Journalism is changing and evolving. We certainly are not in the golden days of printed media anymore. There are news outlets with biases omitting facts or using emotionally charged language to make readers view a topic differently. However, to generalize all journalism as “dead” is wrong. News outlets may struggle and reporters do make mistakes, but this does not mean journalism is dead.

With the rapid rise of artificial intelligence, people are turning to AI chatbots like ChatGPT for their news, rather than educating themselves through articles crafted by journalists. AI may have different uses, but replacing journalists should not be one of them.

The digital world we live in has pushed articles to be posted online, and it’s now easier than ever to spread misinformation in a matter of seconds. AI contributes to this problem by producing unreliable results of what it finds and shares made-up articles with confidence. 

To say, “Journalism is dead, it’s gone, nothing there anymore,” is ignoring the local, breaking news, investigative, conflict and war reporters which AI cannot replace (just to name a few).

AI replicates what already exists, and collects content created by journalists; it depends on journalists for accurate information. AI does not attend events or witness breaking news firsthand. If journalism were truly dead, AI would have no reliable sources.