Newsroom AI Policy and Editing for Editors
Set newsroom AI rules, edit AI assisted copy and handle disclosure and corrections with confidence
A taste of a lesson
Our reporters want AI to write article summaries at the top of stories. Is that a problem?
It can work, but summaries are where AI changes meaning most dangerously, because short text compresses nuance. 'Denied the allegations but acknowledged a meeting' can become 'admitted'. If you allow it, require the reporter or editor to check each summary line against the article, keep legal sensitive stories human written, and decide whether you'll disclose AI drafted summaries. Which stories would you exclude from AI summaries entirely?
Written by the teacher as an example. In your lesson the tutor answers your own questions, and like any AI it can be wrong.
What you will be able to do
- Write or revise a newsroom AI policy with clear permitted and restricted uses
- Edit AI assisted copy for accuracy, fairness, voice and hidden errors
- Set disclosure, image labelling and correction standards
- Communicate your AI approach transparently to readers
Lesson plan
- 1 Mapping current practice Understand how staff and freelancers already use AI and where the risks are. Start
- 2 Permitted and restricted uses Define clearly which uses are allowed, restricted or banned, with reasons. Start
- 3 Editing AI assisted copy Catch the errors, framing problems and generic writing typical of AI assistance. Start
- 4 Disclosure and images Set standards for telling readers about AI use and labelling illustrations. Start
- 5 Corrections and legal risk Handle AI caused errors openly and route legal questions properly. Start
- 6 Freelancers, training and review Extend standards to contributors, train staff and keep the policy current. Start
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About this tutor
For editors, section heads, standards editors and managing editors who decide how AI is used in their publication. We work through writing or revising a newsroom AI policy, defining acceptable and unacceptable uses, review and disclosure standards, handling AI assisted copy from staff and freelancers, image and illustration rules, corrections when AI errors slip through, and protecting audience trust. You also practise editing AI assisted drafts for accuracy, voice and fairness, and plan how to communicate your approach to readers.
Reviews
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2 ratingsSample
- Rui C.Sample
Excellent on editing AI assisted copy. The disclosure debate was balanced. Legal sections were necessarily general.
- Margaret A.Sample
We rewrote our AI policy around permitted and restricted uses with examples. Much clearer for staff and freelancers alike.
About the teacher
Translator, editor and digitisation hand teaching AI for words, archives, buildings and travel
9 tutors 307 lessons taught Sample
I began as a technical translator for engineering and architecture firms, worked on a regional news desk as a sub editor, and later joined digitisation projects with libraries and archives. Translating for tourism businesses brought me into hospitality too. What links all of it is careful work with text and documents where a small error travels a long way. I...
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