Executive summary: Journalism on AI is a crucial but underdeveloped field that can shape public understanding, influence policy, and hold powerful actors accountable, yet it suffers from staffing shortages, financial constraints, and a lack of technical expertise.
Key points:
AI journalism has high potential—it can improve governance, highlight risks, shape public discourse, and investigate AI companies, as demonstrated by past impactful articles.
Current AI journalism is inadequate—click-driven revenue models discourage deep reporting, too few journalists cover AI full-time, and many outlets fail to take rapid AI development seriously.
More AI journalists are needed—individuals with technical, political, and investigative skills are in demand, and funders currently value AI journalism more than additional AI policy or safety researchers.
Journalism differs from advocacy—effective journalism prioritizes fact-finding and questioning over pushing specific solutions or ideologies.
The Tarbell Fellowship offers a path into AI journalism—it provides training, mentorship, funding, and placements at major news outlets, with applications for 2025 closing on February 28th.
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Executive summary: Journalism on AI is a crucial but underdeveloped field that can shape public understanding, influence policy, and hold powerful actors accountable, yet it suffers from staffing shortages, financial constraints, and a lack of technical expertise.
Key points:
AI journalism has high potential—it can improve governance, highlight risks, shape public discourse, and investigate AI companies, as demonstrated by past impactful articles.
Current AI journalism is inadequate—click-driven revenue models discourage deep reporting, too few journalists cover AI full-time, and many outlets fail to take rapid AI development seriously.
More AI journalists are needed—individuals with technical, political, and investigative skills are in demand, and funders currently value AI journalism more than additional AI policy or safety researchers.
Journalism differs from advocacy—effective journalism prioritizes fact-finding and questioning over pushing specific solutions or ideologies.
The Tarbell Fellowship offers a path into AI journalism—it provides training, mentorship, funding, and placements at major news outlets, with applications for 2025 closing on February 28th.
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