If you're covering this beat.

PlotGround is a small editorial project documenting how AI is reshaping individual jobs, in the words of the people whose jobs are being reshaped. Contributors write three short sections — what their work looked like before, what it looks like now, and what they'd tell someone considering their field today.

The project's commitments are deliberate:

• Anonymity by default. Most contributors never share their names, and we never reveal them.
• No company names appear in any published story.
• No tracking, no advertising, no commercial monetization.
• Light editing only. We tighten language and remove identifying details, but we don't change meaning.
• Open archive. All published stories are free to read, link, and quote with attribution to PlotGround.

We're not a journalism outlet. We don't break news. We don't publish takes. We document what's happening at the desk-and-keyboard level, one story at a time.

All published stories are quotable. If you're writing about how AI is affecting a particular profession or sector, the archive is searchable by role, industry, and type of change. You don't need permission to quote a story — just attribute it to PlotGround and link to the original.

Contributor introductions. If you'd like to interview a specific contributor for follow-up reporting, email us with the story URL and what you're hoping to discuss. We'll forward your request to the contributor (assuming they provided an email when they submitted). They decide whether to respond. We never share contact details without explicit consent.

Aggregated patterns. If you're working on a longer piece and want context on what we're seeing across hundreds of submissions — without identifying any contributor — we can sometimes share anonymized observations. Reach out and tell us what you're after.

Background conversations. The editor (that's me) is happy to talk on background about the project, what we hear from contributors, and what trends seem to be emerging. Email to schedule.

If you're including the PlotGround mark or wordmark in a piece of coverage, please use the assets below rather than screenshotting from the site. The mark works on cream, light, and dark backgrounds. Please don't recolor or alter it.

For wordmark-only versions, alternative formats (PNG, EPS, PDF), or higher-resolution variants, email press@plotground.com with the format you need.

Stories on PlotGround are licensed for fair academic use under CC BY 4.0 with attribution. You can quote, analyze, and cite them in published research without seeking individual permission, provided you:

• Attribute to PlotGround with a URL to the specific story
• Don't attempt to identify or contact contributors based on contextual details
• Honor the anonymity that contributors chose

If you're conducting larger research that would benefit from a structured data export — such as anonymized fields of role, industry, change type, and date — we can sometimes provide one for academic projects with clear research goals. Email press@plotground.com with your research proposal and institutional affiliation.

We don't share unpublished submissions, even with researchers. The archive is what's public.

If you're a journalist or writer who wants to contribute their own story to the archive — about how your work as a journalist or writer has changed — submit through the regular form. We won't treat you any differently because of your byline.

And if you came here looking for a quick quote or angle and didn't find one: write to us anyway. We'd rather know what you're working on than read about it later.