Technology
Google Colab for data tracking and automation
Tips for data cleaning, set up and using APIs.
Building a local legislation tracker
Multiple municipalities, data extraction and getting started with automation.
Bay City News Election Playbook, Part 2: Newsrooms can vibe code their way to automated election night dashboard
Election night is a high-stakes, labor-intensive operation — and not just for the candidates. As voters wait for returns, community journalists fight an uphill battle to make sense of data released in disparate formats from different sources. But a breakthrough experiment at Bay City News provides a new blueprint for success. By leveraging generative artificial … Continued
New research reveals who young adults choose to deliver news when AI gives them control
Popular choices? AI anchors who look like the study participants and those who look like prototypical broadcasters.
Investigate Midwest
Investigate Midwest built a centralized impact tracking system in Airtable to better document how our journalism is amplified and how it creates change over time.
How journalists around the world are using our solutions chatbot
In January 2026, we launched LuzLab.org — a free, trilingual, publicly available chatbot that guides journalists as they develop solutions journalism story ideas in Spanish, English or Portuguese.
Drone flights beyond visual line of sight are here to stay
How FAA Part 108 will reshape the U.S. Airspace System.
An RJI Fellowship resource helping journalists make data listenable
For her 2024-2025 RJI Fellowship, Aura Walmer developed a toolkit to help journalists tell data stories through audio — an approach known as data sonification.
FCC’s ban of foreign-made drones affects the biggest maker on the market
There are still DJI models for sale, but future drones won’t be available unless the federal government stance changes.
Big Tech runs counter to journalism values. So why is the news industry helping tech take over?
News organizations have a natural ally in state privacy law debates — the consumer advocates who stand up for privacy and against deception.