This session explores how AI can support core reporting skills when working with documents, transcripts and background material. You’ll look at practical ways to use NotebookLM and Pinpoint, with a focus on maintaining editorial control while working more efficiently. The session will be led by Clare Spencer, Reporter for Generative AI in the Newsroom, Northwestern University, USA.
In this session you will learn to:
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Find tip-offs from large volumes of documents, especially when you are not sure what you are looking for
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Retrieve quotes from your own interviews and search across your archive
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See examples of newsrooms that have published their notebooks
This session will be recorded with links to the video and supporting documentation emailed to all participants on the Friday following the session.
You can buy this session individually or as part of a bundle of all five sessions in the Advanced AI for Journalists course. The sessions which make up the Advanced AI for Journalists course are:
- 15 April – AI and Documents: Finding stories in the pile with Clare Spencer
- 22 April – Finding stories in data using AI with Paul Bradshaw
- 29 April – AI for Social – Scripts, captions and knowing when it’s bad with Tristan Werkmeister
- 6 May – Building AI agents to make you a better journalist with Parvathi Subbiah
- 12 May – What are journalists around the world doing with AI? With Cecilia Campbell
Bundle for all five sessions:
Members: £60
Non-members: £100
Corporate bundles:
Bundle for 10 people: £400
Bundle for 50 people: £3,500
