David Cohn
Senior Director, Generative AI Innovation For Content And The Newsroom
Berkeley, California, United States
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Top SchoolDavid Cohn is a seasoned media and technology leader with 17 years building products that sit at the intersection of storytelling and emerging tech, currently spearheading generative AI innovation for content and newsrooms at Advance Digital. He has led product and R&D initiatives from mobile-first news apps and video publishing to audience engagement platforms and award-winning media SaaS, scaling teams and products that reached millions of subscribers. A serial founder and operator (Spot Us, Subtext) who has navigated fundraising, M&A, and rapid customer growth, he combines editorial instincts with hands-on product development and AI policy-setting. Based in Berkeley, he blends journalism training from Columbia with a humanities background from UC Berkeley, and is known for turning newsroom workflows into scalable internal tools that materially improve content velocity and accuracy.
17 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
B.A Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies, B.A Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies at University of California, BerkeleyMaster of Science - MS Journalism, Master of Science - MS Journalism at Columbia University - Graduate School of JournalismGithub contributions (1)
spot-us/spot-us
Oct 2008 - May 2011
Contributions:456 commits in 2 years 7 months
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