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OkayNWA’s AI-generated news site is the future of local journalism and/or a glorified CMS.
The studio, at the California Institution for Women, will bring more incarcerated women’s voices to the podcast — and kickstart an ambitious training program.
Americans are more familiar with — and more concerned about — “climate change” and “global warming” than they are about “climate crisis,” “climate emergency,” or “climate justice,” according to a new survey.
“Across the board, in all contexts in journalism, there needs to be an emphasis to make sure that you’re not creating harm to journalists.”
“A lot of times, people are not drawn in when climate is the top line. So I like to start with [a question like] ‘O.K., what’s affecting your daily life?’”
In 2023, stories produced by the organization’s climate teams outperformed the average story on the website in 11 months out of 12, often dramatically.
From loading up the Wayback Machine to meticulous AirTables to 72 hours of scraping, journalists are doing whatever they can to keep their clips when websites go dark.
“I think the level of corruption and dysfunction and organized crime has grown. It’s much harder to decide — given our limited resources — where we put our efforts.”
Ziff Davis can’t lay off workers or decrease their salary due to generative AI, according to the tentative contract.