2016
SF Chronicle hires its first newsroom developers, the following year
Hearst Newspapers
Hearst Newspapers informs, educates and entertains 45 million digital visitors monthly and over six million print readers weekly through a collective network of 50+ leading websites, 28 daily and 50 weekly publications and businesses such as King Features, Hearst DevHub and more.
The DevHub has grown from a small team in the San Francisco Chronicle newsroom to a multifaceted group of data-focused journalists who provide tools leveraged across Hearst Newspapers.
The DevHub Innovates Across
Engineering, Journalism, Templates AND AI
As a team of developer-journalists focused on local news innovation, the DevHub builds interactive tools and templates for Hearst newsrooms across the nation, allowing journalists to deliver unique and accurate news, data and community information to their readers.
The DevHub’s latest undertaking: harnessing generative AI to create new editorial experiences.
A brief history of the DevHub
2016, the SF Chronicle hired its first newsroom developers
2022, DevHub moves to HNP in Hearst’s largest digital news expansion ever
2023, DevHub begins AI experimentation focused on news tools
DevHub Projects