Resources and Tools available to community newspapers in developing digital skills to serve their audiences.

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Numerous content creators, including the New York Times, smaller newspapers and some comedians, have sued to stop AI programs from using content to train large language models. Here are two:

1. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Oze6AM8RISrFwOLn4wTI0GpUdCF5k49i/view?usp=sharing
2. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ecJPR5djs7MDAv3DbccDfTDCZiDLln6S/view?usp=drive_link

TOOLS FOR JOURNALISM

     Notetakers

• Otter, Apple Notes, Evernote, Notion, Joplin, Temi

DRONES - Where are we?

     FAA rules—Commercial uses of drones (Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems) –license required

• Calming Down About Drones | Matt Waite | TEDxLincoln

AI ARTICLES OF INTEREST

• What does AI get wrong? - Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Information Literacy - Research Guides at University of Maryland Libraries

• Can AI-generated material be copyrighted?

AI DESKTOP TOOLS

• Knight Science Toolkit
• Reynolds Jouralism Institute Media Help Desk
• Journalists Toolbox by Mike Reilly
• Poynter Institute ($95)
• Google News Initiative
• Google Gemini
• Everlit

PRODUCTION TOOLS ACROSS PLATFORMS

• NNA Allied Members are here to help!

DEALING WITH BOTS

      Most Common

1. Track, control, and optimize your website for AI agents and bots | Known Agents
2. White-labeled AI Visibility for PR Firms & Marketing Agencies | Spyglasses
3. Once Unimaginable, Publishers Are Preparing to Opt Out of Google Search

    COPYRIGHTS

• Protecting them
• Avoiding Infringements

VIDEO

• Maine Trust backgrounder
• Descript.com for editing
• Watch the RJI and Potter Digital Ambassadors Video

ETHICAL GUIDELINES

• NPR Standards

TOOLS FOR SALES

• Katelynn Mary Skaggs "Cool Tools Every Journalist Should Know About"
• Creating e-editions

1. Postal circulation rules

2. Auditing
   
   • Are you reporting digital readership figures?

RAISING MONEY

• Journalism and Community News Funding Opportunities (Give Butter, Donor Box, Zeffy)
• Using AI Tools

POTTER DIGITAL AMBASSADORS