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Becky Little
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Writer in DC (she/her)😷| Bylines: History Channel, National Geographic, Smithsonian, Time, Washington City Paper, DCist (RIP) | Member: @nwu.org‬ @fspnwu.bsky.social | https://msbeckylittle.tumblr.com/
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Read and share the Caucus of Nonprofit Newsroom Unions' position statement, which FSP-NWU endorses to represent our members who freelance for these companies, and sign the NewsGuild-CWA’s petition on AI. And if you are a freelance worker, join NWU in the fight for #NewsNotSlop!
CNNU
December 5, 2026
cnnu.org
December 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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FSP-NWU has developing AI contract language for freelancers and fighting for fair legislation that regulates the use of our work by AI companies. Now, our NewsGuild-CWA siblings are fighting to ensure that AI is regulated in their newsrooms. Sign the petition here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
Stand with NewsGuild-CWA journalists and demand news, not slop!
Unionized journalists across North America have come together to sound the alarm: Media companies are implementing artificial intelligence in ways that damage the credibility of the journalism on…
actionnetwork.org
December 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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For-profit media companies have already haphazardly rolled out deeply flawed AI tools that publish inaccurate articles and are used as an excuse for executives to slash freelance budgets and lay off our peers in the industry. Nonprofit outlets can and must do better to preserve trust in news.
December 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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TODAY alone, Reuters Guild and @insiderunion.bsky.social are fighting for say in AI, IRL at their NYC offices.

TONIGHT, NewsGuild is hosting a town hall all about how we are FIGHTING and WINNING on AI. Register here! 6 p.m. ET us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
December 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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But he sent us back to the table to bargain with POLITICO over an appropriate remedy.

Help us show POLITICO--and news executives everywhere--that our readers demand ethical journalism and sign The News Guild petition. #newsnotslop

actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
Stand with NewsGuild-CWA journalists and demand news, not slop!
Unionized journalists across North America have come together to sound the alarm: Media companies are implementing artificial intelligence in ways that damage the credibility of the journalism on whic...
actionnetwork.org
December 2, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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We WON that case. The neutral arbiter said AI may generate content more quickly than a human can write, but that's no substitute for critical safeguards like fact-checking. 7/

www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/poli...
Politico management violated key AI adoption safeguards, arbitrator finds
The ruling marks one of the first major tests of an AI clause in a newsroom union contract.
www.niemanlab.org
December 2, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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[email protected] executives claimed their erroneous gen AI tools sit “outside the newsroom” and shouldn’t be subject to editorial standards 6/ www.niemanlab.org/2025/08/poli...
Politico’s recent AI experiments shouldn’t be subject to newsroom editorial standards, its editors testify
In a July arbitration hearing, Politico faced allegations that two generative AI tools violated its union contract.
www.niemanlab.org
December 2, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Last year @politico.com used AI to generate coverage of major political events. They also currently let subscribers generate AI-written reports on any subject. But the reports are often riddled with errors, and there's no human to fact-check them. 3/
December 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM