Guides: working with AI on research, analysis and writing
Practical guides on research, analysis, verification and writing with AI agents. Journalism comes first. It is one of the most demanding fields for working with information.
- 17 October 2026
Best AI tools for journalists (2026): 10 tools compared
Verbatim, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Pinpoint, Otter, Trint and Happy Scribe compared on sources, data protection, hosting and price.
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AI agents vs chatbots: the difference for your work
What is an AI agent? How agents differ from chatbots, when a chatbot is enough, the risks of autonomous agents and what to demand from them.
Read - 17 October 2026
AI research assistant: how to choose one in 2026
What an AI research assistant can do in 2026, how to choose one and how to spot invented citations. Sources, private documents, hosting, language.
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Literature review with AI: a step-by-step method
How to do a literature review with AI, step by step. Search, screening, extraction and synthesis, and how to check every reference the AI suggests.
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Analyse a long document with AI and keep the sources
How to analyse or summarise a long PDF with AI and keep every source. Prepare questions, split the file, ask for page numbers and check every figure.
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How to verify a quote: a step-by-step method
Find the primary source, check the exact words, date, context and translation, and spot invented, distorted or misattributed quotes, including AI ones.
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Prepare an interview with AI: a six-step method
How to prepare an interview with AI: gather past statements, read the documents, write questions and follow-ups, plan checks and record with consent.
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News monitoring with AI: a six-step method
How to run news monitoring with AI: define the subject, choose sources, set alerts, remove duplicates, check each item and record where it came from.
Read - 23 June 2026
Will AI replace journalists?
Will AI replace journalists? What AI already does in newsrooms, what it gets wrong, and what EU law has required since 2 August 2026.
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Drafts, sources and consumer AI: where does a newsroom’s data go?
Pasting a draft into an AI assistant sends it to the company behind it. Hosting, training, settings: what a newsroom should check.
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Newsroom AI policy: the clauses to write under the AI Act
A newsroom AI policy sets out permitted uses, human review, reader disclosure and source protection. The clauses to write and what the AI Act requires.
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AI interview transcription: which tool should a journalist use?
Otter, Trint, Sonix, Happy Scribe, Descript: where recordings are stored, whether they are used for training, and what a journalist should check.
Read - 24 June 2026
Off the record: what an AI transcription tool must respect
On the record, off the record, background: what these terms cover, the risk with automatic transcripts, and how Verbatim marks a quote OFF.
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