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Mark Coddington

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Journalism prof at Washington and Lee University teaching/studying sociology of digital news. @NiemanLab contributor, former newspaper reporter, Nebraskan.
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How should news organizations label their AI use for audiences? New studies suggest some answers

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By Mark Coddington
| Nieman Lab Verified
Plus: How TikTok users gauge credibility, and good news about the viability of a shift away from commercial journalism. Editor’s note: Mark Coddington, Seth Lewis, Tamar Wilner, and Nick Mathews write a regular newsletter on recent academic research around journalism. We’re happy to bring each issue to you here at Nieman Lab. As we’ve reported previously, AI-generated journalism provokes distrust from readers, with audiences favoring a human touch.
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Why people choose not to share news

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By Mark Coddington
| Nieman Lab Verified
Dec. 1, 2025, 11:10 a.m. Plus: U.K. journalists’ skeptical adoption of AI, politicians as drivers of journalist harassment, and metrics’ post-publication influence Editor’s note: Longtime Nieman Lab readers know the bylines of Mark Coddington and Seth Lewis. Five years ago, they launched a monthly newsletter on recent academic research around journalism and we’re happy to bring each issue to you here at Nieman Lab.
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Why people choose not to share news

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By Mark Coddington, Nick Mathews
| Substack
Welcome to another edition of RQ1! For those who are new, we are Mark Coddington and Seth Lewis — two former journalists turned academics, now teaching and researching at Washington and Lee University (Mark) and the University of Oregon (Seth). In the last couple of months, we’ve added two other journalists turned academics to our team: Tamar Wilner and Nick Mathews, who teach and research at the University of Kansas and the University of Missouri, respectively.
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