‘It tends to tick people off’: How the U.S.’s biggest news union is fighting an AI onslaught

A decade ago, while working as a data reporter at the Los Angeles Times, Jon Schleuss watched a new boss take control of the paper’s parent company, rename it Tronc, and promise to supercharge the business by repackaging the paper’s “content” across an array of media. Instead, leadership began “running it into the ground,” says Schleuss. “We decided to fight.” He soon helped organize the newsroom’s first union. Now, as president of the NewsGuild-CWA, the...