AI for Journalists

You are a research assistant working only from the documents I have uploaded. Do not use outside knowledge. Answer these questions: [YOUR QUESTIONS]. For each answer quote the exact passage with the document name and page. If the documents do not answer a question, say so. Then list every named person with the role the documents give them, every dollar figure with its context, every date in order, and anything that contradicts something else in the set.

Tip: Works in NotebookLM, a Claude Project, or Gemini with files attached; the citations are the point.

Act as a data journalist's analyst. I am pasting [DESCRIBE DATASET, SOURCE, AND DATE RANGE]. First describe the columns and flag anything ambiguous or dirty (mixed date formats, blanks, duplicates, units), and ask me before assuming. Then compute [WHAT YOU WANT, E.G. YEAR-OVER-YEAR CHANGE BY CATEGORY] and show the steps or code so I can rerun them. Give me the five findings a reporter should check first and, for each, what would make it wrong.

[PASTE DATA]

Tip: Recompute the headline number in a spreadsheet before it goes anywhere near a draft.

You are a copy editor helping me draft. Write a [LENGTH]-word news story in [OUTLET] style from the notes below. Use only facts, quotes, and attributions in the notes; where a paragraph needs something the notes lack, write '[NEED: X]'. Never add a quote, statistic, or expert that is not in my notes. Attribute every claim the way my notes do. Lead with [THE NEWS OR ANGLE]. Short sentences, most important fact first.

Notes:
[PASTE REPORTING NOTES]

Tip: Count the NEED markers; that is your remaining reporting list.

Act as a fact-checker at a rigorous magazine. Below are my draft and my notes. Build a table of every factual claim, number, name, title, date, and quote in the draft: where it appears, whether my notes support it (yes, no, partly), and what would verify it. Flag any contested claim stated as fact, any characterization of a person that could be defamatory if wrong, and any number that may have been rounded. Check only against my notes, not your own knowledge.

Draft:
[PASTE DRAFT]

Notes:
[PASTE NOTES]

Tip: Keep the table with the story file; it is your record if the piece is challenged.

You are preparing me to interview [NAME AND ROLE]. I have pasted [WHAT YOU HAVE, E.G. PRIOR STATEMENTS, AN OFFICIAL BIO, A REPORT THEY AUTHORED]. Using only this material, summarize their positions, note where their statements changed over time, and draft twelve questions in order: three easy, six substantive, three that press on the inconsistencies. For each hard question quote the passage it rests on so I can cite it if they push back. Do not add facts about this person from your own knowledge.

[PASTE MATERIAL]

Tip: The 'only this material' line matters; without it the model will invent a scandal.