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Originality AI: Guideline Checker
Easily see if essays, papers, or articles are formatted similarly to editing guidelines.
TextBases Sentence Counter
A free browser-based tool that counts sentences, words, paragraphs, characters, average words per sentence, and estimated reading and speaking time. Journalists and editors can use it to spot dense drafts, review pacing, and compare sentence structure before publishing. It requires no account, and normal text processing runs locally in the browser.
Rewire Text
A system-wide text utility for macOS and Windows that lets you proofread, rewrite, tighten, and translate text inside any application. Select text anywhere, press a hotkey, and an editing transform replaces it in place, with no copying into a separate app. The AI transforms run through your own API key or a fully local model, so with a local model your text never leaves your machine, and it’s a one-time purchase with no subscription.
Revise
A new, browser-based word processor with a built-in AI agent. Revise is designed for complex, full-document edits. It supports every major model (GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok) in one place, with visual revision history so every AI change is trackable and reversible. Free model with upgrades starting at $8 a month.
AI-DRIVEN EDITING AND WORKFLOW TOOLS
From the American Copy Editors Society #ACESChat: You MUST fact-check any AI-generated content for plagiarism, falsehoods, outdated information, biased or made-up information. Think of AI as making suggestions: You can accept or reject them the same way you would grammar check or spell check. Remember, AI should work for you, not vice-versa. For example, use ChatGPT to take a confusing paragraph and prompt it to “please clarify this text.” The response sometimes clears up the author’s intended meaning.
Quillbot Paraphraser
An AI paraphrasing tool that lets journalists rephrase any text while ensuring that content retains the correct vocabulary, tone, and style. It includes a grammar checker, plagiarism checker and summarizer.
Hemingway App
Free AI-based tool grades your writing for readability, etc.
Hemingway Editor Plus
Make your writing clear and concise with AI
Wordtune
All-in-one editing tool that writes headlines as well. Free with modest paid upgrades (yearly model is 50 percent off).
Headline Hero
This is the free Yeschat version. They’re also available as a custom GPT in ChatGPT.
Writing Feedback Pro
This Custom GPT will help you tighten and brighten a paragraph or two in your writing. Created by CUNY’s Jeremy Caplan, the tool offers tips and advice on your writing, not actually rewriting it.
Revise
A new, browser-based word processor with a built-in AI agent. Revise is designed for complex, full-document edits. It supports every major model (GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok) in one place, with visual revision history so every AI change is trackable and reversible. Free model with upgrades starting at $8 a month.
OKhuman
This tool promises to monitor your typing and provide a stamp to verify your work is written by a human. It could help editors manage freelancers’ use of AI.
Project Genie
Google DeepMind’s interactive world generator
Why AI Detection Fails on Fakes That Matter Most
A post by Henk van Ess on how AI detection tools always are behind the AI deepfake creation tools.
Penelope
Check academic manuscripts and references. Trial with reasonable pricing.
Newsroom Ally CustomGPT
This tool in ChatGPT can be used for for evaluating pitches, refining stories, and matching publication tone. Brainstorm story ideas, evaluate a lead or a PR pitch, etc. Best used in ChatGPT 4.1.
AI Writer
I wouldn’t use this as a writing tool but it’s good at suggesting SEO headlines, etc.
TextFX
Google tool that sparks language creativity using tools such as chain (related words), acronym, similies, and unfold (phrases containing your word).
Text Jam
AI-driven writing and editing tool. Offers AI suggestions as you write. Studies your writing style and matches it to future edits.
Trinka
Free editing tools with paid upgrades
AI Summarizer
Free tool that also has paraphrasing capabilities
Docuopia
Use AI for document creation and editing
AiEditor
AI text editor
Journalism Watchdogs
University Hawaii has created this suite of tools for teaching writing, editing, grammar, etc. for journalists and journalism students.
Sharethrough Headlines
A free title and headline analyzer. Input a title and application (ad, blog post, social, email, PR) and receive an objective analysis and alternative title options that can drive more readers and engagement. Works in English and French.
Poynter: Is the Future of Fact-Checking Automated?
Nota
Nota offers a suite of assistive AI tools that can reformat human-created content into multiple different text, audio and video formats. You can use tools individually or plug them into your CMS for seamless integration. It creates SEO headlines, social posts, short videos, image generation and generates newsletters from stories. Paid tool.
Aqua
Edit something by dictating the changes you want.
Copy Editor Bot – CE 101
A custom GPT that lets you paste in copy to get editing suggestions.
Editby
Convert articles into Twitter threads and more
AP Style-Checking Tool
Also ask ChatGPT to rewrite a block of text using AP Style
Print Edit WE
Chrome plug-in that removes images, headers and ads from web pages when printing.
CopyChecker
An online SEO platform designed to provide comprehensive content verification and optimization tools. It specializes in tools such as plagiarism checking, grammar checking, text comparison (diff checker), reverse image search, reverse image search, small text generator and PDF editing utilities.
TinyWow AI Writing Tools
The popular all-in-one productivity tool now features a page of AI writing tools. Use with caution and fact-check/edit anything produced by AI.
Headline Hero GPT
Enter a topic and keywords and it will generate headlines. Moreso for social media
Lex
Freemium AI word processor and editor.
Pointer
An AI agent that assists with Google Docs editing
EduWriter
A free AI-powered programme called EduWriter.ai was created to assist professionals and students in producing excellent essays quickly. It has functions including text summarising, APA formatting, plagiarism detection, essay rewriting, and paraphrasing. The platform places a strong emphasis on academic integrity and offers premium options for unrestricted usage and other features.
Calmly Writer
Minimalist, distractions-free text editor. Allows basic formatting, images and lists. Can save and export to HTML, text, Markdown and Word .docx. Has web and cross-platform downloadable desktop. Word, character counter and reading time. Free version – no limits – Buy desktop version for apx $15 one-time – unlimited updates and you can use it across 3 different computers.
ZenPen
Web-based distraction-free writing tool offers basic formatting and linking. Saves in markdown, HTML, text, full screen mode, dark/light UI, target word count. Free site.
SoftMurmur
Ten natural ambient and nature sounds for focusing and tune out distractions. Allows to mix and match sounds according to your preference. Rain and crickets? Waves and thunders? You pick and choose. Freemium account.
Originality AI: Guideline Checker
Easily see if essays, papers, or articles are formatted similarly to editing guidelines.
Pointer
AI editing co-pilot for Google Docs
Pod Squeeze
Voice and audio notes summarizer. It takes your recorded audio note or podcast and it synthesizes and extract all key concepts and ideas in different editorial formats (full transcription, outline, newsletter, email, social media post, blog post, etc.). Freemium.
Steer 2.0
Intelligently fix and improve writing in any application with a lightning-fast native assistant
Paperpal
AI writing assistant offering grammar checks, paraphrasing, predictive text, and plagiarism detection.
Deepl
Freemium tool that offers suggestions on a few paragraphs you paste in.
Wordtune
Freemium tool that fills holes in your writing.
There’s An AI for That: Headline Generators
A list of generators and other AI tools
Aqua Voice
Edit documents with your voice
TextBases Sentence Counter
A free browser-based tool that counts sentences, words, paragraphs, characters, average words per sentence, and estimated reading and speaking time. Journalists and editors can use it to spot dense drafts, review pacing, and compare sentence structure before publishing. It requires no account, and normal text processing runs locally in the browser.
Rewire Text
A system-wide text utility for macOS and Windows that lets you proofread, rewrite, tighten, and translate text inside any application. Select text anywhere, press a hotkey, and an editing transform replaces it in place, with no copying into a separate app. The AI transforms run through your own API key or a fully local model, so with a local model your text never leaves your machine, and it’s a one-time purchase with no subscription.
DeepL Write
Cut/paste a selection of text and this tool will tell you how to improve it. Has free and paid models
GrammarBot
Rewrites and transforms your writing instantly
editGPT
Similar to Grammarly, you can edit and track changes to your writing
Essay Grader
Use AI to grade essays and provides improvement suggestions
Zed
High-performance, multiplayer code editor
Fontjoy
Pairs different fonts together using deep learning. Great for designers
Scholarcy
AI-powered article summarizer
GPTKit
AI-generated text detector tool for ChatGPT.
Read PDF Aloud
Let AI Read Your PDF Aloud with Natural Voice. Free AI-powered PDF speaker. Listen to any PDF document with natural-sounding voices in more than 140 languages. Read your PDF aloud with one click. This can help reporters and editors by loading a story in it and listen for long sentences, punctuation issues, etc.
Taskade
AI-powered productivity tool: Meeting notes, video chats, mind maps and more
Fathom
AI meeting assistant. Note-taking on Zoom calls
PageSection
Translate and edit web pages
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