Dear colleagues, I am pleased to share this Call for Papers for a Frontiers Research Topic, “Collaboration and Trust in AI-Assisted News Production,” for which I am serving as one of the guest editors. We welcome interdisciplinary contributions spanning journalism, communication, HCI, AI, information science, and related fields. Topics include (but are not limited to): * Human-AI collaboration in newsrooms * AI transparency and disclosure * Editorial oversight and accountability * Audience perceptions of AI-generated news * Ethics, bias, and misinformation * AI for local and resource-constrained newsrooms Submission deadline: November 23, 2026 Please feel free to share with colleagues who may be interested and let me know if you have any questions. More information: https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/81092/collaboration-and-trust-in... Best wishes, Ali Mohammad Ali, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Communication<https://arts-sciences.und.edu/academics/communication/index.html> University of North Dakota<https://und.edu/>, USA Editorial Board Member: Public Relations Review<https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/public-relations-review/about/editorial-board>