@micheljusten.bsky.social
Alive! And supporting AI journalism at the Tarbell Center. Cross posting from x.com/JustenMichel, sometimes. https://linktr.ee/micheljusten
The Tarbell Center is supporting ambitious journalism projects covering AI and I'm helping them judge the submissions. If you've got an idea, there's info here www.tarbellfellowship.org/grants and the deadline is 9/14.
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Grant funded stories recently have included a TIME cover story by @billyperrigo.bsky.social, an investigation into Anduril’s UK lobbying by @tbij.bsky.social, and a deep-dive into AI’s climate impact by MIT Tech Review.
Explore more stories our grantees have published: tarbellfellowship.org/grants
We’re seeking reporting pitches focused on five key AI beats.
Open to freelancers and staff writers. Grants can fund any reporting costs, including your time and labor.
Another round of AI reporting grants is live!
At the Tarbell Center for AI Journalism, we want to enable ambitious investigations and features on AI and its impacts. Apply by Sept 14.
tarbellfellowship.org/grants
applications for current round of AI reporting grants close 14 September tarbellfellowship.org/grants
05.08.2025 21:09 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0excited to have been able to support this with a Tarbell Center AI reporting grant!
05.08.2025 21:09 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0It's your last week to apply to Tarbell Grants! We're offering $1,000-$15,000+ for original reporting on AI and its impacts.
The first round has been a huge success — to inspire you to apply, here's a short 🧵 of pieces we're very excited to have supported so far...
All experienced journalists are welcome to apply—both staff reporters and freelancers.
Grants can fund ANY reporting costs, including your time and labor. Apply by May 31st. Consider sharing!
www.tarbellfellowship.org/grants
5. Future of work and society in the age of advanced AI
From the relationship between AI and democracy to economic forecasts, we want to enable high-quality feature pieces that identify what today's AI developments foretell about future possibilities.
4. AI capabilities, safeguards, and evaluations
We're looking for journalism that helps the public understand what AI can and can’t do, scrutinizes the methods used to test and evaluate increasingly powerful models, and unpacks efforts to make these systems safer and more secure.
3. Integration of AI in government and military
We're looking for pitches that investigate how governments and military organizations worldwide are adopting AI, as well as the broader entanglements between AI companies, public institutions, and defense strategies.
2. National and international AI policymaking
From lobbying influences to international agreements, we want to fund reporting that reveals how AI policy is being shaped across borders and who has a seat at the table.
1. Investigations into frontier AI companies
We're seeking journalism that examines what's happening behind closed doors at companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind, xAI, Meta and others developing increasingly capable systems with limited oversight.
This round, we're focusing on forward-looking stories examining how today's AI developments and policy decisions lay the groundwork for how AI will shape our future.
We're hoping to fund investigative or feature-length pieces in five critical AI beats:
Our first round of Tarbell Grants has already led to some great pieces, like an investigation into Clearview AI, with many more in the works.
We're now excited to fund even more pieces that hold AI companies and policymakers to account.
bsky.app/profile/mich...
Announcing the return of Tarbell Grants: $1,000-$15,000+ for original reporting on AI and its impacts.
Journalism plays an essential role in communicating AI developments to the public—and holding AI companies and policymakers to account.
Clearview AI was fined €60 million in Europe in 2022 for illegally harvesting photos and personal data of millions. It has yet to pay a single euro.
excited to have helped enable @lydiaemman.bsky.social's excellent investigation with Tarbell Grants!
wearesolomon.com/mag/format/i...
mood
25.04.2025 16:24 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Had a great time to #ijf25 two weeks ago!
Was great to talk about AI's impacts—on society and on media—and what we can do to positively shape.
Reminds me of some important commentary on this topic.
theonion.com/in-the-know-...
Journalists have an important role to play in helping the public understand AI, documenting the impact of AI, and holding AI labs accountable.
Tarbell offers grants that help journalists realize this role.
Apply to Tarbell Grants by Dec 20th!
tarbellfellowship.org/grants
I'm excited to share that I've started a new role at Tarbell as an AI Journalism Associate!
Tarbell is a young nonprofit working to build a global community of journalists accurately covering AI development and its impact.
www.tarbellfellowship.org
Been (shit)posting more on Youtube. A recent thriller:
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Full post: fs.blog/david-foster...
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Full post: micheljusten.substack.com/p/seeing-fro...
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our shared language around perception and how to play with it is underdeveloped.
for example I was recently dumbstruck when I realized that my visual field is shaped like a horizontal oval.
seeing visual perception this way can feel really liberating!
From essay earlier this year:
Every few months I re-listen to David Foster Wallace's "This is Water" commencement speech and it's even better than I remember it.
Here's the start
