@AnnemarieBridy @inthehands a great deal of "local news organizations" have private equity owners whose explicit goal is to reduce costs (i.e., headcount) and are very likely treat the availability of AI tools to generate content as cover to displace journalists.
Here are several specific examples (from a different project) that all but explicitly contemplate replacing reporters' jobs. https://blog.ap.org/ap-to-develop-5-ai-projects-with-local-newsrooms
Lots more here:
https://airtable.com/appnP5pmnsMFGYoAI/shrQeIsvzGoTbdp7b/tblvwDhL4X23V1pTp/viwN8zctay9H2N0ir?blocks=hide