Regional journalism experts appear optimistic generative AI can help their snowed-under newsrooms.
By João Santos for Press Gazette
A WAN-IFRA survey has found that half of newsrooms are already deploying generative AI in some form or another.
Large language models quickly garnered the attention of Reach, Buzzfeed, Conde Nast and other publishers across the globe over the past six months for its potential to streamline editorial processes.
In particular the free-to-access ChatGPT has fast shown its potential to reinvent the way content is produced and journalism is done. But in local news outlets hard-pressed for time and staff, is the adoption of AI likely to be an opportunity or a threat?
AI vs the humans in local journalism
A number of UK regional news publishers have already realised that AI-generated news stories could free up journalists to concentrate on more meaningful reporting.
Duncan Williams, the managing director and proprietor of Pulman’s Weekly News in south east Devon, said:…
