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To make it more concrete, here’s an example of a strong pitch, which we ended up featuring in <a class="af oz" rel="noopener" href="/an-ai-expert-on-those-photos-of-kamala-harriss-crowd-eca63c04440b">issue #148</a>:</p><blockquote class="qk ql qm"><p id="cb53" class="od oe qn of b ht og oh oi hw oj ok ol om on oo op oq or os ot ou ov ow ox oy go bk">It’s something I wrote, but I believe I’ve broken a story even the BBC hasn’t figured out.</p><p id="cab1" class="od oe qn of b ht og oh oi hw oj ok ol om on oo op oq or os ot ou ov ow ox oy go bk">The Kamala Harris rally that Trump accused of being AI?</p><p id="724e" class="od oe qn of b ht og oh oi hw oj ok ol om on oo op oq or os ot ou ov ow ox oy go bk">The photos are definitely real, but a Harris staffer has used an AI UPSCALER on the photo, which makes it appear fake and flat, even though it’s real.</p><p id="635f" class="od oe qn of b ht og oh oi hw oj ok ol om on oo op oq or os ot ou ov ow ox oy go bk">I’ve done side by side comparisons with the images BBC Verify received from the Harris campaign, and traced the provenance of the image. Check it out :)</p><p id="3a8a" class="od oe qn of b ht og oh oi hw oj ok ol om on oo op oq or os ot ou ov ow ox oy go bk"><a class="af oz" href="https://medium.com/@JimTheAIWhisperer/how-ai-upscaling-sparked-trumps-accusations-that-kamala-harris-rally-crowds-in-michigan-were-ai-generated-2de8497fbcf9?sk=9a77f2dbdaea936a17918fd4e5ad7432" rel="noopener">https://medium.com/@JimTheAIWhisperer/how-ai-upscaling-sparked-trumps-accusations-that-kamala-harris-rally-crowds-in-michigan-were-ai-generated-2de8497fbcf9?sk=9a77f2dbdaea936a17918fd4e5ad7432</a></p><p id="7c86" class="od oe qn of b ht og oh oi hw oj ok ol om on oo op oq or os ot ou ov ow ox oy go bk">Being able to spot what’s AI and what’s not AI (and what’s just had a tweak for post production) is going to be such an important part of this election cycle, so I think it’s a pressing story!</p><p id="cdf6" class="od oe qn of b ht og oh oi hw oj ok ol om on oo op oq or os ot ou ov ow ox oy go bk">Jim</p></blockquote><p id="a3e5" class="pw-post-body-paragraph od oe gv of b ht og oh oi hw oj ok ol om on oo op oq or os ot ou ov ow ox oy go bk">Your pitch doesn’t have to be about politics or anything in the news, although it can be; what’s important is to explain why the story you’re pitching matters.</p><p id="b7ab" class="pw-post-body-paragraph od oe gv of b ht og oh oi hw oj ok ol om on oo op oq or os ot ou ov ow ox oy go bk">Another, lesser-known way to be featured in the newsletter: read it and leave a thoughtful response (<a class="af oz" href="https://medium.com/@goriadio/while-one-of-your-two-most-studies-says-tv-debates-influence-the-final-decisions-of-only-2-3-9a357cb26a40" rel="noopener">here’s an example</a>). 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