Using generative AI in journalism: from idea to production — and review
Feb 4, 2025
I’ve written a series of posts on how to use generative AI at different stages in journalism projects. Although there’s a particular focus on investigations, most of the techniques can be used in any journalism project.
Here they are:
- Using generative AI for story ideas
- Using generative AI for sourcing and story research
- Using generative AI as a spreadsheet and data cleaning assistant
- Using generative AI as a scraping assistant
- Using generative AI to help review your reporting: subbing, jargon, and brevity
- Identifying bias in your writing — with generative AI