How a hedge fund using reporters would operate
Kate Duguid, Joshua Franklin, Ortenca Aliaj and James Fontanella-Khan of The Financial Times examine how Hunterbrook, the hedge-fund like operation using journalists to provide research, would operate. Duguid, Franklin, Aliaj and Fontanella-Khan report, “Reporters at the company will not seek out material non-public information though, like a hedge fund, may encounter it while reporting. “Any articles written by Hunterbrook […]
Cointelegraph apologizes for false tweet
Cyrptocurrency news site Cointelegraph has apologized for a tweet falsely stating that the Securities and Exchange Commission had approved a Bitcoin exchange traded fund. A story on its website states, “Earlier today, during routine coverage, Cointelegraph’s social media team posted a message on X without prior editorial approval stating that the United States Securities and […]
TV anchor Ruhle’s relationship with company executive questioned
Khadeeja Safdar of The Wall Street Journal examines the relationship between MSNBC anchor Stephanie Ruhle and Under Armour executive Kevin Plank, noting litigation about her messages to him when she was at Bloomberg Television. Safdar writes, “Plank and Ruhle corresponded regularly and at all hours, according to the documents. In 2016, Plank sent Ruhle what he described as […]
Time to change how business news reports about Musk
Casey Newton writes on his Platformer site about how business news organizations cover Tesla CEO Elon Musk and why they must change their tactics. Newton writes, “For most of you, I realize, it is no longer news that Musk stretches the truth until it disintegrates. At least since he lied about having ‘funding secured’ to take […]
How an AI-generated story caused an uproar at Gizmodo
Pranshu Varma of The Washington Post writes about how a story written by artificial intelligence about Star Wars movies caused an uproar at tech site Gizmodo. Varma writes, “Lauren Leffer, a Gizmodo reporter and member of the Writers Guild of America, East union, said this is a ‘very transparent’ effort by G/O Media to get more […]
Golfer suing Bloomberg News for defamation over photo
Michael McCann of Sportico reports about professional golfer Patrick Reed’s defamation lawsuit against Bloomberg News over the use of a photo of him with a story. McCann reports, “Reed maintains Bloomberg’s photo selection was part of a ‘concerted scheme to defame, smear, and harm anyone associated with LIV.’ Reed was one of the first golfers to sign […]
CNET overhauls AI policy and updates past stories
Tech news site CNET has updated its artificial intelligence policies, saying no stories will be written entirely using the AI tool, and it’s also updating some past content, reports Mia Sato of The Verge. Sato reports, “But the outlet says it will ‘explore leveraging’ AI tools to sort and analyze data and to create outlines for stories, […]
NY Times biz news desk upset with Theranos CEO profile
Charlotte Klein of Vanity Fair writes about how the New York Times business news staff is unhappy with the recent profile of now-imprisoned Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes and expressed those concerns to business editor Ellen Pollock. Klein writes, “At the all-hands meeting Tuesday, attended by some 80 people, Pollock was asked how the story came about and […]
What Reuters is telling its journalists about using artificial intelligence
Reuters editor in chief Alessandra Galloni and ethics editor Alix Freedman sent out the following to the staff about using artificial intelligence: Colleagues, As you know, artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the world of work, including in the field of journalism, presenting both opportunities and challenges. We want to ensure that Reuters journalists will use […]
How VentureBeat plans to use AI in its content
Michael Nunez, the editorial director of VentureBeat, sent the following to the staff: To the VentureBeat Staff: The debate around the ethics of using generative AI was further amplified yesterday after one of the world’s leading AI data scientists Geoffrey Hinton resigned from Google out of concern that companies aren’t ensuring that generative AI is being used […]
