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Poynter helps journalists use generative AI tools ethically and responsibly, in service to their audiences. We offer guidance, resources and leadership to help newsrooms create sound AI policies and navigate issues such as visual AI, audience attitudes and evolving standards.

A new study suggests readers care more about story structure than headlines

A Temple study found that storytelling structure — not just simple writing or catchy headlines — shapes how readers engage with news

May 18, 2026

Amaris Castillo

New Poynter hub serves journalists working with AI and audiences trying to make sense of it

Poynter.org brings together training, ethics and media literacy to help journalists and audiences understand and use AI

May 14, 2026

AI-enhanced video from the White House Correspondents’ dinner spread confusion online

Users trying to sharpen low-quality security footage instead introduced new inaccuracies and confusion

May 12, 2026

Opinion | I gave ‘Shy Girl’ a five-star review before I found out it was AI-generated

If AI-generated books can slip past critics and major publishers, what does that mean for the future of book criticism?

May 1, 2026

News organizations reconsider ties to AI company Nota after plagiarism findings

The Boston Globe told staff to stop using Nota’s AI tools; other outlets say the company still lists them as clients after they walked away

April 17, 2026

Opinion | What we learned from a failed Nota News experiment

From Josh Brandau, CEO of Nota

April 16, 2026

Opinion | How Poynter reported the AI plagiarism story that rattled journalism

In the latest episode of ‘The Poynter Report Podcast,’ we break down how the Nota story came together and what it means for trust in AI

April 16, 2026

ProPublica’s union staged a 24-hour strike over AI, job protections

AI has been a major sticking point in negotiations, mirroring conflicts across the country between newsrooms and their unions

April 8, 2026

An AI company set out to fix news deserts. Instead, it copied local journalists’ work

Nota shut down its news sites after Axios and Poynter found dozens of plagiarized quotes, phrases and photos

April 2, 2026

Journalism students are more skeptical of AI than you might think

A classroom experiment at Northeastern found students questioning how — and whether — AI belongs in journalism

March 31, 2026

Trump says Iran is ‘based on disinformation.’ Experts say its influence operations go far beyond that.

Experts say Trump’s framing understates a broader system of propaganda, covert influence and censorship

March 24, 2026

Loreben Tuquero

This viral video of a child grieving a fallen US service member was generated by AI

Similar videos are spreading across platforms, where emotional posts can drive clicks, money and copycats

March 18, 2026

No, Benjamin Netanyahu didn’t have six fingers in a viral press conference video

Social media posts claimed a press conference video showed Netanyahu with six fingers and suggested he might be dead. The video shows five.

March 17, 2026

Loreben Tuquero

Fake images from the Iran war are spreading online. Here’s how to spot them

Old videos, AI-generated imagery and misleading captions are circulating widely on social media as the conflict unfolds

March 13, 2026

Loreben Tuquero

Opinion | A new global push would make AI companies pay for news

Known as statutory licensing, the proposal would require AI companies to pay publishers for journalism used to train their systems, past and future.

March 9, 2026

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