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16 WilI AI steal our jobs? … It depends how it’s used


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echnology has transformed our industry many times – from the end of hot metal printing to the migration of news online and the challenges that has


posed for print media. But now many feel we are facing the biggest challenge of all with AI. While it can be brilliant for tedious tasks, the danger is it replaces


journalists and further devalues news. In our cover feature Stephanie Power looks at the pros and cons of a development we can’t ignore. And we face huge job losses at Reach as the publisher of the


Daily Mirror, Express and many regional titles looks to reposition its operation. Our members at the Mirror and at Scottish titles are preparing to ballot on industrial action and they are asking what role AI has in the future shape of Reach. As we went to press, I was sad to hear of the death of Dame Jilly


Cooper, a long-standing NUJ member. She told me how much she enjoyed The Journalist and liked to keep in touch with news of the union and that she greatly valued journalism. We also carry an obituary of Barry Fitzpatrick, the former deputy general secretary of the NUJ. A highly effective union negotiator and a thoroughly decent person, he was a big loss when he left. May they both rest in peace.


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Cover Jacey, Debut Art


03 Reach journalists to vote on strikes


Anger mounts over ‘devastating blow’


04 Recognition victory at Bullivant Media


NUJ wins after 6-month campaign


05 Police broke law on spying Findings are just ‘tip of the iceberg’


06 Labour under fire on workers’ rights Unions fear climbdown


On media


Reform needs detailed scrutiny


Page 11


From making the tea, to covering Vietnam


Page 24 Arts


And finally...


Trump lies then legs it Page 27


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Features


08 Vigils held for Gazan journalists Huge death toll remembered


12 It does what it says on the tin ‘New European’ is now ‘New World’


15 How to deal with complaints Especially if you’re freelance


20 How stories come to life Case studies make a huge difference


Regulars


22 On our patch 26 Obituary


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