Articles about Journalism

Seattle Times journalists picket over AI, calling for job protections in contract talks

Members of the Seattle Times Union held a lunchtime picket outside the newspaper’s offices Wednesday, calling on the company to guarantee that AI won’t replace any newsroom jobs. The company has agreed that AI won’t interview sources or write stories, but the union says other roles such as copy editors and photographers aren’t protected. Read More

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Inside the Newsroom: Technology Media

A PRSA Puget Sound panel with three working technology journalists on what Pacific Northwest tech reporters are actually looking for.… Read More

Twin tech founders who left Seattle for Alaska bet on an AI agent named ‘Walter’ to cover local news

Several years after leaving Seattle’s startup scene to build a “tech outpost” in the Alaskan wilderness, serial entrepreneurs and twin brothers Lee and Lucas Brown, founders of Tune, have set their sights on a new frontier: replacing the traditional newsroom with artificial intelligence. Read More

How an AirTag planted by a reporter led to a secret Amazon site where old books are cut apart and scanned

404 Media put an Apple AirTag in a rare book and tracked it to an Amazon warehouse in Las Vegas, where a team cuts the bindings off books and scans the pages. The reporting method has roots in a Seattle non-profit group. Read More

Sirens, startups, and storytelling: My summer at GeekWire

From protests at Microsoft’s campus to interviews with startup founders and AI innovators, Maddie Stoll’s GeekWire internship was a crash course in Seattle’s tech scene — and a study in contrasts with her time in Chicago and London. Read More

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The front lines of creativity: Journalist and educator Hanson Hosein on AI and solo storytelling

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, our guest is Hanson Hosein — an Emmy Award-winning journalist, filmmaker, and communication strategist… Read More

Tricia Duryee, 1977-2024: Tenacious reporter was a bright light on the technology beat

Tricia Duryee, a resourceful and enterprising technology journalist who reported on some of the biggest names in the business in… Read More

Cantwell report warns that Google and Facebook are killing local journalism as CEOs testify at Senate

The technology industry is pushing local journalism over the edge, according to a new report from the office of Sen.… Read More

Internal memo: Sports Illustrated publisher Maven blasts ‘me-first attitude’ in firing of top soccer journalist Grant Wahl

Sports Illustrated publisher Maven fired top soccer journalist Grant Wahl for his criticism of how the company handled job cuts… Read More

Why The New York Times is testing controversial tech including facial recognition and deepfakes

The New York Times of 2019 is a different animal than the daily print newspaper that defined the publication for… Read More

Sports Illustrated owner Maven raises $20M to power controversial publishing plans

Maven, the Seattle-based media company that purchased Sports Illustrated earlier this year, has raised $20 million and revealed more of… Read More

NYT editor on the state of journalism: Technology is ‘leaving us with the stuff that pisses people off’

It may feel like animosity toward the media is at an all-time high, but the head of The New York… Read More

Returning to journalism, 30 years later: Can the profession’s standards survive its disruption?

Many people don’t have a clue how journalism works. Journalists may have less access to events and their newsmakers than… Read More

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‘Day 1’ Distraction: National Enquirer fight signals new era for Jeff Bezos, and maybe for Amazon

One of the most fascinating things about Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is that building one of the world’s most successful… Read More

Twitter teams up with Tagboard to help newscasters surface political tweets

Twitter is partnering with Seattle-area startup Tagboard to help video news producers highlight tweets tied to political issues and races… Read More

Microsoft researcher cautions media not to fall prey to fringe groups flying ‘false flag of conservatism’

Fringe groups are seeking to manipulate the media and tech companies with accusations of anti-conservative bias, aiming to invoke anger… Read More

Certifying online journalists: A bad idea whose time has come?

In the battle against fake news, is it finally time to certify journalists? It’s a divisive question, but one that… Read More

GeekWire HQ2 revealed: We’re heading to Pittsburgh to cover its post-industrial renaissance and innovation economy

From the “Portal to the Pacific” to the “Paris of Appalachia,” we’re packing our bags for Pittsburgh. That’s right, we’re… Read More

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GeekWire Podcast: Axios chief tech correspondent Ina Fried on the new world of technology and media

Our guest on this episode of the GeekWire podcast: Ina Fried, the San Francisco-based chief technology correspondent for Axios, a new… Read More

Amazon partners with UC Berkeley for first foray into investigative journalism

Amazon is getting into the news business, once again proving that the company’s appetite for new industries knows no limits.… Read More

Bloomberg’s digital chief: Journalists must ‘reclaim’ their audience from Facebook and Google

The news industry faces a Herculean challenge. With resources and attention spans dwindling, media organizations find themselves in a war with tech… Read More

After growing Starbucks’ digital news operation, veteran journalist Linda Thomas joins Amazon as director of ‘Amazon Stories’

After spending more than three years helping grow Starbucks’ digital news operation, Linda Thomas is shifting gears to do something similar at another Seattle-based corporate giant.… Read More

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Seattle Times journalists picket over AI, calling for job protections in contract talks

Inside the Newsroom: Technology Media

Twin tech founders who left Seattle for Alaska bet on an AI agent named ‘Walter’ to cover local news

How an AirTag planted by a reporter led to a secret Amazon site where old books are cut apart and scanned

Sirens, startups, and storytelling: My summer at GeekWire

The front lines of creativity: Journalist and educator Hanson Hosein on AI and solo storytelling

Tricia Duryee, 1977-2024: Tenacious reporter was a bright light on the technology beat

Cantwell report warns that Google and Facebook are killing local journalism as CEOs testify at Senate

Internal memo: Sports Illustrated publisher Maven blasts ‘me-first attitude’ in firing of top soccer journalist Grant Wahl

Why The New York Times is testing controversial tech including facial recognition and deepfakes

NYT editor on the state of journalism: Technology is ‘leaving us with the stuff that pisses people off’

Returning to journalism, 30 years later: Can the profession’s standards survive its disruption?

‘Day 1’ Distraction: National Enquirer fight signals new era for Jeff Bezos, and maybe for Amazon

Microsoft researcher cautions media not to fall prey to fringe groups flying ‘false flag of conservatism’

Certifying online journalists: A bad idea whose time has come?

GeekWire HQ2 revealed: We’re heading to Pittsburgh to cover its post-industrial renaissance and innovation economy

GeekWire Podcast: Axios chief tech correspondent Ina Fried on the new world of technology and media

Amazon partners with UC Berkeley for first foray into investigative journalism

After growing Starbucks’ digital news operation, veteran journalist Linda Thomas joins Amazon as director of ‘Amazon Stories’

Facebook Journalism Project aims to work with publishers and journalists, curb fake news

Media titan Barry Diller discusses fake news, the ‘nasty consequences’ of everyone being a publisher

This is how actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt thinks we can fix education, journalism, and government

Microsoft and newspaper publisher Pioneer launch citizen journalism app, give Windows 10 tablets to subscribers

Facebook introduces Signal to help news organizations find content from across the social network

Can Google improve journalism? ‘News Lab’ arms reporters with new tech tools

App of the Week: Longform brings the best of the web to your iPhone and iPad

Tech scribe Kara Swisher: ‘Journalism has never been less influential’