AI bot techniques for journalism & communications

Practical, low-risk ways reporters, editors and PR/comms teams are using AI bots. Each one keeps a person in charge of the result.

1. Document summaries

Summarize public records with page cites.

Clean transcripts; check quotes against audio.

Generate options; editors choose.

Draft from approved facts.

Question lists from background research.

Ready-made versions are on the starter prompts page.

Confidentiality: never paste client, patient, student, employee or customer personal data (PII/PHI) into a public bot. Use tools your organization has approved, with contract terms that cover data use, or remove identifiers first.
Verify everything: bots can invent citations, case law, statistics, doses, code sections and quotes that look real. Check each one against the original source before you rely on it.
Not professional advice: these tutorials teach you how to use AI tools. They are not legal, medical, tax, financial or engineering advice.
A human professional is responsible: the licensed or accountable person reviews, decides and signs. The bot drafts; you own the result.
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