Using AI in Journalism Research

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Date
01/11/2027
Time
12:00pm-1:30pm EST
Where
Online Workshop
Cost
$100.00
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Artificial intelligence and large language models offer great upside to reporters and producers who want to make their research and preparation more efficient. But how can you make sure you get reliable, truthful information from chatbots while also spotting hallucinations and other errors?

This session will showcase real-life examples of how instructor Dave Shaw used OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Claude LLMs for interview research and prep. You’ll learn from his trial-and-error methods, including tips on:

  • Weeding out bad information with sharp prompt-writing
  • Navigating paywalls
  • Refining questions to yield the information you really need
  • Sourcing pitfalls to avoid

While this is not a class about the AI ethics, the course is informed by the instructor’s more than 25 years of experience in rigorous, fact-based journalism at some of the most trusted publishers of news and information.

This summary is 100 percent human generated. This class is capped at 15. 

About Your Instructor

Dave Shaw

Dave Shaw is a broadcast and podcast pro with experience in many genres, including interview shows, narrative documentaries, YA fiction, and both short- and long-form news. He’s taught collegiate journalism classes since 2016 and uses a collaborative and open teaching style to encourage dialogue among participants. In this class, he's drawing on his career as a producer, editor, and manager at organizations including The New York Times, APM's Marketplace, The Atlantic, and others — all of which inform his practical, ethical, and useful framework for getting the most out of AI tools in journalism today.

Notes on this Class

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