This past year has been professionally gratifying, as larger local news organizations have begun to take AI adoption seriously. They have refocused internal resources to move beyond mere experimentation, integrating AI-powered products into meaningful workflows.
To make a substantive organizational impact, AI must be widely deployed and integrated into journalists' daily workflows. Achieving this requires addressing several critical questions: How will AI products be supported and maintained? What processes will guide the identification and adoption of new features?
Most newsrooms already have established processes for technology adoption that predate AI. These frameworks align stakeholders on a problem, determine viable solutions, and implement them effectively.
Generative AI disrupts standard adoption processes by making immensely powerful technologies directly accessible to journalists at large. These efforts are commendable but reveal a challenge: most journalists lack formal training in product management.
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