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This piece is co-authored by Sharon Moshavi and Fatima Bahja.
Despite great strides, journalists around the world are not keeping pace with the transformations of the digital era. That is the conclusion of the first-ever global study on how news media are adopting new technologies, conducted by the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ).
Against this background of immense challenges for the news industry, there is some good news: Digital news is making tremendous headway worldwide.
The journalism community has long discussed how the digital revolution is impacting news media. Our study, The State of Technology in Global Newsrooms, focuses on a missing link in this debate: What technologies are journalists around the world using and how?
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We conducted the survey in 12 languages, and heard from more than 2,700 newsroom managers and journalists from 130 countries. This massive response identifies specific challenges the industry faces: a technology gap, unmet training needs, lack of audience engagement, concerns about building trust, an information security shortfall, and new revenue streams. The study also identifies the digital leaders and laggards.
The Technology Gap
Most newsrooms, even digital-only ones, have not redefined jobs for the current era. In a sign of how removed journalism remains from technology, just 5% of newsroom staff have technology-related degrees. Only 2% of newsrooms employ technologists and 1% employ analytics editors. Just 18% of jobs are for digital-specific roles such as social media editor and digital content producer.
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