Marcel K. comes from the technology side of the newsroom problem. His work centers on platforms, automation, data pipelines, and the engineering decisions that decide whether a news product feels fast, reliable, and transparent.
For The States Brief, Marcel focuses on the Brief Engine, the technical layer that scans coverage, groups related reporting, surfaces source signals, and supports the Coverage Radar and Impact Radar. His approach is simple: technology should make judgment easier, not replace it.
Marcel follows work from Stanford Human Centered AI, Big Local News, and university research on information systems because the strongest news technology is built with public value in mind. He is especially interested in systems that help readers compare reporting across the United States without hiding how the result was produced.