AI nonprofit will spend $10M on journalism
Tarbell is also separately backing NPR’s “Power and Influence” desk, giving the public media outlet $250,000 to help expand its coverage of how AI intersects with politics, money, and power.“We think that having resources at newsrooms is an important part of ensuring strong coverage,” Crosson told Semafor. “It was a way for us to de-risk going out on our own. We’re feeling quite good about it and we’re grateful.”AD
- ▪Tarbell is also separately backing NPR’s “Power and Influence” desk, giving the public media outlet $250,000 to help expand its coverage of how AI intersects with politics, money, and power.“We think that having resources at newsrooms is an
- ▪“It was a way for us to de-risk going out on our own.
- ▪We’re feeling quite good about it and we’re grateful.”AD
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Exclusive / AI nonprofit will spend $10 million on journalismMax TaniMedia Editor, SemaforOct 4, 2026, 8:48pm EDTOct 4, 2026, 8:48pm EDTMedia.css-1wfw2s5{text-transform:uppercase;font-weight:bold;-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;background:none;border:none;color:#243bb5;display:-webkit-box;display:-webkit-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-webkit-align-items:center;-webkit-box-align:center;-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;gap:4px;padding:10px;-webkit-box-flex-wrap:nowrap;-webkit-flex-wrap:nowrap;-ms-flex-wrap:nowrap;flex-wrap:nowrap;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:0.8125rem;line-height:120%;}.css-1wfw2s5:hover{cursor:pointer;}ShareScreenshot/Tarbell Center for AI Journalism; Screenshot/Machine Gods…
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