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What keeps journalists up at night? Funding, disinformation, and 'unchecked' AI

Nieman Lab · Laura Hazard Owen · last updated

The PR software company Muck Rack surveyed more than 1,000 journalists (worldwide, but mostly in North America) about their feelings on the industry. A bunch of the report is about journalists’ feelings on pitches and PR people, which isn’t surprising given Muck Rack’s model, but there are a few interesting charts here too.

Here’s one on concerns:

Though respondents may be worried about AI, they’re also using it quite a bit.

(Oh hey there Grammarly! Wonder how you’ll do next year.)

You can get the full report here.

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