Tim O’Rourke

Vice President, Editorial Innovation and AI Strategy, Hearst Newspapers (HNP)

Tim O’Rourke is vice president, editorial innovation and AI strategy for Hearst Newspapers (HNP), where he leads the group’s DevHub editorial engineering, visual and data storytelling, and AI+Automation teams. Previously, Tim was a managing editor and director of product and strategy for the San Francisco Chronicle. There, he led content strategy; supervised the newsroom’s product, website+app, multimedia and audio staffs; directed data-driven coverage; and oversaw the development of interactive projects and journalist tools for HNP. Tim’s former SFChronicle roles include serving as an assistant managing editor; executive producer of SFChronicle.com; and senior news editor. Before joining The Chronicle in 2013, Tim worked as an editor and writer at the San Jose Mercury News, Contra Costa Times, Santa Barbara News-Press, Hartford Courant and Diablo Magazine. He has a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Oregon and a bachelor’s degree from Saint Mary’s College of California.