[AI-Fabricated] Image shows a photo of former President Donald Trump wading through floodwater after Hurricane Helene.; PolitiFact, Poynter Institute, October 2, 2024

Ciara O'Rourke,  PolitiFact, Poynter Institute; [AI-Fabricated] Image shows a photo of former President Donald Trump wading through floodwater after Hurricane Helene.

"Trump surveyed Hurricane Helene damage in Georgia, but not from deep floodwaters; this image is fake

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• This image was fabricated.

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Former President Donald Trump visited Valdosta, Georgia, on Sept. 30, to see how Hurricane Helene had damaged the area. 

But an image circulating online that purportedly shows him wading through floodwaters past his knees isn’t authentic. 

Posts sharing it were flagged as part of Meta’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and Threads.)

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Poynter: When it comes to using AI in journalism, put audience and ethics first; Poynter Institute, September 12, 2024

 Poynter Institute; Poynter: When it comes to using AI in journalism, put audience and ethics first

"Download a PDF of the full report, “Poynter Summit on AI, Ethics & Journalism: Putting audience and ethics first.”

Rapidly advancing generative artificial intelligence technology and journalism have converged during the biggest election year in history. As more newsrooms experiment with AI, the need for ethical guidelines and audience feedback have surfaced as key challenges.

The Poynter Institute brought together more than 40 newsroom leaders, technologists, editors and journalists during its Summit on AI, Ethics & Journalism to tackle both topics. For two days in June 2024, representatives from the Associated Press, the Washington Post, Gannett, the Invisible Institute, Hearst, McClatchy, Axios and Adams along with OpenAI, the Online News Association, the American Press Institute, Northwestern University and others, debated the use of generative AI and its place within the evolving ethics of journalism

The goals: Update Poynter’s AI ethics guide for newsrooms with insight from journalists, editors, product managers and technologists actually using the tools. And outline principles for ethical AI product development that can be used by a publisher or newsroom to put readers first.

Data from focus groups convened through a Poynter and University of Minnesota partnership underscored discussion, while a hackathon tested attendees to devise AI tools based on audience trust and journalistic ethics.""

How can we better serve LGBTQ journalists?; The Poynter Institute, September 14, 2018

Daniel Funke, The Poynter Institute; How can we better serve LGBTQ journalists?

"Striving to dismantle otherness in order to come up with solutions to journalism’s biggest problems is a constant thread at NLGJA. This year, one of the event’s main panels was made up almost entirely of people of color. There were sessions on how to cover the transgender community, telling stories about bisexuals and diversity and intersection. Some of the issues journalists highlighted include:

• Deadnaming transgender people in obituaries.
• A lack of sensitivity from newsroom leaders about stories that could potentially be triggering for reporters of diversity.
• Missing out on important local stories about the LGBTQ community because of national political coverage.
• A lack of support for journalists who experience trauma on assignment.
• Covering stories about transgender people that don’t involve death or hardship."