“Integrating AI technologies into newsrooms can streamline tasks like summarization, enabling journalists to focus more on vetting and fact-checking, thus enhancing the overall quality of reporting. It also highlights the importance of documenting your process and working in public as a part of using generative technologies ethically and responsibly. Second, the ability to process and render complex government documents intelligible and actionable is a valuable service newsrooms can provide to their readers. By adopting a hands-on, hybrid process that leverages generative AI tools like ChatGPT, newsrooms can effectively summarize intricate policies, making them more accessible to a wider audience.”

-- Andrew Rodriguez Calderón, computational journalist at The Marshall Project, “Decoding bureaucracy: Generative AI for accessible government policies”

The Lewis Scholarship: Deadline extended to Monday

The National Press Club and the Institute are still accepting applications for the Fall 2023 Lewis Scholarship. This opportunity, which began in 2023, provides free housing and a monthly stipend to support student journalists of color who plan to intern at news media outlets in Washington, D.C.

➡️ Applications now due July 24 ⬅️

The Lewis Scholarship has an estimated value of $10,000 and will be awarded to one undergraduate student journalist of color each fall, spring, and summer semester. The scholarship will provide a stipend of $1,000 per month and free housing provided through Washington Intern Student Housing for the duration of the student’s internship, usually four months.