Reporters at McClatchy Withhold Bylines in Dispute Over A.I. Content
Gift Links
Shared By
Unionized journalists at the Sacramento Bee proudly stand with colleagues at eight other McClatchy newsrooms. We are withholding our bylines from AI-generated content in protest. Not in our name — literally. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/b...
Surreal. Glad I got out of newspapers before the era of forced AI. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/b...
This makes it sound like a byline strike, which it is not. They are refusing to have their names appear on top of articles they didn’t write, which is duh. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/b...
Good for them
No. You need websites that are designed to serve human readers, quality, authenticity and trust not commodified programmatic scale. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/b...
Purer Wahnsinn: Wer für den „Miami Herald“ oder andere Medien des McClatchy-Verlags arbeitet, muss es hinnehmen, dass seine Autorenzeile über KI-generierten Texten steht. Jetzt streiken die Journalisten, indem sie ihre Bylines verweigern. (via @nytimes.com) www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/b...
“We don’t want to put our bylines on stories we did not actually write even if they’re based on our work,” said Ariane Lange, an investigative reporter at The Sacramento Bee and the vice chair of The Sacramento Bee News Guild. “That in itself feels like a lie.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/b...
Is your news partly written by AI? McClatchy, which has 30 newspapers, is using AI to create new versions of stories and also is said to be "experimenting with feeding in reporters' notes to create articles." Its #journalists are not amused. Gift link to full story: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/b...
A representative for McClatchy did not respond to requests for comment. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/b...
As they should
Journalists at Washington state newspapers, including The (Tacoma) News Tribune and The Olympian, are among those protesting what they’re calling an “ethical breach” involving AI-generated content. #pnw
“We don’t want to put our #bylines on #stories we did not actually write even if they’re based on our work,” said Ariane Lange, an investigative #reporter at The #SacramentoBee and the vice chair of The Sacramento Bee News Guild. “That in itself feels like a lie.” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/b...
McClatchy’s aggressive and unethical push for AI is basically asking readers not to trust their newspapers. If you a person’s byline on a story, but they didn’t write it, you’re lying. (McClatchy owns the KC Star) www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/b...
As a freelancer, I try not to be in the business of burning bridges with publications that for whatever reason have moved on from me. You never know what the future holds. However.... www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/b...
Reporters at McClatchy Withhold Bylines in Dispute Over A.I. Content Journalists at newspapers like The Miami Herald and The Sacramento Bee are refusing to let the chain use their names on summarized articles generated by a new A.I. tool. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/b...
Setting aside the gag-inducing use of the term "inventory," there's a better way for McClatchy to get "more stories" & show "authority" in its coverage than turn to an internal AI tool that will recycle and churn out untold slop versions. HIRE MORE ACTUAL REPORTERS www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/b...
Reporters at McClatchy Withhold Bylines in Dispute Over A.I. Content Journalists at newspapers like The Miami Herald and The Sacramento Bee are refusing to let the chain use their names on summarized articles generated by a new A.I. tool. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/b...
On top of being an ecological disaster (and massive economic bubble lol), AI is also terrible news for anyone who cares about accurate reporting. Good on these reporters for taking a stand against the slop. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/b...
"And that's all the news fit to be regurgitated as AI slop." . . . Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/b...
Journalists at newspapers like The Miami Herald and The Sacramento Bee are refusing to let the chain use their names on summarized articles generated by a new A.I. tool. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/b...
Reporters at McClatchy Withhold Bylines in Dispute Over A.I. Content www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/b...
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/b...
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/b...
"...one of the sharpest conflicts yet between #journalists and their companies over the use of #AI." The #McClatchy #byline #strike. #journalism #newspapers #legacymedia #media www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/b...
#Journalists at @miamiherald.com @sacbee.com @idahostatesman.com @tri-cityherald.com @bellinghamherald.com @theolympian.com & other McClatchy #newspapers are having a byline #strike over #AI. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/b...
Reporters at McClatchy Withhold Bylines in Dispute Over A.I. Content www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/b...
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/b...