This is being treated as a “future of greater journalism” thing in this column. It’s really a labor thing. Reporters are being expected to sacrifice craft, colleagues and pay — and we know these attributes don’t easily return once they’re taken away!
Editor of a major Ohio news organization says they have removed “writing” from certain reporters’ workloads.
Reporters collect facts and an “AI rewrite specialist” writes the article.
That article is then reviewed by editors reporters before publication.