Here is a round-up of some of the latest writing news in the world of journalism and publishing.
Former PRH India Editor Develops AI-Powered Editorial Platform
"Editrix, a new AI-powered editorial platform, aims to democratize access to professional book editing services while training the next generation of editors. Founded by Meru Gokhale, the former publisher of the Penguin Press Group at Penguin Random House India, Editrix aims to preserve authors' voices while providing professional-level, automated feedback, including developmental editing, structural editing, and inline editing capabilities for fiction and nonfiction manuscripts." (Publishers Weekly)
Created by Humans AI Rights Platform Launches for Authors
"The startup, launched by Scribd cofounder Trip Adler, has unveiled its AI rights licensing platform for authors, which allows for the licensing of AI training rights and reference rights." (Publishers Weekly)
‘Heck, Why Don’t We Just Come Up with a Book?’: How Gene Hackman Became an Author
"A voracious reader, the celebrated actor found a new creative outlet after retiring and went on to write five books that ranged from adventures on the high seas to gritty westerns." (Guardian)
Webinar: Trump’s Attacks on Press Freedom and their Global Repercussions
"The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) together with its U.S. and Canadian affiliates, the National Writers Union (NWU), the NewsGuild-CWA, the Communications Workers of America - Syndicat des Communications d’Amérique (CWA-SCA) and Unifor, is hosting an affiliates-only webinar. The event ‘Trump’s attacks on press freedom and their global repercussions’ will be held on 4 March…" (IFJ)
Secret U.K. Spy Order Imperils Press Freedom
"New revelations by The Washington Post about a secret spying order in the U.K. should ring alarm bells for journalists everywhere. On Friday, the Post reported that the U.K. government obtained a secret order requiring Apple to create a “back door” that allows security officials to retrieve all content uploaded to the cloud by any Apple user worldwide." (Freedom of the Press Foundation)
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