• by Ray Schultz , 11 hours ago

The American Journalism Project (AJP) is offering a resource to assist local news outlets in determining which artificial intelligence tools they should be using through its Product & AI Studio. 

The quarterly Field Guide: AI for Local Reporting will detail what each tool does, who is using it and how. 

AJP has provided grants and worked with news organizations and vendor partners to lead experiments and workflows with AI. 

In addition, AJP  has pulled together a group of AI vendors that meet  highly specific needs and some that promise long-term and regular use in local newsrooms. 

Each profile includes a summary of its service, including “recommended use cases, pros and cons, and what makes it different from other tools,” AJP says.

In one use case, Chalkbeat -- which covers the New York City school system with only two reporters -- applied Local Lens, an Ai-powered public meeting database. This enabled the Chalkbeat reporters to analyze transcripts, track keywords and cover parental concerns.