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New! Reporter @bethmccowen.bsky.social attended the AI Town Hall to bring you more on the @newsguild.org "News Not Slop" week of action.
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December 5, 2025 at 12:36 PM
New! Reporter @bethmccowen.bsky.social attended the AI Town Hall to bring you more on the @newsguild.org "News Not Slop" week of action.
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/8 ✍️ Support our members fighting for AI protections in the workplace and join 2,000 by signing our petition here:
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Stand with NewsGuild-CWA journalists and demand news, not slop!
Unionized journalists across North America have come together to sound the alarm: Media companies are implementing artificial intelligence in ways that damage the credibility of the journalism on whic...
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December 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
/8 ✍️ Support our members fighting for AI protections in the workplace and join 2,000 by signing our petition here:
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7/ Our members at Inside Higher Ed won protections to make sure journalists are not required to use AI to complete work.
December 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
7/ Our members at Inside Higher Ed won protections to make sure journalists are not required to use AI to complete work.
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6/ Journalists at the Southern California News Group won protections for human oversight of everything published on their websites.
December 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
6/ Journalists at the Southern California News Group won protections for human oversight of everything published on their websites.
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5/ Our members at the Associated Press won language distinguishing between AI use for assisting in gathering material vs. the production of original work content. @newsmediaguild.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
5/ Our members at the Associated Press won language distinguishing between AI use for assisting in gathering material vs. the production of original work content. @newsmediaguild.bsky.social
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4/ Members at The New Republic also won job protections, making sure the magazine can’t lay off employees or reduce their salaries if the organization uses AI. @nyguild.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
4/ Members at The New Republic also won job protections, making sure the magazine can’t lay off employees or reduce their salaries if the organization uses AI. @nyguild.bsky.social
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3/ Journalists at the recently unionized Grist Magazine won job protections. @pacnwguild.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
3/ Journalists at the recently unionized Grist Magazine won job protections. @pacnwguild.bsky.social
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2/ Our members at Ziff Davis won job and salary protections, the creation of an AI subcommittee and language protecting editorial integrity. @zdcreatorsguild.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
2/ Our members at Ziff Davis won job and salary protections, the creation of an AI subcommittee and language protecting editorial integrity. @zdcreatorsguild.bsky.social
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More than 50 contracts across our union include language that directly addresses artificial intelligence. Earlier this week, we released our demands #NewsNotSlop
➡️ www.newsnotslop.org/demands
We’re highlighting some of the best contract language enforcing these demands in the workplace here:
➡️ www.newsnotslop.org/demands
We’re highlighting some of the best contract language enforcing these demands in the workplace here:
December 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
More than 50 contracts across our union include language that directly addresses artificial intelligence. Earlier this week, we released our demands #NewsNotSlop
➡️ www.newsnotslop.org/demands
We’re highlighting some of the best contract language enforcing these demands in the workplace here:
➡️ www.newsnotslop.org/demands
We’re highlighting some of the best contract language enforcing these demands in the workplace here:
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Today, unionized nonprofit newsrooms across the country are standing shoulder-to-shoulder to demand that news industry leaders agree to common-sense guardrails around the implementation of artificial intelligence to protect the integrity, quality and accuracy of our journalism.
December 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Today, unionized nonprofit newsrooms across the country are standing shoulder-to-shoulder to demand that news industry leaders agree to common-sense guardrails around the implementation of artificial intelligence to protect the integrity, quality and accuracy of our journalism.
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Hi 👋 It has been a while since you’ve heard from us, but we’re standing side-by-side with other @nyguild.bsky.social shops to send a clear, simple message: News, not slop. Readers deserve journalism crafted by human hands.
Here's how we've been fighting back during collective bargaining 👇
Here's how we've been fighting back during collective bargaining 👇
December 4, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Hi 👋 It has been a while since you’ve heard from us, but we’re standing side-by-side with other @nyguild.bsky.social shops to send a clear, simple message: News, not slop. Readers deserve journalism crafted by human hands.
Here's how we've been fighting back during collective bargaining 👇
Here's how we've been fighting back during collective bargaining 👇
This after Insider laid off 25 % of staff in May. We stand in solidarity with Insider Guild. Readers deserve #newsnotslop written by humans, for humans.
In a note to staff, Business Insider EIC Jamie Heller says the publication is launching a pilot program called Business Insider AI News Desk that will use AI to “help publish quick news stories.”
Several stories a day will now be “created by AI and edited by a person.”
Several stories a day will now be “created by AI and edited by a person.”
December 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This after Insider laid off 25 % of staff in May. We stand in solidarity with Insider Guild. Readers deserve #newsnotslop written by humans, for humans.
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There's no excuse for ProPublica's position on this issue. We need a fair contract, with real job security and GAI guardrails, now!
December 3, 2025 at 9:48 PM
There's no excuse for ProPublica's position on this issue. We need a fair contract, with real job security and GAI guardrails, now!
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Additionally, management struck out:
1️⃣ Language that would prevent GAI from producing editorial work
2️⃣ A requirement that AI-generated content be clearly labeled and reviewed by human editors
1️⃣ Language that would prevent GAI from producing editorial work
2️⃣ A requirement that AI-generated content be clearly labeled and reviewed by human editors
December 3, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Additionally, management struck out:
1️⃣ Language that would prevent GAI from producing editorial work
2️⃣ A requirement that AI-generated content be clearly labeled and reviewed by human editors
1️⃣ Language that would prevent GAI from producing editorial work
2️⃣ A requirement that AI-generated content be clearly labeled and reviewed by human editors
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It's simple — @propublica.org workers should not be replaced by artificial intelligence. Our contract proposal specifically says that generative artificial intelligence ("GAI") should not be used to replace employees. Management struck out this entire section in their response to our proposal.
December 3, 2025 at 9:46 PM
It's simple — @propublica.org workers should not be replaced by artificial intelligence. Our contract proposal specifically says that generative artificial intelligence ("GAI") should not be used to replace employees. Management struck out this entire section in their response to our proposal.
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Workers can regulate AI with strong contract language. Full stop.
Unionized journalists just proved this at POLITICO. @pen-guild.bsky.social
Unionized journalists just proved this at POLITICO. @pen-guild.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Workers can regulate AI with strong contract language. Full stop.
Unionized journalists just proved this at POLITICO. @pen-guild.bsky.social
Unionized journalists just proved this at POLITICO. @pen-guild.bsky.social
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Hate AI slop? Worried it’s bad for democracy and public trust?
Sign this petition by @newsguild.org that takes a stand against the use of AI in a way that undermines the integrity of journalism
actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
Sign this petition by @newsguild.org that takes a stand against the use of AI in a way that undermines the integrity of journalism
actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
Stand with NewsGuild-CWA journalists and demand news, not slop!
Unionized journalists across North America have come together to sound the alarm: Media companies are implementing artificial intelligence in ways that damage the credibility of the journalism on whic...
actionnetwork.org
December 3, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Hate AI slop? Worried it’s bad for democracy and public trust?
Sign this petition by @newsguild.org that takes a stand against the use of AI in a way that undermines the integrity of journalism
actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
Sign this petition by @newsguild.org that takes a stand against the use of AI in a way that undermines the integrity of journalism
actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
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🗓️ THIS THURSDAY: We are hosting an AI Town Hall to hear from journalists who are fighting for HUMAN-driven news that's not robot-generated slop.
Join us tomorrow by registering here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join us tomorrow by registering here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
December 3, 2025 at 5:59 PM
🗓️ THIS THURSDAY: We are hosting an AI Town Hall to hear from journalists who are fighting for HUMAN-driven news that's not robot-generated slop.
Join us tomorrow by registering here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join us tomorrow by registering here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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NEW: LA Times journalists (@latguild.bsky.social) approved a new contract after three years of hard-fought negotiations.
Under the deal, which covers more than 200 Guild members, every newsroom worker will receive a raise of at least $3,000 in the first year.
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Under the deal, which covers more than 200 Guild members, every newsroom worker will receive a raise of at least $3,000 in the first year.
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Los Angeles Times journalists approve new contract by 87% after three years | The NewsGuild - TNG-CWA
Unionized journalists at the Los Angeles Times voted 156 to 23 on Tuesday to ratify a three-year contract deal with Media Guild of the West.
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December 3, 2025 at 8:01 PM
NEW: LA Times journalists (@latguild.bsky.social) approved a new contract after three years of hard-fought negotiations.
Under the deal, which covers more than 200 Guild members, every newsroom worker will receive a raise of at least $3,000 in the first year.
newsguild.org/los-angeles-...
Under the deal, which covers more than 200 Guild members, every newsroom worker will receive a raise of at least $3,000 in the first year.
newsguild.org/los-angeles-...
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Read this #newsnotslop thread from the incredible folks at @pen-guild.bsky.social - who know a little something about winning on AI. Share your stories and let's keep up the conversation on AI.
AI’s Impact on Editorial Standards and Ethics is today’s theme in our #newsnotslop campaign. Be sure to follow @pen-guild.bsky.social and be part of the conversation, starting at noon ET.
December 2, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Read this #newsnotslop thread from the incredible folks at @pen-guild.bsky.social - who know a little something about winning on AI. Share your stories and let's keep up the conversation on AI.
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A good read. #newsnotslop
This year we’ve seen employers pile on the AI-generated slop in our workplaces. In many cases, these AI deployments undermine the editorial ethics and standards journalists at
@newsguild.org strive to uphold. 1/
@newsguild.org strive to uphold. 1/
December 2, 2025 at 5:59 PM
A good read. #newsnotslop
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We stand with our @pen-guild.bsky.social colleagues! #newsnotslop
This year we’ve seen employers pile on the AI-generated slop in our workplaces. In many cases, these AI deployments undermine the editorial ethics and standards journalists at
@newsguild.org strive to uphold. 1/
@newsguild.org strive to uphold. 1/
December 2, 2025 at 6:22 PM
We stand with our @pen-guild.bsky.social colleagues! #newsnotslop
This year we’ve seen employers pile on the AI-generated slop in our workplaces. In many cases, these AI deployments undermine the editorial ethics and standards journalists at
@newsguild.org strive to uphold. 1/
@newsguild.org strive to uphold. 1/
December 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This year we’ve seen employers pile on the AI-generated slop in our workplaces. In many cases, these AI deployments undermine the editorial ethics and standards journalists at
@newsguild.org strive to uphold. 1/
@newsguild.org strive to uphold. 1/
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YES!! 🫡 #NewsNotSlop
A neutral arbiter agrees: @politico.com violated our contract and its own journalistic standards when it deployed AI.
Our readers deserve news, not slop!
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Our readers deserve news, not slop!
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December 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM
YES!! 🫡 #NewsNotSlop
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We at @eenews.bsky.social and @politico.com found the company wasn’t following our contract’s AI guardrails, including publishing error-ridden work well below our standards as human journalists
So our union @pen-guild.bsky.social took them to arbitration — and won
#PENGuild4eva #MightierTogether
So our union @pen-guild.bsky.social took them to arbitration — and won
#PENGuild4eva #MightierTogether
A neutral arbiter agrees: @politico.com violated our contract and its own journalistic standards when it deployed AI.
Our readers deserve news, not slop!
wbng.org/2025/12/01/p...
Our readers deserve news, not slop!
wbng.org/2025/12/01/p...
December 1, 2025 at 6:42 PM
We at @eenews.bsky.social and @politico.com found the company wasn’t following our contract’s AI guardrails, including publishing error-ridden work well below our standards as human journalists
So our union @pen-guild.bsky.social took them to arbitration — and won
#PENGuild4eva #MightierTogether
So our union @pen-guild.bsky.social took them to arbitration — and won
#PENGuild4eva #MightierTogether