The Tow Center used AI to generate a first-draft fleet of Python scrapers in just minutes. Now we are sharing the code. @toryl.bsky.social @cj-robinson.bsky.social www.cjr.org/tow_center/s...

The importance of journalists becoming tool builders, Brown Institute for Media Innovation's Michael Krisch for our panel event launching our report on using AI to Map Local News in Charlotte, NC . @sarahstonbely.bsky.social tow.cjr.org/charlotte-20...

The Tow Center used AI to generate a first-draft fleet of Python scrapers in just minutes. Now we are sharing the code. @toryl.bsky.social @cj-robinson.bsky.social www.cjr.org/tow_center/s...

How has the nature of political influence changed? What are the implications for journalism? And what can the left learn from the right’s success? @swajcmanearle.bsky.social and Kim Phillips-Fein join @emilybell.bsky.social and Heather Chaplin on Journalism 2050. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Will AI-free higher education become an experience available only to people in elite environments? Kim Phillips-Fein and @swajcmanearle.bsky.social join hosts @emilybell.bsky.social and Heather Chaplin on Journalism 2050. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

What can we learn about where journalism and the rest of the knowledge economy is going from the recent economic history of the US ? Quite a bit - really enjoyed this discussion with the brilliant Kim Philips-Fein …

Boo your commencement speakers who glorify AI by all means (we @towcenter.bsky.social might be inclined to do the same) - but is the ‘tech free space’ in danger of becoming an elite preserve?

How has the nature of political influence changed? What are the implications for journalism? And what can the left learn from the right’s success? Kim Phillips-Fein & @swajcmanearle.bsky.social join @emilybell.bsky.social & Heather Chaplin on Journalism 2050. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

While open-protocol tools show some promise in helping publishers take back control over how AI bots access and present their content, technical solutions alone cannot resolve what is a systemic problem. (w/ @aisvarya17.bsky.social for @columjournreview.bsky.social) www.cjr.org/tow_center/a...

To believe in journalism is inherently to be pro-democracy. Heather Chaplin cohosts Journalism 2050 with @emilybell.bsky.social. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

AI Agents are coming for news. Can publishers reclaim control? Read Aisvarya Chandrasekar and Klaudia Jaźwińska of @towcenter.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/tow_center/a...

@npr.org's @annabrugmann.bsky.social on the relationship between public broadcasting and local news from our latest panel event "Using AI to Map Charlotte's Local News and Civic Landscape". www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pm0... View the full report here: tow.cjr.org/charlotte-20...

Polymarket and Kalshi offer to predict the future. Journalists should be wary, especially during elections, writes Tow's @cj-robinson.bsky.social for @columjournreview.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/tow_center/a...

Tow Center's @dmil.bsky.social on the use of AI in newsrooms from our latest panel event "Using AI to Map Charlotte's Local News and Civic Landscape". www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pm0... View the full report here: tow.cjr.org/charlotte-20...

The only substitute for SpaceX is political will. @quinnslobodian.com and @bentarnoff.com talk Muskism on Journalism 2050 with @emilybell.bsky.social and Heather Chaplin. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...

What ‘NPC,’ Elon Musk’s favorite term of abuse, reveals about his worldview. @bentarnoff.com and @quinnslobodian.com talk Muskism on Journalism 2050 with @emilybell.bsky.social and @heatherchaplin. youtu.be/9jCT8RyrgLY

This AI - Publisher deals, lawsuits, and grants tracker by @klaudia.bsky.social at the @towcenter.bsky.social is a 👍resource. The Globe and Mail & Torstar are there for deals and as part of the broad based lawsuits brought by Canadian news media against OpenAi & Cohere. tow.cjr.org/ai-deals-law...

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On Journalism 2050, @bentarnoff.com and @quinnslobodian.com discuss Elon Musk's vision of society, what Muskism offers the public besides dystopia, and what journalism free from Muskism looks like, with hosts @emilybell.bsky.social and Heather Chaplin. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...

On Journalism 2050, @bentarnoff.com and @quinnslobodian.com discuss Elon Musk's vision of society, what Muskism offers the public besides dystopia, and what journalism free from Muskism looks like, with hosts @emilybell.bsky.social and Heather Chaplin. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...

I loved this episode with my co-conspirator Heather Chaplin - thanks @bentarnoff.com and @quinnslobodian.com , for coming on to talk Muskism , cyber conservatism, and how journalism needs to forge a path away from techno totalitarianism (buy their book of the same name - it’s truly excellent)

Using AI modeling and analysis, we mapped the organizations and outlets delivering essential civic information and the communities being reached and served in Charlotte, NC. tow.cjr.org/charlotte-20...

Join us on Monday, May 4th for an event on local news and new tools to map civic ecosystems. We'll discuss new AI-driven methods for mapping local news and information using Charlotte, NC as a test case. @sarahstonbely.bsky.social www.eventbrite.com/e/using-ai-t...

Join us on Monday, May 4th for an event on local news and new tools to map civic ecosystems. We'll discuss new AI-driven methods for mapping local news and information using Charlotte, NC as a test case. @sarahstonbely.bsky.social www.eventbrite.com/e/using-ai-t...

New from Tow: Using AI modeling and analysis, we mapped the organizations and outlets delivering essential civic information and the communities being reached and served in Charlotte, NC. @sarahstonbely.bsky.social tow.cjr.org/charlotte-20...

A new report identifies dozens of Charlotte's local news sources, from journalism outlets to church newsletters, to understand what really powers an information ecosystem. Read Sarah Stonbely. www.cjr.org/tow_center/w...

New from Tow: Using AI modeling and analysis, we mapped the organizations and outlets delivering essential civic information and the communities being reached and served in Charlotte, NC. @sarahstonbely.bsky.social tow.cjr.org/charlotte-20...

Google’s attempts to repackage news are encroaching on publishers. As a cofounder of WTF Is SEO?, an industry newsletter, has observed: “A growing sentiment is that Google is not a partner but a competitor.” @cj-robinson.bsky.social @columjournreview.bsky.social www.cjr.org/tow_center/t...

Google’s attempts to repackage news are encroaching on publishers. As a cofounder of WTF Is SEO?, an industry newsletter, has observed: “A growing sentiment is that Google is not a partner but a competitor.” Read C.J. Robinson for @towcenter.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/tow_center/t...

Tech companies say that LLMs work better if they remember things about you. But people may find themselves “insulated from the truth by the very tools they use to seek it.” @aisvarya17.bsky.social for Tow and @columjournreview.bsky.social www.cjr.org/tow_center/c...

Tech companies say that LLMs work better if they remember things about you. But people may find themselves “insulated from the truth by the very tools they use to seek it.” Read Aisvarya Chandrasekar of the @towcenter.bsky.social www.cjr.org/tow_center/c...

A European journalist apologized for using AI to fabricate quotes—including from me. But there’s little accountability in blaming a chatbot, writes @emilybell.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/tow_center/d...

Mediahuis is a company that boasted about going ‘all in’ on AI …then it suspended one of its most senior editors for doing just that…..

Polymarket and Kalshi are quickly making deals with news publishers, with potential implications for the regulation of prediction markets. It’s unclear how journalism wins. @klaudia.bsky.social www.cjr.org/tow_center/t...

Polymarket and Kalshi are quickly making deals with news publishers, with potential implications for the regulation of prediction markets. It’s unclear how journalism wins. Read Klaudia Jaźwińska. www.cjr.org/tow_center/t...

There is zero reason for any credible news organisation to do a deal with Polymarket or Kalshi. Here are some concrete reasons NOT to - new analysis from @towcenter.bsky.social show how far reaching and false Polymarket ‘affiliate’ accounts are www.cjr.org/tow_center/p...

“News” accounts tied to betting markets are filling a demand for breaking news on X with false, misleading and unattributed claims. New analysis by @cj-robinson.bsky.social of @towcenter.bsky.social. Read more: www.cjr.org/tow_center/p...

Polymarket affiliate accounts peddling this misinformation attract over 3X as many impressions as the official Polymarket feed, @towcenter.bsky.social finds. @nytimes.com reported that the official account also published hundreds of false and misleading posts. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/t...

We have really top notch computational journalists at @towcenter.bsky.social and @columbiajournalism.bsky.social …here is @cj-robinson.bsky.social with new research on the dangerous Polymarket grift infecting news integrity

AI companies - ‘helping’ journalism…. by borrowing authority without bothering to fix citation . Me in CJR www.cjr.org/tow_center/d...

As Polymarket pushes to be seen as a legitimate source of information, “news” accounts tied to betting markets are spreading misinformation. A new analysis by @cj-robinson.bsky.social tracks how Polymarket is amplifying news far beyond its own X account. www.cjr.org/tow_center/p...

When asking AI about the news, readers “know the answers they are getting are not perfect.” They keep asking anyway. @klaudia.bsky.social @aisvarya17.bsky.social www.cjr.org/tow_center/a...

When asking AI about the news, readers “know the answers they are getting are not perfect.” They keep asking anyway. Read @klaudia.bsky.social and @aisvarya17.bsky.social of @towcenter.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/tow_center/a...

Profit or Nonprofit? A Debate over Journalism’s Future. @joshih.bsky.social of Mill Media and Vanan Murugesan of the Sahan Journal join @emilybell.bsky.social and Heather Chaplin on this week's Journalism 2050. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

Mending local news in a crisis: How nonprofit and for-profit business models can complement each other when big-money media fails. Read @emilybell.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/tow_center/m...

On Wikipedia, an army of humans provide clarification and updates, in dialogue with one another. Many of Grok’s processes are still largely invisible. It’s also unclear how much Musk can affect its decisions. Read @cj-robinson.bsky.social for @towcenter.bsky.social.

Grokipedia does allow humans to suggest changes to its content. But according to a new analysis from the @towcenter.bsky.social, something has shifted: suggestions are increasingly being submitted from Grok to itself. Read @cj-robinson.bsky.social www.cjr.org/tow_center/g...

So...Grok is editing Grok to make Grokipedia Until recently, Grok was the "editor" of Grokipedia, but most of the edits were submitted by users. Now, most of the proposed edits are initiated by Grok. New analysis by @cj-robinson.bsky.social at @towcenter.bsky.social www.cjr.org/tow_center/g...

We unpack the roots of the current US approach to media policy via the gateway of the Gawker trial

Outlier Media Reimagines What Local News Can Be. @sarahalvarez.bsky.social and @cande313.bsky.social join hosts @emilybell.bsky.social and Heather Chaplin on a new episode of Journalism 2050. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...