July 19, 2023 - The Federal Trade Commission’s investigation into the ChatGPT app points to an emerging conflict over how Washington should regulate artificial intelligence, one that could pit some of America’s biggest businesses against labor unions and progressive advocacy groups. more

July 18, 2023 - A new $5+ million partnership aims to explore ways the development of artificial intelligence (AI) can support a thriving, innovative local news field, and ensure local news organizations shape the future of this emerging technology. more

July 18, 2023 - Some of the funding will go to form a “studio” within the American Journalism Project; the rest will go to about 10 of AJP’s grantees. more

In most coverage areas, journalists would bristle at the suggestion of allowing outside experts to dictate how they should or shouldn’t report a story. From the perspective of public health officials, however, the press has a role to play in suicide prevention. more

July 18, 2023 - "Even if you aren’t under irresistible pressure to cut costs, the new AI may still create hard choices of another sort. That’s because it also offers amazing new capabilities. If you can afford flat budgeting, do you want to make savings where possible to free up resources to spend on some of these?" — Richard J. Tofel, Second Rough Draft more

Rolfe Neill, publisher of The Charlotte Observer from 1975 until his retirement in 1997, died July 14 at age 90 of complications from peritoneal cancer, his daughter Ingrid Ebert of Kernersville said. more

Robin Phelan, a long-time newspaper executive and advertising director, has been appointed publisher of The Joplin (Missouri) Globe. more

Georges Media Group, Louisiana’s largest locally owned media organization and publisher of The Times-Picayune | NOLA.com, The Advocate, The Acadiana Advocate and Gambit, has announced the official launch of the Shreveport-Bossier City Advocate. more

July 17, 2023 - Social media was more than a decade old before efforts to curb its ill effects began in earnest. With artificial intelligence, lawmakers, activists and executives aren’t waiting that long.  more

Alan Torres, a recent graduate with a double major in business and journalism from the University of Oregon, has started covering Eugene, Springfield and Lane County governments as a local government reporter for The Register-Guard (Eugene, Oregon). more

He spent two decades guiding a popular newspaper Sunday supplement as its revenue and circulation grew, reaching nearly 40 million readers at one point. more

Mark Walker, a veteran Kentucky newspaper executive, has been appointed publisher of the Richmond Register. more

The owner of dozens of "ghost newspapers" bought from Gannett Co. says he is trying to revive them by returning editorial decision-making to local people while still taking advantage of the economies of scale that have led to consolidation of newspaper ownership. But he says his new chain's fate is not in its own hands. more

Publisher Jill Hunt has named Jason Elmquist as managing editor of the Stillwater (Oklahoma) News Press. more

Make your voice heard! Join your peers and colleagues in Washington, D.C., from Sept. 26-27 for the Support Journalism Parade where you will have the opportunity to meet with members of Congress to reinforce the need for legislation compensating news publishers for our valuable content. more

Mark Walker, a veteran Kentucky newspaper executive, has been appointed publisher of the Richmond Register. more

He spent two decades guiding a popular newspaper Sunday supplement as its revenue and circulation grew, reaching nearly 40 million readers at one point. more

July 13, 2023 - Graham Media Group developed the idea for a “first dibs” comment bot through NYC Media Lab’s AI & Local News Challenge. more

Lawsuit says the ban is unconstitutional and hinders academic freedom. more

July 13, 2023 - The FTC is examining whether the artificial-intelligence app harmed people by publishing false information. more