“Some personal thoughts about working at Tarbell” by sawyer🔸
Description
(Thanks to Lizka's recent post for the inspiration!)
The Tarbell Center for AI Journalism supports journalism that helps society navigate the emergence of increasingly advanced AI. We're hiring for two roles running our flagship Fellowship Program:
- Program Manager/Director to lead the program — building the community of expert journalists who will hold frontier AI companies accountable, investigate emerging risks, and shape how the world understands transformative AI.
- (Senior) Program Associate, working with our Program Manager/Director to execute our fellowship at scale: vetting 2,000+ applications, teaching core skills (either journalism craft or AI fundamentals), and mentoring fellows through their placements at outlets like Bloomberg, The Guardian, and Time.
Cillian asked that I write a post like this, but he did not review it in advance. As such these are entirely my personal thoughts and don't necessarily represent the views of Tarbell or my coworkers.
I'm not going to spend [...]
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Outline:
(01:28 ) Why does news matter?
(02:19 ) News reporting is the foundation of all other communication
(04:20 ) What does this mean for AI?
(06:02 ) What its like working at Tarbell
(09:18 ) Conclusion
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First published:
October 23rd, 2025
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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.
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