Summary
Our team at Gazzetta, a media research lab, is tackling a fundamental challenge in journalism: the disconnect between media output and community needs, particularly in restricted or distorted information environments of autocracies. We have learnt over the past years that traditional audience research has led to quant-heavy, superficial understanding, ineffective content and, ultimately, irrelevance. To address this problem, we have developed a three-stage process using AI knowledge bases to build empathy, map information needs, and analyze information flows. We have used this process to systematically review multiple information sources to build deep community understanding before product development. This methodology has helped us preserve nuance, identify knowledge gaps, and assign confidence levels to findings. Rather than treating AI as a black box solution, a thoughtful process-oriented approach can help us better understand and serve information needs, and gradually rebuild relevance.
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