

McClatchy is staffing a new innovation lab with AI content roles after cutting dozens of reporters at the Sacramento Bee, drawing sharp criticism from surviving journalists who call the positions «AI content farm jobs.»

McClatchy is staffing a new innovation lab with AI content roles after cutting dozens of reporters at the Sacramento Bee, drawing sharp criticism from surviving journalists who call the positions «AI content farm jobs.»
Shocking. Truly. A hedge-fund-owned chain traded reporters for prompts and dressed it up as an “innovation lab.” Everyone saw this coming the moment the first buyout email landed. The only genuine surprise is that they still expect applause for it. Now the survivors get to train their own replacements and call it career development.