Journalism Media And Technology Trends And Predictions 2024
DIGITAL NEWS PROJECT JANUARY 2024 Journalism, Media, and Technology Trends and Predictions 2024 Nic Newman Contents About the Author 2 Acknowledgements 2 Executive Summary 3
for Journalism 6
Referral Model? 8
Artificial Intelligence 13
Further Upheaval 17
and Video on the Way 21
News Avoidance 24
the Newsroom 27
the News 32
Survey Methodology 40 Recent RISJ Publications 42 DOI: 10.60625/risj-0s9w-z770 THE REUTERS INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF JOURNALISM 2 About the Author Nic Newman is Senior Research Associate at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, where he has been lead author of the annual Digital News Report since 2012. He is also a consultant on digital media, working actively with news companies on product, audience, and business strategies for digital transition. He has produced a media and journalism predictions report for the last 14 years. This is the eighth to be published by the Reuters Institute. Nic was a founding member of the BBC News Website, leading international coverage as World Editor (1997–2001). As Head of Product Development (2001–10) he led digital teams, developing websites, mobile, and interactive TV applications for all BBC Journalism sites. Acknowledgements The author would like to thank 314 news leaders from 56 countries and territories, who responded to a survey around the key challenges and opportunities in the year ahead. Respondents included 76 editors-in-chief, 65 CEOs or managing directors, and 53 heads of digital or innovation and came from some of the world’s leading traditional media companies as well as digital-born organisations (see breakdown at the end of the report). Survey input and answers helped guide some of the themes in this report and data have been used throughout. Some direct quotes do not carry names or organisations, at the request of those contributors. The author is particularly grateful to Richard Fletcher and the research team at the Reuters Institute for their ideas and suggestions, and to a range of other experts and news executives who generously contributed their time in background interviews (see full list at the end of this report). Thanks also go to Alex Reid for input on the manuscript over the holiday season and keeping the publication on track. As with many predictions reports there is a significant element of speculation, particularly around specifics and the report should be read bearing this in mind. Having said that, any mistakes – factual or otherwise – should be considered entirely the responsibility of the author. Published by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism with the support of the Google News Initiative (GNI).
