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AI for journalist
Cases of journalists using AI to investigate, transcribe interviews, analyze public documents, cross-reference data and edit text, always with human fact-checking before publishing.
Each case includes the original account with a link to the source, what worked, what went wrong and a prompt we wrote for you to adapt to your own situation. Replace what is in brackets with your own details and review the result before using it.
17 cases, 2 of them from Brazil, from newest to oldest. The tools that show up most in these accounts are ChatGPT Agent, Claude Cowork, and Perplexity Comet. The most common topics are productivity, health, and personal finance. Every case is checked by hand before it enters the directory.
The cases
17 cases
01A month of sending tasks from phone to computer
A Fortune journalist used Dispatch to request email summaries and meeting prep.
02Booking sushi and calling an Uber by talking to Alexa+
A journalist with early access asked, by voice, for a table for himself and his wife.
03Booking airport parking: it only half worked
At TechCrunch, Comet suggested parking near San Francisco airport but got stuck when booking.
04Delegating moving tasks to a browser agent
A TechCrunch journalist tested Operator during their own move: parking permit, restaurant, electrician.
05Planning a Saturday of errands with a route and times
Amanda Caswell asked ChatGPT Agent for an itinerary covering a haircut, a return, groceries and a store.
06Alexa routines to organize your day (with a therapist's tip)
A journalist set up mood, water and lunch reminders on Alexa based on advice from a psychotherapist.
07Unsubscribing from newsletters in bulk in Gmail
A PCWorld journalist let Claude suggest what to cancel, asked for his approval, and then had it click the links.
08AI calls stores to find out if a toy is in stock
A journalist used the Google feature that has AI phone the store and ask.
09An agent searches for a hairstylist by price and reviews
A reporter asked for balayage under a price cap in Montclair or New York and corrected the agent midway.
10Automatic renewals spreadsheet built from Gmail
A journalist had the agent search for "renewal" and "subscription" and build a list of services, dates and amounts.
11Canceling three streaming services with an agent
A journalist typed in her own passwords and the agent clicked through the entire cancellation flow for Peacock, Disney and Netflix.
12A week of managing my calendar by voice alone
A journalist turned on Workspace in Gemini and scheduled writing blocks and meetings by speaking.
13Bloomberg journalist watched the agent the whole time
Rachel Metz asked for ice cream delivery and a schedule spreadsheet; the agent asked for help several times.
14Journalist uses an AI browser to find sources on LinkedIn
Joanna Stern asked for posts from people laid off from customer service because of AI, plus draft messages.
15A spreadsheet with the latest WHO data
Testers asked the agent for the World Health Organization's newest public data, organized into tabs.
16Journalists from Folha, Aos Fatos and Núcleo discuss how they use AI
Knight Center roundtable: newsrooms use AI to translate, create scripts and fact-check.
17Newsroom sets out what journalists can and cannot do with AI
Grupo Estado published rules: AI for transcription, translation and data, always with human review.