We The People News Launches AI-Powered Newsroom Desk, Expands to National Syndication

We The People News has activated a fully AI-powered newsroom operation — including a video anchor studio, a live call-in line, and a national syndication correspondent — built to expand the reach of its independent investigative reporting while keeping every AI-assisted communication clearly labeled to the public.

The WTPN Studio, live at studio.wtpnews.org, presents video news anchors powered by conversational AI. Readers and tipsters can also reach the newsroom by phone at +1 (281) 306-5750.

The investigative desk — “On Your Side Investigations,” anchored by AI correspondent Hank Vance — conducts recorded-line outreach to public offices, agencies, and attorneys, identifying itself and the recorded nature of every call at the outset, in keeping with the publication’s standing interview rules.

The newsroom has also designated [email protected] as its official address for syndication and editorial partnerships. Outreach from that address carries an explicit “AI-Assisted Correspondence” disclosure and a one-line opt-out honored immediately upon reply. Partnerships and licensing terms are escalated to the human editor for approval — the AI desk does not negotiate or agree to financial terms.

“Independent, reader-funded journalism has to be able to compete with newsroom budgets that dwarf ours,” said editor Don Matthews. “AI-assisted research and correspondence let a small investigative newsroom cover more ground — as long as the public always knows exactly who and what they’re talking to. We label it. Every time.”

We The People News holds its AI-assisted reporting to the same accuracy standards as its human reporting: every claim sourced to records, recordings, or documents, with a standing public correction-requests channel.