Tyler Dukes (he/him)
Professor and Knight Chair in Journalism & Technology@McClatchy
What I can offer as a mentor
Tyler can coach on planning and executing data and investigative projects, managing small teams, developing news tools and incorporating artificial intelligence into newsroom workflows.
Biography
Tyler Dukes is a professor and the Knight Chair of Journalism & Technology at the University of Florida's College of Journalism and Communications.
Dukes is an accomplished journalist, educator and innovator with extensive experience in investigative reporting, data journalism and artificial intelligence. He most recently served as lead editor for AI innovation in journalism at McClatchy Media, where he led efforts to help more than 30 local newsrooms responsibly use data, automation and AI to strengthen reporting and better serve their communities.
Prior to McClatchy, Dukes was an investigative reporter for The News & Observer and WRAL News in Raleigh, North Carolina, producing impactful public records and data-driven journalism. He has also taught journalism courses at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy for the past nine years and was a 2017 fellow at Harvard University’s Nieman Foundation for Journalism.
As Knight Chair, Dukes will help advance the college’s leadership in journalism innovation, computational reporting and emerging technologies while teaching and mentoring the next generation of journalists.