebook pages.
Sources: Lenfestinstitute