Reuters Institute: How AI could redefine journalism in 2026
Artificial intelligence is reshaping journalism, from how news is discovered and verified to how newsrooms operate and survive.
A visual essay of U.S. local newsrooms: humor and survival
Photographer Ann Hermes has spent six years capturing the fading world of U.S. local news. She spoke with us about the current state and the future of local journalism.
Journalism in 2026: Key trends from Nieman Lab’s annual prediction series
In 2026, journalism confronts AI, platforms and pressure, as Nieman Lab’s predictions chart survival via community, ethics and reinvention.
How AI-generated prose diverges from human writing and why it matters
Researchers examine how generative AI subtly reshapes English usage, challenges AI detection myths, and raises ethical concerns for journalism.
No full stop — What journalism must carry into the year ahead
In this collection of essays, editors, reporters, and media innovators from iMEdD’s network reflect on what journalism must carry into the year ahead.
What is AI slop?
A technologist explains this new and largely unwelcome form of online content.
Documenting history: Ron Haviv on one’s visual truth
One of the most consequential conflict photojournalists of our era, Ron Haviv, talked with us about how his photographs have contributed to the downfall of dictators, assisted war crimes tribunals, and led the way for the representation of conflict for the world.
Turning points, censorship and technological change: Dust from the ’50s
A digital exhibition by the International Press Institute brings to light just a small sample from a true archival goldmine. We spoke with members of the IPI team about the major undertaking of organizing and opening up an archive that chronicles the history of press freedom around the world.
How journalism tiptoes around algospeak’s grocery store
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