Manning the Firewall

As journalism stares into the abyss of an artificially intelligent future, Spokane outlets grapple with ethical use of AI technology.

By: Erin Sellers

Outlets: RANGE Media

Published: November 8, 2026

Words: 5,465

Last Updated: 14 hours, 55 minutes ago

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Longtime journalist Tracy Simmons had a column due.

A religion reporter by trade, head editor of local religion news outlet Spokane FAVS and former professor of journalism at Washington State University, Simmons knows how to write. Her pieces have been published in The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, HuffPost, and dozens of regional and religion news outlets.

Sometimes, though, when staring at a blank document, rewriting the same sentence 19 times or searching for …

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