
Nieman Lab
May 16, 2025 at 05:36 PM
Happy Friday! Here are some of our stories this week:
🤖 Business Insider is tracking employees’ ChatGPT usage, but some are concerned about the generative AI push. Many didn’t realize management was tracking individual adoption rates of the technology: https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/05/business-insider-is-tracking-employees-chatgpt-usage-as-part-of-a-new-ai-push/
💰The National Trust for Local News is selling most of its community newspapers in Colorado to the Arizona-based Times Media Group, a for-profit media company with a history of reducing local newsrooms: https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/05/national-trust-for-local-news-sells-21-newspapers-to-a-company-with-a-history-of-gutting-local-outlets/
🏆 In 2023, The New York Times created a program that would channel some of its resources toward local investigative reporting. This year, one of its partners won a Pulitzer: https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/05/the-new-york-times-local-investigations-fellowship-gives-local-reporters-the-time-and-resources-to-take-big-swings/
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