This audit measures whether your editorial judgement remains your own or has been outsourced to AI systems. It focuses on the specific decisions editors make about voice, structure, writer development, and publication identity.
Read one manuscript per week with no AI tools open. Notice what problems you catch that AI might have missed. These are structural and voice issues that require your judgement.
When you disagree with an AI suggestion, write down why. Over time you will see patterns in what AI gets wrong about your publication's voice.
Schedule a monthly conversation with your senior writers about the feedback they receive. Ask whether it helps them develop their voice or simply makes their writing conform to average patterns.
Protect headline and story selection decisions. These are where publication identity lives. If AI is choosing these, your readers will not know what you stand for.
Train new writers through one-on-one feedback on their first five pieces. This is how editorial judgement transfers. AI tools cannot replace this relationship.