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There's a lot of work journalists want to do, but just don't have the capacity for because these types of articles take precedence. It could higher value, but r

There's a lot of work journalists want to do, but just don't have the capacity for because these types of articles take precedence. It could higher value, but riskier/time intensive work (ie investigative work). It's possible that news rooms will be able to generate more content like this and provide them that profit buffer to then allow their human journalists to go pursue more complex stories. I have no idea though. Predictions are hard to make, especially when they're about the future.

_djo_ 3y ago
That would be true if newsrooms keep the same number of journalists on staff, so that they're freed to conduct more investigative work. Looking at the trend in global newsrooms and the way they've already been gutted in the name of dividends how likely do you think that's going to be? More like this will be used as an excuse to cut even more journalists and, worse, to run local and regional news without any journalists at all, with the few who remain being as under pressure and overworked as ever.