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AI is here

Katherine Ann Rowlands, Ciara Zavala
May 16, 2025

Embracing AI as ‘assistant’ opens door to better election coverage

Playbook walks community newsrooms through creation of AI-assisted election dashboard.

A wall inside the Southeast Missourian's offices showcases the newspaper's values.
February 21, 2025

A leap forward for AI in journalism is coming from an unexpected place — small-town Missouri

Rust Communications encompasses 15 newspapers across five states which now use a content management system that one might expect to find at a high-powered national media conglomerate.

Your 2024 Election Assistant
October 16, 2024

Pennsylvania investigative outlet using AI to keep public informed about general election

Welcome to another installment of “AI is here,” a series from RJI highlighting AI innovation in journalism. In today’s spotlight, one news organization has built a conversational chat program to provide election information to a broader audience without losing its identity in the sea of generative AI.

Andrew Finlayson, Pete Pachal, Sil Hamilton
July 29, 2024

For newsrooms looking to bring AI into the fold, consultants are an attractive — maybe even necessary — choice

In less than two years, AI has gone from a quietly influential luxury to a necessity for the news industry. But dedicated AI teams remain extremely rare in newsrooms at a time when contraction of staff is far more likely than expansion, leaving news organizations to turn to consultants and outside training to “onboard” AI into their workflows.

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