CAIS said it released the statement as a way of encouraging AI experts, journalists, policymakers and the public to talk more about urgent risks relating to artificial intelligence. more

Mark Greenblatt, an award-winning investigative journalist for Scripps News, will take over as executive editor of the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. more

Twitter may now be worth one-third of what Elon Musk paid for the social media platform just seven months ago. more

May 31, 2023 - While sometimes reaching accurate conclusions, ChatGPT struggled to give consistent answers, and sometimes was just plain wrong. more

There’s been a recent flurry of papers and columns on objectivity. While there is clearly a generational shift underway in the standards of American journalism, is there really a debate? more

The Pulitzer Prize Board has announced significant revisions to the definitions of the Breaking News Photography and Feature Photography categories and to the entry guidelines and eligibility requirements for these categories. more

Since courts implemented eFile North Carolina, around half of the state’s newly filed complaints have been withheld for a processing phase lasting one to three days or even longer. more

John Widdison, a former executive managing editor of the Telegram & Gazette in Worcester, Massachusetts, died Tuesday, May 23, at the age of 84. more

In a memo to staff, Global Business Editor Noreen Gillespie announced that Taiwo Adebayo will join AP to cover the intersection of climate and business in Africa. more

The Fix summarized key points from two relevant sessions presented at the International Journalism Festival 2023 in Perugia — “Investigating the crimes of war” and “Documenting and memorializing war crimes in real-time.” more

The Tow Center looked at how news organizations have been covering generative AI over the past six months. more

On Wednesday, May 25, James Don “JD” Swartz passed away peacefully at Franklin Woods Hospital. He was born August 5, 1935, to Don and Maude Jane Barnett Swartz. He lived a beautiful life of 87 years. more

The national firestorm that ignited last week over a Sonoma County transgender student-athlete is bullying, plain and simple, says Richard A. Green, executive editor of The Press Democrat in Santa Rosa, California. more

The Interior Department concluded that U.S. Park Police officers exceeded the “minimum level of reasonable force” during a George Floyd protest in 2020. more

William Cotter has been named as the new president of the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association. He will oversee operations of PNA, MANSI Media and the PNA Foundation. more

Here are a few key findings from the INN Index Snapshot ... more

Chatham Media Group, the Chatham News + Record's owner, has sold the Siler City, North Carolina, newspaper and its other print and digital news products to North State Media.  more

Le Monde CEO Louis Dreyfus described the arrival of generative AI as an "emergency" for the industry. more

Even as media players veer between "despair and enthusiasm" at the threats and opportunities presented by AI, experts at WAN-IFRA’s Digital Media Europe 2023 event illustrated examples of generative AI’s transformative powers. more

Michael A. Anastasi, vice president of The Tennessean and USA TODAY South Region editor, was promoted this week to lead a new nationwide Gannett effort to transform the growth trajectory for hundreds of local newspapers. more