Director of Newsroom Data and AI
The Wall Street Journal
Tess Jeffers is the Director of Newsroom Data and AI at The Wall Street Journal, leading the organization’s first dedicated AI team alongside audience and data science units. She specializes in bridging the gap between complex data strategy and editorial excellence, overseeing AI governance, model training, and the creation of tools for both readers and journalists. A Princeton PhD and ONA Women's Leadership Accelerator alumna, Tess previously was a manager on the data science team at Schireson and an instructor for the LSE Polis JournalismAI Academy for Small Newsrooms.
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