AI is making the one-man newsroom a reality
For Ricky Sutton, AI makes solo investigative reporting faster, cheaper, and powerful enough to rival a much bigger newsroom.

For Ricky Sutton, AI makes solo investigative reporting faster, cheaper, and powerful enough to rival a much bigger newsroom.

The Cleveland Plain Dealer isn’t “replacing reporters with AI” so much as separating reporting from writing. That still raises hard questions.

A synthesis of 30 research papers finds most newsroom AI guidelines prioritize values over operational specifics — and almost none address procurement.

Five of Britain's largest news organizations just issued a warning: Your journalism is being used to train AI systems without your permission.

The marketing firm behind several gaming sites has laid off its human writers in favor of a skeleton crew managing AI-generated content.
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The European publisher is testing interconnected AI tools to automate first-line news and free up human reporters.

The series will examine how AI is transforming work and power across industries, from Amazon warehouses to Hollywood writers' rooms.

A Cleveland newsroom's decision to have AI write story drafts while reporters focus solely on gathering information has reignited the debate over AI's role in journalism.

Ars Technica's AI reporter used AI tools to extract quotes, got hallucinated text, and violated outlet policy in cautionary tale for newsrooms.

AI is making scams and bad info routine. Journalists can't chase every lie, but they can teach people how to verify.
