A college student withdrew from consideration for a reporting role in our newsroom this week because of how we use artificial intelligence. . . . Last year, we began covering Lorain, Lake and Geauga counties using powerful AI tools to help identify stories. . . . Because we want reporters gathering information, these jobs are 100 percent reporting. We have an AI rewrite specialist who turns their material into drafts. We fact-check everything. Editors review it. Reporters get the final say. Humans—not AI—control every step.