Journalism is at a uniquely vulnerable point in its history. To name just a few of the concerns on the horizon, media workers are staring down corporate consolidation, Donald Trump is waging direct attacks on press freedom, content creators on TikTok and YouTube are cluttering the information ecosystem, and, of course, there’s the specter of artificial intelligence — which threatens to topple the business model, if not render news publishing obsolete. Change can be scary, but it can also bring new opportunities for journalists — and every outlet is now trying to adapt.
But how? The common sentiment seems to be that what the media industry looks like by 2050 may well be unrecognizable to the people working in the field today. This fall, CJR asked newsroom leaders, independent journalists and international reporters how they see the media changing in the next 25 years. Their answers describe upheavals to come in both the business and practice of journalism.
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