Jeremy Gilbert is the Knight Chair in Digital Media Strategy for Northwestern University’s Medill School. He oversees the Knight Lab, an experimental community for journalists, technologists and designers. His work focuses on using novel strategies and technologies like artificial intelligence employed in the creation, consumption and distribution of media. He works with content and revenue strategies of existing and emerging media companies. He founded the Data-Driven Reporting Project, launched the Next Gen News project and helps run the Generative AI in the Newsroom project and the Bay Area Immersion program.

A journalist with more than two decades of professional and academic experience, Gilbert most recently was Director of Strategic Initiatives at The Washington Post. He led an award-winning team that transformed The Post into an international, digital-first news organization. His teams created Heliograf, which produced The Post’s first AI-powered articles, augmented and virtual reality projects, 360-degree video stories and much more. Previously, he worked at National Geographic, the Poynter Institute, the Tampa Bay Times, The News-Press and digital startups.