“Journalists who are defiant [using AI for stories] will fall behind. Bottom line: We need more stories and we need more inventory.”
- McClatchy VP Eric Nelson

Um, no. Journalism needs more "inventory" like it needs more politically-bent billionaire owners. You can start resurrecting your now-extinct credibility with actual journalistic principles like investigative, ground-based reporting and verified facts.

Reporters rebel against McClatchy's new AI tool:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/reporters-rebel-against-mcclatchys-new-ai-tool-reutersinstitute-slkcf/

Reporters rebel against McClatchy’s new AI tool

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