AI leaders from newsrooms around the world reflect on what 2026 will look like for editorial teams as they become more proficient with AI.

"AI is the breakout star, trust is missing, and everyone's wondering who's writing the script."

AI is reshaping the article—not as a product to be read, but as a byproduct of structured information and what journalists output. What if the future of journalism isn’t writing stories, but building systems of trust, facts, and relationships?

"Some pivots, once deemed infeasible, might be worth a second look using new technology."

Technology isn’t just a medium through which communication happens. It has an editorial impact on how journalists collect, filter and ultimately prioritize information as well as how the audience receives and perceives it. This is the great insight…

The field of journalism is evolving. Journalism schools are a crucial part of that process, as they teach students the necessary skills to get starting jobs that hopefully turn into blossoming careers. This task, aimed at equipping students for not…

In the ever-evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, there is a prevailing assumption that chat interfaces will reign as the gateway to interact with large language models (LLMs). However, I stand as a sceptic. It is not my intention to kill…

In the intricate dance of media evolution, 2024 marks a pivotal moment, when generative artificial intelligence steps into the spotlight, simultaneously leading and following in the rhythm of innovation. This dance is not new. It echoes past…

Last year for the Nieman Lab prediction series, I created a video written and edited by AI about the impact that AI was going to have. I’ve spent a significant amount of time this year thinking through the applications of Generative AI. I’d say 2023…

An era for publishers has ended, not with a bang, but a whimper in traffic from social media. In recent weeks Axios reported how Facebook traffic is dwindling at the same time that X has removed the link preview in a bid to keep users from clicking…

As the internet becomes flooded with cheap content, discerning truth from falsehood will turn into a Herculean task. A deluge of untrustworthy content threatens to drown out the voices of credibility. It’s under these circumstances we can imagine a…

Artificial intelligence makes it possible to create digital replicas of famous people’s voices and style, allowing audiences to hear beloved voices from the past and interact with them in new ways. However, it also raises ethical questions about…

The rise of the “creator economy” has allowed individuals to make a living by creating and sharing content online. At the crux of this profession is the concept of “1,000 true fans,” first coined by Kevin Kelly in 2008, which states that by…

Media organizations typically rely on two revenue streams more than any others: advertising and subscriptions. The first is predicated on building a big audience to sell that attention. The second focuses on creating a coveted audience that will pay…

“Some (not all) journalists will navigate their careers as those who can leverage this technology to improve the news ecosystem.” To make my 2023 prediction I’ve leaned heavily on artificial intelligence. After creating the script with the AI-enabled…

For better or worse, we all know what artificial intelligence has done for news feeds. A growing area to focus on is what AI can do for content origination. AI is usually thought of as a tool to tackle mundane tasks like transcription or…

It’s a Faustian bargain that publishers have made over and over. News organizations partner with a big technology company like Facebook or TikTok and ultimately the platforms optimize for things like personal user data, on-platform engagement or…

Those who earn the Google Project Management Certificate have completed six courses, developed by Google, that include hands-on, practice-based assessments and are designed to prepare them for introductory-level roles in Project Management. They are…

One purpose for journalism is to enable a community to speak with itself. In this conception journalists are a mouthpiece for the community, to allow reflection and share information. This is a journalist as a conduit. To do this effectively tho