AI in the newsroom: the hard sell

Journalism is the bedrock of democracy. Newsrooms should skip the sales pitch.

It’s been fascinating to watch AI vendors like Microsoft try to sell their emerging products to industries like news publishing. Having come from tech startup-land, with both feet now firmly planted in nonprofit-news-land, I find myself wondering if I have a unique perspective, or if everyone is quietly thinking the same things I am while not saying the…