A new publication in Pueblo is pretty clearly using AI to write about the city’s history. In a region where news has diminished so much, it’s even more of a gut punch to see stuff like this.

Welp.

For the love of God, bring back fact-checkers. Bring back copy editors. Bring back public editors. Bring back standards. Everybody tighten TF up.

The most puzzling AI-ism to me is probably the "Not x. Not y. But z." Not the em-dashes (an essential piece of punctuation). Not "That isn't x, it's y" (a useful if inelegant way to clarify an argument). But consecutive examples of what your subject isn't -- conveyed in fragmentary, staccato sentences -- before a declaration of what it is. Feel like this is an inherently irritating rhetorical device. And I don't recall regularly coming across it in pre-AI writing. So, I don't understand why LLMs are so in love with the template

human reporters > AI ✊🏾

Tina Peters was notably not prosecuted by the Biden administration; she was prosecuted by Mesa County, Colorado.

May we all find a friend as loyal as the Denver Post editorial board is to Governor Polis Backed Polis' Prop HH (voters defeated it by 20 pts) Backed Polis' Bridge to Nowhere (94% in Polis' own online poll opposed it) Backed Polis' clemency for Tina Peters (results TBD)

With data from @nytimes API, I analyzed all national local coverage since 2000—224K articles— to see which topics in each state get covered out of proportion to the rest of the country. A portrait of how the paper of record sees America, one state per tweet, alphabetical. 👇

🚨 NEW TOOL for U.S. legal journalists ⚖️ I turned @allyjarmanning's incredible crowdsourced Google doc on accessing state court records into an interactive map. Check it out and let me know about any errors, missing information, or ways I can improve this thing (link below)

“Newsrooms integrating AI” is going about as well as you would expect

In addition to big changes including healthcare, Stylebook Editor Anna Jo Bratton shared some smaller AP style updates at the ACES conference: * “Couple of” always means two. * It's kerfuffle, not kerfluffle. * RSVP is acceptable in all references. * Use “petted” not “pet” for past tense.

More than one-third of the 2026 @PulitzerPrizes for journalism were awarded to local news outlets yesterday axios.com/2026/05/04/2026-pu…

my mentor told me good reporters are hard to manage because they’re not good at listening to authority. and she’s right. to expect a reporter not to be defiant is like expecting to get records back immediately after requesting them. it ain’t going to happen.

I love that Aspen is a two newspaper town. But it would be REALLY fun if the horoscopes were opposite. Stir the pot a little.

HUGE NEWS for editors: the AP has changed its style guide. It's now "healthcare" (not "health care") and "childcare" (not "child care") apstylebook.com/ap_stylebook…

Exciting Opportunity! News Outlet Is Hiring for Position It Fired Everyone From Two Days Ago

I served many SPJ board terms alongside Fred. I’m lucky to be able to say that! His dedication, spirit, and expertise were inspiring. Every Colorado journalist should want to be like Fred Brown.

Number of 80° days in March in Denver: 1972-2025: 7 days 2026: 8 days #COwx

The Washington Post

Wild times in Walsenburg, where the mayor has said getting an immigration detention center would be a "godsend." Now, a 36-acre AI data center is on the way, and it seems nobody in local gov knew that was the case. gazette.com/2026/03/28/ai-da…