Journalism in the AI era: Opportunities and challenges in the Global South and emerging economies
Deep Insights
Thomson Reuters Foundation (2025), 66 pp.
"This report examines how journalists in the Global South and emerging economies are adopting and experiencing artificial intelligence. Based on a survey of 221 journalists across more than 70 countries, it investigates AI use in newsroom workflows, barriers to adoption, ethical concerns, misinformation, bias, skills and employment risks. It finds widespread AI use but limited organisational policies and formal training, and recommends stronger AI literacy, ethical frameworks, newsroom guidelines, regulation, transparency and investment in locally relevant AI tools." This comment was generated by using AI
AI adoption and use in newsrooms
AI tools for editing, translation, research, data analysis, transcription and fact-checking
Barriers to AI adoption and digital inequalities
Newsroom AI policies, leadership and training
AI ethics, transparency and accountability
AI-generated misinformation and algorithmic bias
Effects on creativity, journalistic skills and employment
Regulation and ethical standards for newsroom AI
Future development of AI in journalism
Recommendations for journalists, newsroom leaders, funders, policymakers and technology developers
AI tools for editing, translation, research, data analysis, transcription and fact-checking
Barriers to AI adoption and digital inequalities
Newsroom AI policies, leadership and training
AI ethics, transparency and accountability
AI-generated misinformation and algorithmic bias
Effects on creativity, journalistic skills and employment
Regulation and ethical standards for newsroom AI
Future development of AI in journalism
Recommendations for journalists, newsroom leaders, funders, policymakers and technology developers