Alicia Stewart
Media entrepreneur, speaker and journalist | Chicago, Illinois
Project Overview
IFL Visiting Fellow Alicia Stewart will build on the award-winning work of SourceScout, an AI-enabled tool allowing journalists and others to discover underrepresented experts. She will use her fellowship to explore data sources, expertise, and artificial intelligence. Additionally, she will engage with other leaders in data science, technology governance, equity, and related fields.
About Alicia
Journalist and Media Entrepreneur Alicia W. Stewart has been leading conversations for transformation since the launch of her first independent television show. Trained as a news anchor, television producer, and editor, she honed her startup skills as part of the founding teams of one interactive cable television network; two newsroom departments; three non-profits; five websites, and ten television programs. Her time at CNN, NBC, and PBS allowed her to observe a consistent challenge in inclusive bookings on deadline, and inspired an award-winning AI project, SourceScout. Alicia’s media contributions have been honored with a Harvard Nieman fellowship, a Peabody Award, and Society for Features Journalism for Excellence in Feature Writing.