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A Journalist’s Guide to AI helps journalists, PR pros and media creators use AI without losing their voice.


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Nikitha Lokareddy on Building Unspun AI, Zero-Click Search and the Future of Visibility

In this episode of A Journalist’s Guide to AI, Yumi Wilson talks with communications strategist and Unspun AI founder Nikitha Lokareddy about what happens when communicators move from using AI to building with it.


Nikitha shares how she built Unspun AI, an AI-powered news intelligence tool that delivers daily briefings, compares sources, analyzes media bias and tracks social signals. She also explains why subject-matter expertise matters, how AI summaries are changing search and why journalists, students and communications teams need to understand SEO, AEO, GEO and zero-click discovery.


This conversation is for journalists, educators, communicators and organizations trying to use AI responsibly without losing trust, voice or editorial judgment.


Topics include:

  • Building with AI without a formal coding background
  • Unspun AI and news intelligence
  • AI summaries and zero-click search
  • SEO, AEO and GEO
  • Source comparison and media bias analysis
  • AI fluency for students and early-career communicators
  • Why human judgment still matters

Learn more about Nikitha Lokareddy:
https://www.nikithalokareddy.com/


Check out Unspun AI:
https://unspun-ai.com


Learn more about Yumi Wilson’s AI workshops, webinars and consulting:
https://www.yumiwilson.me

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Yumi Wilson

Yumi Wilson is a broadcast journalist and SF State professor specializing in media writing, theory, and AI’s role in storytelling. As host of A Journalist’s Guide to AI, she dives into how technology is reshaping newsrooms—and how creatives and communicators can stay ahead. Find her full portfolio,

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