{"id":9018,"date":"2025-02-19T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cntiwpedev.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=9018"},"modified":"2026-03-09T12:54:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T16:54:00","slug":"technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnti.org\/surveys\/what-it-means-to-do-journalism-in-the-age-of-ai-journalist-views-on-safety-technology-and-government\/technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tension exists<\/a> between news organizations and technology companies over various ways news content is used in relation to revenue generated, transparency of algorithmic selections and more. At the same time, technology is intertwined with news reporting, consumption and discovery today. We sought to explore journalists\u2019 relationship with technology and their sense of its impact on the future of journalism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Why we did this study<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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This project continues CNTI\u2019s Defining News Initiative<\/a> seeking to understand how journalism is defined today. Access to information is not just important for its own sake; it makes democracy<\/a> possible. In 2024, the United Nations outlined Global Principles for Information Integrity<\/a> in response to growing challenges around misinformation, disinformation and hate speech. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This survey explores (1) how current journalists view their industry, (2) their (and their organizations\u2019) uses and perceptions of technology, (3) their perspectives on government action and cyber security and (4) their experiences with online harassment and abuse. Importantly, respondents to CNTI\u2019s study come from a global mix of journalists that provide an international perspective on how journalists are navigating and understanding their rapidly changing industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more details, see \u201cAbout this study<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How we did this<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNTI partnered with journalism organizations in several continents to share the survey with their memberships. Surveys are a snapshot of what people think at a particular moment in time. These data were collected between October 14, 2024 and December 1, 2024, which means they highlight the perspective of journalists around the world during that time frame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These data reflect the responses collected from 433 journalists across 63 countries. Because no global census of journalists exists, no survey can be \u201cfully representative\u201d of all journalists. Moreover, 256 of our respondents (59%) came from three countries: Mexico, Nigeria, and the U.S.; when one of these three countries is statistically different from others in its group, we acknowledge that difference in the text.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For this section, we grouped countries into Global North and Global South, which share many demographic, economic and political similarities. A little more than a third (38%) of our respondents live in the Global North, and the rest live in the Global South (62%).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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First, respondents made it abundantly clear that digital technology plays a major role in their work. More than 80% say that digital technology is very important for the three tasks that we asked about: reaching audiences (95%), information gathering (90%) and communicating with sources (83%), and nearly everyone else says it is somewhat important. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Respondents also generally feel positive about technology\u2019s long-term impact on their ability to inform the public, including AI and social media. The positivity around AI is not as universally felt compared with other technologies, especially from respondents in the Global North.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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