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How The Philadelphia Inquirer built Scrape, an AI tool to surface hyperlocal news leads

A Lenfest Institute case study on Scrape, the Philadelphia Inquirer's AI tool that combs municipal meetings, school calendars, and social pages for hyperlocal newsletter leads; built with daily editor feedback and newsletter-specific briefs, it grew into critical infrastructure for six newsletters, with lessons on scaling and cost-quality trade-offs.

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