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When asking AI about the news, readers “know the answers they are getting are not perfect.” They keep asking anyway. @klaudiajaz @Aisvarya17 @CJR cjr.org/tow_center/ai-…

When asking AI about the news, readers “know the answers they are getting are not perfect.” They keep asking anyway. Read @klaudiajaz and @Aisvarya17 of @TowCenter. cjr.org/tow_center/ai-…

Profit or Nonprofit? A Debate over Journalism’s Future. @Joshi Herrmann of Mill Media and Vanan Murugesan of the Sahan Journal join @emilybell and @heatherchaplin on this week's Journalism 2050. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pro…

Mending local news in a crisis: How nonprofit and for-profit business models can complement each other when big-money media fails. Read @emilybell. cjr.org/tow_center/men…

Grokipedia does allow humans to suggest changes to its content. But according to a new analysis from the @TowCenter, something has shifted: suggestions are increasingly being submitted from Grok to itself. Read @_cjrobinson cjr.org/tow_center/gro…

In the past year, Metric Media filed more than 9,000 FOIA requests across all 50 states, according to an investigation for the Tow Center by @mirandacgreen. cjr.org/tow_center/pin…

My latest investigation, and first in a series for @TowCenter: How ‘Pink Slime’ Publishers Are Weaponizing FOIA One Pink Slime network filed more than nine thousand public records requests last year. I found it used the data to target Democratic politicians and private citizens.

FOIA’s systemic problems meet partisan robo-requests. “Every year it gets harder to get the government to give information, and it’s only going to get worse." Read C.J. Robinson. cjr.org/tow_center/too…

Outlier Media Reimagines What Local News Can Be. Sarah Alvarez and Candice Fortman join hosts @emilybell and @heatherchaplin on a new episode of Journalism 2050. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/out…

In the past year, Metric Media filed more than 9,000 FOIA requests across all 50 states, according to an investigation by @mirandacgreen and @TowCenter cjr.org/tow_center/pin…

How the Gawker Trial Was the Gateway to Trump. The Journalism 2050 podcast returns with guests Maria Bustillos, @MarineDoux, and Samuel Earle. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how…

Accusing the media of being a terrorist organization is not new. The Journalism 2050 podcast is back with guests Maria Bustillos, @MarineDoux, and Samuel Earle. Hosted by @emilybell. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

It's no longer enough just to be rich—in the age of social media, people want to be liked. So where does that leave "the most profoundly unfunny man" in the world? Maria Bustillos and Samuel Earle join @emilybell on Journalism 2050. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how…

Are the infrastructure and tools we use in journalism still safe? @MarineDoux joins @emilybell on Journalism 2050. Watch or listen wherever you get your podcasts youtu.be/spMlrKJ1OzY?si…

@Aisvarya17 and @klaudiajaz: People say they are turning to AI platforms for information-related queries. While these tools are, in theory, capable of responding to queries about the news, they may not necessarily be optimized for those tasks. cjr.org/tow_center/ai-…

The fight over AI at McClatchy: “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.” Read Lucy Schiller. cjr.org/feature/fight-…

In a Journalism 2050 live event, @emilybell and @heatherchaplin speak with @azmatzahra and Anya Schiffrin about the consequences of the war on Gaza on journalism and what history can teach us about the role of the press in times of crisis. youtu.be/krcMZxnFtEY?si…

The ethos for documentation in Gaza. @Azmatzahra with Journalism 2050 hosts @emilybellnyc and @heatherchaplin. Listen wherever you get your podcasts. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jou…

Today, we’re introducing the Journalism 2050 Issue, looking at where the wind is blowing the media industry and habits of news consumption. cjr.org/the-journalism…

The Tow Center for Digital Journalism is releasing a tracker, created by Tow Researchers @klaudiajaz and @Aisvarya17, that monitors lawsuits, deals, and grants between news publishers and AI companies tow.cjr.org/ai-deals-lawsu… cjr.org/analysis/lawsu…