Newspapers sue OpenAI and Microsoft

Shop Talk is a weekly discussion about journalism issues. This week, the panelists discuss a lawsuit filed by eight newspapers to stop tech companies from using copyrighted articles to train artificial intelligence chatbots.

Teaching journalism students how to stay safe on the job

Shop Talk is a weekly discussion about journalism issues. This week, the panelists discuss concerns about reporter safety and whether colleges and universities should now be teaching their journalism students how to protect themselves while they’re in the field reporting.

Gannett has yet to fill reporter positions

Shop Talk is a weekly discussion about journalism issues. This week, the panelists discuss Gannett’s decision to pause its plan to hire hundreds of reporters to fill open positions. Many of the company’s newspapers in this region have no local reporters on staff.

The kerfuffle over NPR’s reporting

Shop Talk is a weekly discussion about journalism issues. This week, the panelists discuss the commotion caused by remarks made by now former NPR employee Uri Berliner. He wrote an article stating that NPR has lost America’s trust, and that the network has lacked standards and transparency on sever…

Latest efforts to help local papers stay afloat

Shop Talk is a weekly discussion about journalism issues. This week, the panelists discuss the disappearing local newspaper industry and some of the latest efforts to keep local papers alive.

A view from a Quincy TV station

Shop Talk is a weekly discussion about journalism issues. This week, Mark Meyer joins the panel to talk about what he sees happening in the news industry today. Meyer is the assignment manager at WGEM-TV in Quincy.

Connecting future news consumers with journalism

Shop Talk is a weekly discussion about journalism issues. This week, the panelists talk about a program launched by Newsday to help educate grade school students about journalism.

The Ronna McDaniel debacle at NBC

Shop Talk is a weekly discussion about journalism issues. This week, the panelists talk about NBC News’ decision to hire and then quickly fire former Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel.

Newspaper chain drops AP, promises investment in newsrooms

Shop Talk is a weekly discussion about journalism issues. The McClatchy and Gannett newspaper chains recently decided to drop some or all of their services from The Associated Press. A Gannett spokesperson said, “This decision enables us to invest further in our newsrooms.” The Shop Talk panelists…

Sunshine Week

Shop Talk is a weekly discussion about journalism issues. This week, the panelists talk about Sunshine Week, which is held to promote open, transparent government. The discussion includes examples of transparency and a lack of transparency by local government officials.