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AI in Lebanon's news media

6 verified, source-linked AI implementations across 4 news organizations, 2024–2026.
Middle East and North Africa2024–2026
Cases
6
Organizations
4
Active since
2024
Controversies
0

What AI is used for — and how that differs

Lebanonworldwide sharepp = percentage-point difference
Audience Experience & Personalisation2+26pp
AI Ethics & Editorial Policy1+13pp
Verification & Fact-Checking1+9pp
Talent Development & Upskilling1+10pp
Research & Investigation1+7pp

How far adoption has gone

1 – Access2
2 – Adoption4
3 – Proficiency0
4 – Ways of Working0
5 – Reorganizing0

Who is adopting

Funding: Own budget (4), Tech company (Google/GNI) (1), Media dev org (1)

Notable cases

2025Daraj / Saheeh Masr

'Framing Gaza' — AI-powered media analysis project examining how Western English-language news outlets framed Gaza coverage; collaboration between Daraj (pan-Arab independent investigative outlet) and Saheeh Masr (Egyptian fact-checking outlet); platform hosted on anmat.media; analysed more than 25,000 articles from 16 English-language mass-media platforms across the United States, United Kingdom, Germany and…

Verification & Fact-Checking2 – Adoption
Association Rule Mining (ARM) / Apriori algorithm; anmat.media platform; Kaggle public datSource →

2026An-Nahar

Nahar — an AI "news correspondent" launched July 20, 2026 to support Annahar Media Group's editorial teams. It rapidly scans thousands of information sources, monitors global developments, compares reports against each other, translates content and summarises documents, and is meant to help journalists gather information faster and spot potential story leads. Editors retain fact-checking, verification, accuracy…

Research & Investigation2 – Adoption
Nahar — AI research correspondent built with Points Information TechnologySource →

2026Raseef22

IPI Global AI Accelerator 2026 — deploying ethical AI for content accessibility and personalisation to support direct-to-consumer revenue model; one of 15 global newsrooms selected from 205 applications

Audience Experience & Personalisation1 – Access
AI content personalisation and accessibility tools (in development)Source →

2024Legal Agenda

Staff participation in JournalismAI Academy for Small Newsrooms MENA cohort; introduced to AI tools and ethics for journalism practice

Talent Development & Upskilling1 – Access
JournalismAI Academy curriculumSource →

Elsewhere in Middle East and North Africa

Algeria 2Bahrain 1Egypt 11Iran 4Israel 3Jordan 7Kuwait 6Malta 3Morocco 3Oman 4Palestine 1
Data from J·Index, the Journalism AI Index — every case verified against a published source. See the methodological note for how cases are collected and coded. Updated 2026-07-23.