Dietmar Schantin
@dietmarschantin.com
Media strategy, newsroom transformation, and AI in journalism.
Working at the intersection of editorial judgment, technology, and organisational change. Based in UK.
Working at the intersection of editorial judgment, technology, and organisational change. Based in UK.
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I work with news organisations on newsroom transformation and AI, focusing on how editorial judgment and journalism’s civic role shape systems, workflows, and organisational decisions.
I’ll use this space to think aloud, share observations from practice, and occasionally link to longer pieces.
I’ll use this space to think aloud, share observations from practice, and occasionally link to longer pieces.
Hot take: AI doesn't threaten journalism. It threatens the parts of newsroom work that were never really journalism anyway.
January 31, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Hot take: AI doesn't threaten journalism. It threatens the parts of newsroom work that were never really journalism anyway.
A lot of newsroom AI projects struggle not because of the models, but because of where ownership sits. In journalism, AI is an editorial problem that requires engineering capability — not the other way round. More detailed thinking here:
www.inma.org/blogs/media-...
www.inma.org/blogs/media-...
Editorial must own AI implementation with engineering support
Editorial applications require AI to function as a language tool, processing and transforming content journalists provide rather than generating knowledge from its own training.
www.inma.org
January 28, 2026 at 12:11 PM
A lot of newsroom AI projects struggle not because of the models, but because of where ownership sits. In journalism, AI is an editorial problem that requires engineering capability — not the other way round. More detailed thinking here:
www.inma.org/blogs/media-...
www.inma.org/blogs/media-...
I work with news organisations on newsroom transformation and AI, focusing on how editorial judgment and journalism’s civic role shape systems, workflows, and organisational decisions.
I’ll use this space to think aloud, share observations from practice, and occasionally link to longer pieces.
I’ll use this space to think aloud, share observations from practice, and occasionally link to longer pieces.
January 28, 2026 at 11:49 AM
I work with news organisations on newsroom transformation and AI, focusing on how editorial judgment and journalism’s civic role shape systems, workflows, and organisational decisions.
I’ll use this space to think aloud, share observations from practice, and occasionally link to longer pieces.
I’ll use this space to think aloud, share observations from practice, and occasionally link to longer pieces.