CNET journalists seeking to unionize

CNET journalists are pushing to unionize, seeking a formal say on issues such as the use of artificial intelligence at the technology news company, reports Josh Eidelson of Bloomberg News.

Eidelson reports, “Pro-union employees, who are organizing with the Writers Guild of America East, said they’ve signed up the vast majority of their coworkers. The union seeks to represent about 100 writers, editors, video producers and other content creators.

“The employees are asking management to voluntarily recognize and negotiate with the guild.

“‘Our diverse content teams need industry-standard job protections, fair compensation, editorial independence and a voice in the decision-making process, especially as automated technology threatens our jobs and reputations,’ they said in a mission statement sent to management Tuesday.”

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Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.