COURTESY OF INSP.NGO
The world is in a state of flux. That we cannot deny. Political, economic, social, and technological change seems to be accelerating – or, to put it another way, change is the only constant.
For those of us in the journalistic world trying to decipher what will happen in the year 2024, fear not. Help is at hand. The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism has released its report: “Journalism, Media & Technology Trends and Predictions 2024”. Below I have captured some of the main points and offered some reflections as to what this could mean for our street paper movement*:
Politically, our calendars for 2024 are filled to thedecline. Some argue that media avoidance is spreading like wildfire. The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and the role it plays in influencing the democratic process is being met with, to put it mildly, trepidation. Last year in the UK, we heard the concerning news story of a fake recording of the leader of the opposition party, Labour’s Sir Keir Starmer, supposedly swearing at his staff. The convincing but ultimately fake recording acts as a stark reminder that AI is here to stay and manipulate us.
