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Journalism students are more skeptical of AI than their professors

April 2, 2026

A Northeastern ethics seminar put Claude in students' hands and they pushed back harder than the professor expected.

Read moreJournalism students are more skeptical of AI than their professors
Journalist building a tool at a newsroom desk with code and articles on screen — illustrating hands-on AI adoption in journalism

Five lessons from newsrooms that stopped talking about AI and started building with it

March 31, 2026

Poynter spent a day at SXSW with journalists actually using AI — and the through-line is ruthlessly practical: start with a pain point, draw the line, name where the human sits.

Read moreFive lessons from newsrooms that stopped talking about AI and started building with it
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AI is making the one-man newsroom a reality

March 11, 2026

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

Read moreAI is making the one-man newsroom a reality
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What critics get wrong about Cleveland.com’s AI rewrite experiment

March 3, 2026

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

Read moreWhat critics get wrong about Cleveland.com’s AI rewrite experiment
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New Research: Newsroom AI policies strong on principles, weak on practice

February 27, 2026

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

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Read moreNew Research: Newsroom AI policies strong on principles, weak on practice
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A columnist asked Gemini to write his column. The result was good, and that’s the problem

February 26, 2026

Neil Steinberg’s annual AI column experiment found Gemini 3.0 nailing his voice while casually inventing a scene that never happened.

Read moreA columnist asked Gemini to write his column. The result was good, and that’s the problem
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Cleveland editor defends AI-written stories, sparks debate about reporting vs. writing

February 23, 2026

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.

Read moreCleveland editor defends AI-written stories, sparks debate about reporting vs. writing
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A reporter spent 20 hours building an AI to replace herself. It almost worked

February 9, 2026

Platformer journalist Ella Markianos created "Claudella" to test whether AI could do her job — and discovered it already can do much of it.

Read moreA reporter spent 20 hours building an AI to replace herself. It almost worked
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Vibe coding is giving journalists the power to build, not just publish

January 20, 2026

AI empowers journalists to experiment with storytelling. The challenge: turning that enthusiasm into a strategy you can actually sustain.

Read moreVibe coding is giving journalists the power to build, not just publish
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News Corp taps AI startup Symbolic.ai to supercharge Dow Jones Newswires

January 16, 2026

News Corp is betting on an AI startup founded by media and tech veterans to streamline its newsroom operations.

Read moreNews Corp taps AI startup Symbolic.ai to supercharge Dow Jones Newswires
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