AI tools and other resources for journalists.
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AI data centers
Resources for reporting on controversial impacts and benefits of AI data centers
AI | the environment
Links to news articles, research and journal articles about AI’s impact on the environment
Ethics | legal
Find AI ethical guidelines, best practices and other resources for journalists
Writing with numbers
A math for journalists 101 page with tipsheets and helpful online calculators
Toolbox book
“The Journalist’s Toolbox: A Guide to Digital Reporting and AI”, is available on Routledge. Click to order!
Data Journalism book
The second edition is available. Order now by clicking the image.
Toolbox newsletter
Subscribe to our free e-newsletter that publishes every other Tuesday morning
Image creation | editing
MidJourney, DALL-E, Adobe Firefly and dozens of other tools for creating illustrations
Video creation | editing
Text-to-video tools as well as AI resources to pull YouTube video summaries
Audio | podcasting
Tools for transcribing interviews, text-to-audio creation and podcast-building
Data tools
Scrape data, analyze it and build visualizations with tools, browser extensions and custom GPTs
Data scraping
A collection of tools and training videos for scraping websites, PDFs and more
Public documents
Databases and other resources for locating public records
Fact-checking | OSINT
This page features AI-driven fact-checking tools, as well as text, audio image and video verification
Investigative reporting
Tools, research and databases to help investigative reporters and editors
AI editing tools
Dozens of tools for brevity, grammar, spelling, writing headlines and much more
Cool AI examples
Examples of how award-winning journalism projects used AI
Digital security | safety
Links to dozens of tools and resources to keep you, your data and your sources safe.
AI | plagiarism
Free and paid tools for detecting AI in written stories, press releases, etc.
AI newsletters
A growing list of free newsletters that feature AI-driven tools and best practices
Training videos
More than 145 training videos on how to use AI and other tools to produce stories and multimedia
Journalism basics
Links to resources for college journalists and others starting in the news industry
Prompt writing
Tipsheets for writing better prompts, from MidJourney to ChatGPT
AI for educators
AI tools and resources for college professors and student media
AI agents | MCPs
A short but growing list of AI agents that are useful to journalists
Social media
Automated tools for social media writing, sharing analysis and much more
LLMs | Privacy
ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, Copilot and other tools for producing journalism
AI mobile apps
Mobile often is overlooked in AI. This page contains useful AI apps
AI writing tools
Links to the latest AI tools for reporting, research and writing headlines
Guides and articles
Dozens of articles and guides to keep up with the latest trends in AI tools
Browser extensions
Dozens of AI-driven browser extensions, plug-ins and other tools
Summarization tools
Resources for summarizing text, video and audio for stories and research
Engagement
Tools for reaching audiences and engaging them through interactive tools
Automation | chatbots
Guides and tools for automating mundane tasks, how to build a chatbot, etc.
Coding | Vibe coding
Buiid code automatically and evaluate code you’ve written with these tools
Productivity tools
Hundreds of resources that will make you a more productive reporter, editor or product manager
Search and SEO
Dozens of tools for using AI to find information and how to evaluate it
AI for local newsrooms
Resources on how to incorporate AI tools into practice in smaller, local newsrooms
Crisis reporting
Resources to keep yourself safe while covering dangerous topics and situations
Reporting safely
Resources to protect yourself in the field and your privacy.
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