A new report from Medill Local News Initiative seeks to identify the potential perils and benefits of #generativeAI on local news business models and #journalism itself.

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Artificial Intelligence is disrupting the Local News industry: Read this new report on opportunities and perils, with insights from scholars and practitioners, published this week. Medill Local News Initiative Northwestern Medill
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Artificial Intelligence is disrupting the Local News industry: Read this new report on opportunities and perils, with insights from scholars and practitioners. Medill Local News Initiative Northwestern Medill
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From Gutenberg to the internet, journalism has weathered many revolutions. Now, facing generative AI, the industry must adapt again. Will it reshape local news, or pose a threat to the industry's survival?

Learn more in Medill Local News Initiative’s latest report: localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2024/05/…

I worked on this for months with my colleagues at Medill Local News Initiative, Northwestern Medill and NU Knight Lab, and I hope you'll give it a read. Can the opportunities with generative AI outweigh the perils?

The Medill Local News Initiative Northwestern Medill talked to experts around the globe on the potential impact of AI on local news models. This report, in collaboration with Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung USA, chronicles both the possibilities of AI and what some see as an existential threat.
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Is generative AI an existential threat to journalism and local news models or just the latest in a long line of technological advancements that should make work easier and more efficient? Read our comprehensive report on AI and journalism here: localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2024/05/…

Many large news organizations as well as smaller, nonprofit startups, were well-represented in Monday’s Pulitzer Prize winners. But as Rick Edmonds notes, for-profit metro newspapers and their digital sites, long a significant presence in capturing journalism’s highest honors,

Congrats to Lookout Santa Cruz for its The Pulitzer Prizes for Breaking News Reporting. You can read our conversation from last fall with Lookout CEO/Founder Ken Doctor here: localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2023/10/…

Congrats to Northwestern Medill graduate (and former Cherub) Jonathan Eig for his Pulitzer Prize in Biography for 'King: A Life'! The Pulitzer Prizes

On a day we celebrate journalistic excellence with the The Pulitzer Prizes, the Medill Local News Initiative Northwestern Medill is putting a call for nominations for its annual local news 'Bright Spots' -- a feature in which we profile outlets building sustainable models. localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2024/05/…

Tell Us What’s Working in Local News: The Northwestern Medill 2024 State of Local News Report seeks new 'Bright Spots.' localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2024/05/…

The Dallas Morning News bucks the trend and hires a public editor to reestablish trust with its readers. Dallas Morning News Poynter Tom Jones poynter.org/commentary/202…

Financial Times signs licensing deal with OpenAI that allows ChatGPT to summarize its stories and to train on its archive, including what's behind the Financial Times paywalls. niemanlab.org/2024/04/the-fi…

A first-of-its-kind bill passed the Connecticut Assembly! The bill would require the government to disclose how it spends its advertising dollars and mandate state agencies to spend some of their budget with locally-owned newsrooms.

Learn more: cga.ct.gov/asp/CGABillSta…

With philanthropy playing a growing role in funding news outlets, should more support go specifically to environmental journalism? Poynter poynter.org/commentary/202…

'Journalist' or 'content creator'? Where do these areas overlap--and where should they? Nieman Lab Neel Dhanesha niemanlab.org/2024/04/what-j…

NY gov signs budget that includes 'landmark' $90 million in tax credits for local news media, a.k.a. the Newspaper and Broadcast Media Jobs Program. editorandpublisher.com/stories/new-yo…

'These days, just two news organizations in the United States — NPR and PBS — still appear to employ a public editor. So, is it time for more news organizations to consider hiring ombudspersons to help rebuild trust in the media — one community at a time?' editorandpublisher.com/stories/would-…

Director of the Medill Local News Initiative Tim Franklin was recently interviewed on NPR Marketplace to discuss solutions for local news deserts. 'There are some new innovations that are happening in local news that I think are showing some promise for the future.' spr.ly/6013bMw8v