Proportion of UK journalists who agree that they have freedom in selecting which stories to cover

Journalists who report working in newsrooms where automated news text production or personalised news distribution is used feel less freedom in selecting what stories to cover.

tech2_A/B. Please tell us whether these technologies are used in any of the newsrooms you work in. auto1. Thinking of your work overall, how much freedom do you personally have in selecting the news stories you work on? Base: Automated news writing yes = 74, No = 727; Personalised news distribution yes = 100, No = 577.
Source: 'UK journalists in the 2020s: Who they are, how they work, and what they think', published in April 2025.

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