LaunchPod: Using AI to Preserve 140 Years of History at the LA Times

LaunchPod, a podcast hosted by LogRocket’s VP of Marketing Jeff Wharton, features discussions with product leaders who share their career challenges and solutions relevant to day-to-day product roles. In a highlighted episode, Deepika Manglani, VP of Product and Program Management at the LA Times, discusses her 15-year media career and efforts to modernize the venerable institution using AI to preserve and leverage a vast historical news archive. This innovation is set to enhance future storytelling, media innovation, and news personalization. The episode also explores the strategic merger of product and program management during a significant transformation at the LA Times amidst heavy mergers and acquisitions activity. LogRocket, the platform behind LaunchPod, provides product insights by identifying user experience friction points, helping teams align and make informed changes to meet their objectives.