AI should enhance, not replace, good journalism—Experts say - Businessday NG

…as Pan-Atlantic University holds Media Roundtable 2026 Webinar

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to reshape newsrooms worldwide, media professionals and academics have cautioned that the technology should complement, not replace, the principles of accurate, ethical, and people-centred journalism.

Media and education experts at the Pan-Atlantic University (PAU) 2026 Media Roundtable to examine the evolving landscape of African journalism under the theme, ‘The Future of African Media: AI, Monetisation and Editorial Integrity,’ insist that AI should enhance, not replace, good journalism.

Richard Ikiebe, chairman of the board of directors at BusinessDay Media Limited, emphasised that Africa’s greatest challenge is not artificial intelligence but the limited capacity to adopt and integrate the technology effectively.

Ikiebe maintained that AI should serve as a support tool rather than a replacement for journalists, noting that human judgment remains indispensable.