AI Tool for Journalists
Let your AI agent handle research, interviews, and first drafts—so you can break news, not burn out. Spend more time reporting and less time on admin.
You’re a journalist juggling Google Docs, Outlook calendars, and endless email threads just to keep up. Researching in LexisNexis, fact-checking in Excel, and coordinating interviews through Gmail eats up your day. Important leads slip away while you’re stuck formatting or chasing sources, and the late nights pile up.
An AI agent that drafts stories, researches leads, fact-checks, and preps interviews so journalists can focus on reporting instead of admin.
What this replaces
The hidden cost
What this is really costing you
In a newsroom, reporters and editors spend hours each week copying notes from Google Docs, fact-checking in Excel, and emailing sources to arrange interviews. These repetitive admin tasks drain your energy and slow your ability to cover breaking news. Instead of chasing stories, you’re buried in background research and formatting articles for CMS upload. Over time, this manual grind leads to missed scoops and late nights.
Time wasted
12-14 hrs/week
Every week, burned on work an AI agent handles in minutes.
Money lost
$13,000-$15,000/year
In salary, missed revenue, and operational drag — annually.
If you keep ignoring it
If you keep doing everything by hand, you’ll miss breaking stories, risk publishing errors, and lose your competitive edge to faster newsrooms. Burnout and staff turnover become real threats.
Cost estimates derived from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics occupational wage data and O*NET task analysis.
Return on investment
The math speaks for itself
Today — without agent
13 hrs/week
of manual work
With your AI agent
2 hrs/week
agent-handled
You save
$11,850/year
every year, reinvested into growing your business
Estimates based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics median salary data and O*NET task importance ratings from worker surveys. Time savings assume 80% automation of eligible task components.
Jobs your agent handles
What this agent does for you
Complete jobs, handled end-to-end — so your team focuses on what matters.
Quick Story Research
You ask your agent to gather background information and summarize key facts on a breaking news event.
Draft a Column
You ask your agent to write a first draft of a commentary on a current political issue, following your editorial style.
Interview Prep
You ask your agent to find potential interviewees for a story and generate a list of insightful questions.
Fact-Check Before Deadline
You ask your agent to review your article draft and flag any statements needing further verification.
How to hire your agent
Connect your tools
Link your newsroom management, research databases, and editorial workflow tools.
Tell your agent what you need
Example: “Summarize the latest developments on the local election and draft a 500-word news brief.”
Agent gets it done
Your agent delivers a fact-checked, formatted news brief with sources cited and ready for editorial review.
You doing it vs. your agent doing it
Agent skill set
What this agent knows how to do
Automated News Research
Pulls background data from LexisNexis and Factiva, generating concise research briefs for any topic.
Draft Writing & Editorial Prep
Creates first drafts of columns, scripts, and news briefs using your editorial guidelines and past writing samples.
Interview Coordination
Finds credible sources, sends outreach via Gmail, and proposes interview times based on your Outlook calendar.
Fact-Checking & Source Verification
Reviews drafts, flags statements for verification, and cross-references claims with trusted news databases.
Content Organization
Sorts and formats stories for WordPress upload, ensuring clarity, accuracy, and style compliance.
Specialized Data Reporting
Synthesizes complex information in science, politics, or finance, delivering clear summaries for your articles.
AI Agent FAQ
Yes. By analyzing your previous stories in Google Docs or Word, the agent adapts drafts to your voice and editorial standards. You always have final review before publishing.
It verifies claims using databases like Factiva and Reuters, flagging anything unverifiable for your attention. You get a report of all sources cited for each article.
All data is encrypted in transit with TLS 1.3. The agent never stores your drafts or research after processing, and access is restricted by newsroom login credentials.
The agent connects to Google Docs, Outlook, Gmail, and WordPress via API, so you can assign tasks and receive drafts without switching platforms.
No. The AI agent handles repetitive admin, but you remain responsible for analysis, interviews, and editorial judgment. It’s a digital assistant, not a replacement.
Currently, the agent handles English-language news sources and public databases. Multi-language and paywalled content support are on the product roadmap.
Automatable tasks
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