Proportion of UK journalists who report working in a newsroom that uses automated text production or personalised news distribution

Few journalists are aware of working in a newsroom that uses automated news text production, or where personalised news distribution is used.

mbackg. How would you describe the background of your main employer, or the main outlet where you work? Which of the following categories is the best fit? tech2_A/B. Please tell us whether these technologies are used in any of the newsrooms you work in. Base: All journalists = 1032, Journalist whose main employer is privately owned = 745, publicly owned = 143. Note: Of the journalists surveyed, up to 22% did not know whether automated text production was used in a newsroom where they work, and up to 34% did not know whether personalized news distribution was used.
Source: 'UK journalists in the 2020s: Who they are, how they work, and what they think', published in April 2025.

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