💡 How multi-local newsrooms can serve more people

Hello! Here’s what’s in this week’s issue:

» How multi-local newsrooms can serve more people

» WAPO inks deal with OpenAI

» National Trust announces new CEO

» The state of nonprofit news

» Audiences don’t trust news chatbots

💡 How multi-local newsrooms can serve more people

This article from Nieman Lab discusses the emergence of "multi-local" newsrooms, collaborative networks that can enhance local journalism by pooling resources and sharing infrastructure across different partners. Some examples of the model include Deep South Today in Louisiana and Mississippi and Cityside in the Bay Area.

✒ WAPO inks deal with OpenAI

The Washington Post has entered into a strategic partnership with OpenAI, allowing ChatGPT to display summaries, quotes, and direct links to the newspaper's articles in response to user queries. According to OpenAI, the deal is similar to partnerships it has formed with more than 20 other news publishers.

📢 National Trust announces new CEO

​The National Trust for Local News has appointed Tom Wiley, a seasoned local news executive and current president and publisher of The Buffalo News, as its new CEO, succeeding co-founder Elizabeth Hansen Shapiro. Wiley, known for leading digital transformations in various news organizations, will begin his tenure on May 12.

📰 The state of nonprofit news

With the closure of The Houston Landing and the Spokesman-Review of Spokane, WA reverting to nonprofit status in recent weeks, Poynter takes a look at the current state of nonprofit news. According to the author, nonprofit designation alone won’t solve financial hurdles for publishers in the current climate.

🤖 Audiences don’t trust news chatbots

According to a study, Americans are not interested in news from generative AI. The research from Poynter and the AP shows that nearly half of respondents have “no interest in using an AI chatbot to get information from news organizations”. Read more here.

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