Exposure to Risk Freelance photographers are organizing against a new contract at the Wall Street Journal that they say opens their work up to AI training. July 8, 2026 By Daniella Zalcman
Should AI Write My Headline? June 18, 2026 By Anika Collier Navaroli In the first edition of our new technology advice column, Ask Anika, we learn what happens when you feed unpublished work into an LLM.
Deprogramming May 28, 2026 By Lucy Schiller The American Prospect decided to do away with programmatic ads. A month later, people are spending nearly twice as much time on the site.
Your Job Is (More) Safe with JESS May 21, 2026 By Lindsay Muscato A coalition of tech-minded journalists and security trainers built an AI chatbot for safety advice, targeted at small newsrooms and freelancers.
Erroneous AI May 15, 2026 By Susie Banikarim and Riddhi Setty Rage-inducing machines, gambling slop, and big bad kids’ hockey.
Journalism in the Age of Techno-Kings May 4, 2026 By Emily Bell and Heather Chaplin How Elon Musk is colonizing the future.
Fighting the Machine April 30, 2026 By Riddhi Setty Journalists across the United States are fighting for contracts that address AI use: “We don’t want it to be done in our name, literally.”
AI Data Centers in the Land of Diminished Local News April 21, 2026 By Lucy Schiller “At least some of these big companies look for communities that are news deserts to build projects,” a local journalist said, “because it’s easier for them when there’s less public scrutiny.”
Get Ready for More Big Tech Lawsuits About Design, Not Content March 19, 2026 By Anika Collier Navaroli A new wave of cases pin blame for tech’s harms on product design—keeping the First Amendment and Section 230 out of the conversation.
How Journalists Can Make AI Work for Them March 12, 2026 By Stephen J. Adler A framework for newsrooms to use AI in ways that don’t sacrifice quality or lessen oversight.
To Survive the AI Age, Publishers Are Finally Working Together March 5, 2026 By Emily Bell UK publishers are banding together to create standards for responsible AI—amid Anthropic’s stark reminders of its potential for harm.
Hyperlocal AI with a Million Subscribers March 5, 2026 By Liz Skalka Patch built a newsletter system to be not hard-nosed journalism but a community-building tool.
Grok Is Now Editing Itself February 12, 2026 By C.J. Robinson More and more, Elon Musk’s chatbot is both suggesting and approving changes to Grokipedia, his Wikipedia clone.
How Politicians and the Press Battle for Eyeballs January 29, 2026 By Tory Lysik and Dhrumil Mehta An analysis of politicians’ official social media accounts.
The Fight over AI at McClatchy January 27, 2026 By Lucy Schiller “Until we have solid language here, we’re not going to feel safe about the integrity of our jobs—or the language our readers read.”
