Artificial Intelligence

In this Duke journalism class, failure was part of the assignment. It led to real AI tools for local news.

Students partnered with local newsrooms to solve real reporting problems and learned to start with the need, not the technology

May 7, 2026

Bill Adair

Opinion | Why can’t newsroom leaders just be normal about AI?

A series of tumultuous generative artificial intelligence rollouts make clear that leaders need to listen before leaping

April 24, 2026

Alex Mahadevan

Three ways AI is making reliable information harder to find

AI-generated content, hallucinating chatbots and shrinking newsrooms are degrading the information environment

April 3, 2026

Olivia Sohr

AI advice from journalists who stopped talking and started building

Five takeaways from a full day of panels at the Hacks/Hackers and Poynter AI and Journalism Day during SXSW

March 26, 2026

Alex Mahadevan

MediaWise launches Teen Creator Network with $300,000 grant from Patrick J. McGovern Foundation

Poynter’s media literacy program partners with Local News International to help teens create engaging content their peers can trust

March 23, 2026

Adele Streissguth

More Artificial Intelligence

Poynter and Hacks/Hackers partner to keep fast AI adoption aligned with journalism ethics

Poynter will lead year-round AI ethics and literacy programming, with tracks at Hacks/Hackers’ 2026 AI x Journalism Summit and AI Real Talk Series

January 8, 2026

Alex Mahadevan

Opinion | Here are the news outlets that got AI right in 2025 — and the ones that got it very, very wrong

The year brought loud failures, cautious wins and uncertainty about the future of news

December 23, 2025

Alex Mahadevan

Trump’s White House is testing the limits of AI-driven political messaging

AI-generated images have become a hallmark of the administration’s communication strategy, blending satire, spectacle and politics

October 28, 2025

Loreben Tuquero

Poynter’s MediaWise launches new AI literacy initiative in collaboration with the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation

The project, ‘alt+ignite: Fuel Curiosity, Elevate Your AI Literacy,’ will lower tech barriers by helping people engage confidently with AI

October 27, 2025

Poynter Staff

Opinion | I’m no cartoonist. Neither is Google’s Gemini

But its Nano Banana image generator did bring my wordplay to life

October 23, 2025

Jon Greenberg

In this Duke journalism class, failure was part of the assignment. It led to real AI tools for local news.

Opinion | Why can’t newsroom leaders just be normal about AI?

Three ways AI is making reliable information harder to find

AI advice from journalists who stopped talking and started building

MediaWise launches Teen Creator Network with $300,000 grant from Patrick J. McGovern Foundation

Start your day informed and inspired.

Poynter and Hacks/Hackers partner to keep fast AI adoption aligned with journalism ethics

Opinion | Here are the news outlets that got AI right in 2025 — and the ones that got it very, very wrong

Trump’s White House is testing the limits of AI-driven political messaging

Poynter’s MediaWise launches new AI literacy initiative in collaboration with the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation

Opinion | I’m no cartoonist. Neither is Google’s Gemini

Start your day informed and inspired.

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