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Is local news readily available in your town? Do reporters still cover your school board and other municipal meetings? The State of Local News Project at Nor

To help journalists and news organizations understand potential use and misuse of generative artificial intelligence, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has granted Northwestern University $1 million from its aligned commitment through Press Forward.

Dozens of art-world insiders gathered at the second Talking Galleries New York conference to discuss hot-button issues in the art world.

"If there are resources to be put to work, we must ask where those resources should come from, who should receive them, and on what basis they should be distributed."

For decades the media industry has grappled with how to responsibly incorporate rapidly accelerating technology in the production of news. But since the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, debate about balancing the promise with the threat of powerfu

“I think sometimes we get stuck in an echo chamber of being around each other a little too much. And I think that can hinder some of this work.”

Campus alumna Angela Filo and her husband David Filo pledge a $10 million gift to the campus’s Graduate School of Journalism, creating a $54.4 million campaign for Berkeley Journalism.

In the US, vast fortunes have been made recently, and wealthy Americans are increasingly donating to charitable foundations in order to avoid taxes and decide for themselves where to spend the money instead. A so-called “non-profit industrial complex,” has grown up around this lavish funding, which In These Times magazine warned amounts to “corporate influence-peddling.”

While some see the call to create local news collaborations through Press Forward Local chapters as a real opportunity, few are happy to hear they won’t be seeing general operating support from Press Forward anytime soon, if ever.

"Demand has gone down for printed newspapers, but the supply chain for providing newspapers in a printed format is collapsing faster than the natural interest in a printed newspaper."