AI for Journalism
Journalism's value is trust. AI can speed up a lot of newsroom work, but it can't be the source of a single fact you publish.
Where AI genuinely helps
Transcription and interview prep
Transcripts, pulling quotes from long recordings, and drafting question lists save hours.
Document analysis
Large leaks, reports and filings can be searched and summarised to find where to look — then you read the source.
Headline and summary options
Generating ten headline angles or a short standfirst gives editors options quickly.
Data cleanup
Restructuring messy spreadsheets and explaining what a dataset contains is practical and checkable.
Where your judgment stays primary
AI is never a source
Every fact, quote and number must trace to a primary source you've checked. Models fabricate quotes and statistics fluently.
Protect sources
Don't upload material that could identify a confidential source into third-party tools.
Disclose AI involvement
Follow your newsroom's policy, and tell readers when AI meaningfully shaped what they're reading.
Editorial judgment is human
What's newsworthy, what's fair, what's in the public interest — those calls define the work.
Misinformation and deepfakes make verification more important than ever. Read the ethics hub.
Prompts for journalism
Fill in the brackets and paste into any AI tool. Want more? Try the Prompt Generator.
Quote extraction
From the transcript below, pull the 8 strongest direct quotes on [topic]. Give each with its timestamp and one line of context. Quote exactly — do not tidy wording. [paste transcript]
Interview questions
I'm interviewing [role] about [story]. Draft 12 questions: 4 to establish facts, 4 to probe inconsistencies in [known claims], and 4 open questions. Flag any question that might come across as leading.
Document triage
Summarise this document in five bullet points, then list every specific claim, number or name that I'd need to verify independently, with the page reference. [paste document]
Headline options
Write 10 headline options for the story below: 5 straight news, 5 more featurey. Each must be accurate to the copy — no overstatement. [paste story]