Reuters Institute’s highlights from the International Journalism Festival 2025 in Perugia.
Summary
- AI summaries require lots of human work to reach expected quality, as editors must distill editorial judgement into quantifiable values.
- Diversify revenue and collaborate with other newsrooms to fill the gap left by USAID funding cuts.
- Building a local news org has never been cheaper, but focus on what matters to audiences is key.
- Meta's pullback has exacerbated threats against global fact-checkers from hyper-partisan voices and political leaders.
