THE REUTERS INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF JOURNALISM predicts newsroom investment in 2019 will continue to favour humans over machines.
Its annual trends report highlights newsroom experimentation that’s underway. RISJ forecasts more activity in:
- Personalization
- Automation (both text and video)
- Augmentation (tools to assist journalists in their reporting)
The section about AI in journalism begins on page 31.
‘The big question for traditional publishers is how to use AI responsibly and transparently within their own websites and apps and how to communicate what is going on to users.’