Sophie Culpepper is a staff writer at Nieman Lab focused on covering local news. She previously co-founded the hyperlocal Lexington Observer, where she reported on public schools, local government, economic development, and public safety among other topics as the digital news nonprofit’s only full-time journalist for two years. She graduated from Brown University in 2021 and was a managing editor on The Brown Daily Herald’s editorial board.
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Culpepper, Sophie. "Can AI help local newsrooms streamline their newsletters? ARLnow tests the waters." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 8 May. 2023. Web. 18 Sep. 2024.
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