  This article considers the increasing use of algorithmic decision-support
systems and synthetic media in the newsroom, and explores how generative models
can help reporters and editors across a range of tasks from the conception of a
news story to its distribution. Specifically, we draw from a taxonomy of tasks
associated with news production, and discuss where generative models could
appropriately support reporters, the journalistic and ethical values that must
be preserved within these interactions, and the resulting implications for
design contributions in this area in the future. Our essay is relevant to
practitioners and researchers as they consider using generative AI systems to
support different tasks and workflows.
