Gannett plans to hire “AI Sports Editor” and “AI Assisted Sports Reporter” as the newsroom’s artificial intelligence doubles down America’s largest newspaper chain. The new job offers arise amid continuing union tensions between employee journalists and Gannett own the USA Today network and has been suffering from multiple AI media controversy since 2023.
AI Sports Editor Gannett’s USA Today Network job offers a salary range of $80,000 to $140,300 for editors. “We will lead the cutting edge digital news teams who have come to store data, automate content and create new reader experiences by combining human reporting with AI’s technical expertise.” According to the job posting, the editors will “lead a team of AI sports reporters and gather information to enrich the automated content of AI.”
“AI has been a major issue at the guild negotiation table, especially at Gannett. The company has a history of using technology and trying to pass it on as human reports.” Awful announcement In a statement. The union represents nearly 6,000 media workers, including five negotiating units from Gannett Newspapers.
“Journalism doesn’t just edit information for stories. Good journalism comes from human connections that have been interviewed in story subjects and developed sources. The logic and thoughts behind what makes a good angle to the story. And the experiences of life are brought to the table by each journalist,” added DeCaraba. “There is no substitute for human skills. This is the fundamental reason why I sought and won a strong employment protection language with AI in contracts for Gannett members.”
Gannett AI Assist Sports Reporter Will”Use AI tools and data to generate sports content that goes beyond box scores and traditional beats across high schools, colleges and professional sports coverage. Remote roles have an hourly range listed between $21.64 and $38.70. Additionally, there are non-sport specifics in Gannetts. AI Assist Reporter Job openings and a Sports AI Technology Experts The role of those whose backgrounds combine journalism and data science expertise.
“Utilizing AI allows us to expand coverage and enable journalists to focus on more in-depth sports reports,” a spokesman for the USA Today Network said in a statement. Awful announcement. “With human surveillance at every step, AI-assisted reports meet standards of quality and accuracy, providing readers with more valuable content that has always been associated with the USA Today network.”
With USA Today and more than 200 local presses, Gannett keeps the public Ethical Action Policy About our unique AI creation and support content. 2024, Gannett Shut down the product review site review After publication Staff journalists publicly Gannett was criticized The site has secretly published product reviews generated by AI.
Previously, Garnett AI Sports Writing Program has been suspended In 2023, after it was used, a summary of the AI-generated games Tennessee, Columbus Dispatch, and Indie Stars. Some summaries were ridiculed on social media for the tone of the robot, the lack of player names, and the use of strange phrases “Athletic kind of close encounterAlong with other troublesome language.
Ledeaithe content automation company owned by Ohio-based Source Brand Solutions, was Gannett’s AI-generated game summary provider in 2023. It is unclear whether Ledeai is still working with Gannett or whether the publisher is using another technology partner for the new Ai-Asisted Sports Push.
According to an article published on February 25, if the media giant doesn’t immediately agree to the new terms of the contract, three New Jersey newspaper journalists, owned by Gannet, reportedly voted to organize a strike if the media giant doesn’t immediately agree to the new terms of the contract. New Jersey Gloves. aoo-mcj guild – On behalf of Asbury Park Press, Courier-News and the Home News Tribune, it argues that “Gannett has established an artificial intelligence policy that affects working conditions in newspapers and discriminates against employees for union activities.” GlovesGannett is said to have not given pay raises to the majority of journalists in six years. (update: The labor contract announcement took place Monday afternoon between Gannett and the New York News Guild. )
New York News Guild He also took him to LinkedIn over the past week to help journalists fighting for wage increases in Gannett’s New Jersey newspaper. Gannett’s stock has fallen by around 25% over the past three months, but the latest 4th quarter 2024 profit report Total revenue was $621.3 million, down 7.2% year-on-year.
“Gannett is cutting back and burning local American papers, including North and Central Jersey publications. And we’ll cut down important local coverage and fire local journalists who report information you need to keep you safe and connect with the community.” Posting ActionNetwork.org From NewsGuild-CWA Union. “Now is the time to invest in local papers, negotiate in good faith with journalists and settle fair contracts.”
Gannett is not the only major publisher that uses artificial intelligence to cover sports. ESPN has partnered with Microsoft and Accenture to create a summary of the games generated for the AI of the Premier Racross League and the National Women’s Football League. It was criticized in September Because he couldn’t include a mention of Alex Morgan in what was her final professional match first. Sports Illustrated also faced scandal in 2023 To publish AI-generated articles from fake, AI-generated authors.
