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Big Local News (Stanford University)

1 verified, source-linked AI implementation.

United StatesNorth AmericaNational
Cases
1
Peak stage
3
Controversies
0

Where the AI sits

Editorial Production1

AI implementations

Used AI-assisted methods to extract and structure roughly 1.5 million previously…

Used AI-assisted methods to extract and structure roughly 1.5 million previously inaccessible police records, making them usable for reporting — the data underpinned more than 100 investigations by newsrooms nationwide. Cited as a counter-example to AI's high-profile failures in journalism.

Research & Investigation3 – Proficiency3 – Collaborative Human–AI
Tool: AI-assisted document/records extraction and structuring (journalism data infrastructure)Source ↗

Context

Big Local News (Stanford University) is one of 182 organizations in United States documented in the index, which holds 363 cases from the country. Its work spans 1 function type, including Research & Investigation, documented across 131 organizations worldwide.

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