✍️ Journalism Jobs and Media News Update ✍️ — October 3
Student Discounts Are Back; 500 New Jobs and Internships; Media News Roundup
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Aside from new openings and discounts, we have another roundup of the most important and interesting news from the world of media over the past week. Today we look at the end of the Hollywood writers strike, Google’s landmark antitrust trial that’s undermining public trust, the crisis engulfing GB News, the BBC’s new social media guidelines, and some ways on how to embrace AI to tell better stories.
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Writers Strike Coming To An End
We start this week with the news that the Hollywood writers strike is coming to an end, after an agreement was made between the Writers Guild of America — which represents more than 11,000 screenwriters — and Hollywood’s studios. Artificial intelligence was at the heart of the 148-day stalemate, but the studios now will not be able to use generative AI to write or rewrite material, and writers can use AI to supplement their work but won’t be required to do so, according to a WGA summary the new contract. While this is certainly good news, this likely won’t be the last strike of its kind, and the studios’ bottom line will continue to be the priority.
Google Antitrust Trial Undermines Trust
One of the biggest antitrust lawsuits of this century has gotten underway, but has drawn staunch criticism due to most of the proceedings taking place behind closed doors, over fears of revealing trade secrets and embarrassing the defendent. The U.S. Department of Justice is suing Google, arguing it abused its power and resources to maintain a monopoly over internet searches. Per Caitlin Vogus, Deputy Director of Advocacy at the Freedom of the Press Foundation, federal judge Amit Mehta has done little to stop Google and other big tech firms from hiding as much as possible from the public. So far, Mehta has deferred to the tech firms’ claims that public access would cause public harm; criticized the DOJ for making trial exhibits public online; and barred broadcast of the trial, meaning only those within commuting distance will be able to report on the trial live.
GB News Suspends Three Presenters
The crisis engulfing UK broadcaster GB News is getting worse, as it suspended three of its presenters. Dan Wooten is currently under investigation by police over allegations he used a pseudonym to solicit explicit images from former colleagues at the Sun. Actor-turned-presenter Laurence Fox is suspended over misogynistic comments made toward journalist Ava Evans last week, and most-recently Calvin Robinson over public support for Wooten, saying “Standing up for Dan is standing up for the very idea of GB News. If he falls, we all fall.” GB News bosses are urgently discussing what to do next as UK media regulator Ofcom launched a string of investigations into the organization, whose credibility as a news network is slipping rapidly. GB News has previously come under scrutiny for breaching impartiality rules after two sitting Conservative Party MPs interviewed Chancellor Jeremy Hunt.
New BBC Social Media Guidelines
The BBC has announced that its high-profile presenters will be able to express their views on issues and policies, but will not be allowed to campaign for political parties, according to its new social media guidelines. It comes seven months since football presenter Gary Lineker was suspended after he tweeted his criticism of the UK Conservative government’s immigration policy, saying its language was “not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s”. The tweet and suspension caused a firestorm that led to the resignation of Richard Sharp as the corporation’s chairman, after failing to disclose his links to the Conservative Party and former prime minister Boris Johnson became unearthed. Lineker gave the new social media rules a thumbs up on X/Twitter.
Embrace AI For Enhanced Storytelling
And we finish with this piece for Nieman Lab by friend of the newsletter Louise Story. Artificial intelligence has understandably garnered much negative attention recently, but it’s important to remember just how powerful it can be to enhance productivity and storytelling. For example, at The Wall Street Journal, Louise and her team built a stock movement alert tool that notified reporters when stocks of companies moved in ways that typically indicated news, so they could hit the phones to try and break the news of why. While media companies will unlikely be the center of AI innovation, they can still benefit greatly by getting ahead of the curve and hiring people who know how these technologies work and think creatively in applying them to newsrooms. Check the piece out for more ways to embrace AI.