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title: Publishers who don’t consider using robot texts for basic reporting are missing out
description: Reporters are increasingly spread too thin to produce all the stories editors need and readers expect. One solution is to free up journalists’ time by having robots do the routine reporting.
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# [Publishers who don’t consider using robot texts for basic reporting are missing out](https://www.unitedrobots.ai/press/automation-supports-the-journalistic-mission-publishers-who-dont-consider-using-robot-texts-for-basic-reporting-are-missing-out)

 Written by [Cecilia Campbell](https://www.unitedrobots.ai/press/author/cecilia-campbell) | May 15, 2020 10:31:00 AM

Crises always drive automation: for the news industry that’s not a threat, it’s an opportunity.  
The global pandemic is putting additional pressure on an already challenged news publishing industry. The demand for journalism is growing, but a lot of the revenue underpinning it is disappearing. Reporters are increasingly spread too thin to produce all the  
stories editors need and readers expect. One solution to this problem can be to free up journalists’ time by having robots do the routine reporting.

[Full press release here](https://www.unitedrobots.ai/hubfs/20200515-UnitedRobots-PR-ENG.pdf)

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