2025, Vol. 6, Issue 2, Part C

This paper investigates perceptions, opportunities and challenges of AI-powered journalism using a survey of 200 journalists from Haryana, India. With artificial intelligence (AI) steadily invading newsrooms around the world, it is crucial to understand how it will affect regional journalism. According to the survey, 68% of the respondents see AI as an opportunity for a paradigm shift and use of these new platforms can help automate repetitive internal processes such as data analysis, fact-checking and content generation. Reporters noted that AI can help by processing large datasets, as well as improve efficiency and reduce workload, overcoming blockages toward deeper investigative reporting. But key challenges were also noted. More than 55% of respondents expressed concern about losing their jobs to AI, and 62% referred to ethical considerations, like algorithmic bias and the potential misuse of content generated by AI. In addition, 70% of those surveyed said that inadequate training and resources played a role in their ability to successfully harness AI tools. Overall, the results highlight an intertwined story of the enormous potential of AI to change how we do journalism versus the barriers driven by ethical and technical and infrastructural issues that must be addressed before we will be able to adopt it. The study also underscores regional differences, with urban journalists playing greater access to AI tools than their rural counterparts. In order to do so, the paper suggests tailored training initiatives, ethical frameworks, and a stronger collaboration between data and technology suppliers and media organizations. With challenges bringing forth many questions for AI-based journalism in Haryana, the way forward would require ensuring that technological advancement goes hand in hand with journalistic integrity and inclusiveness. This research adds to the burgeoning conversation surrounding AI in media, with implications for policymakers, media practitioners, and technologists.