Assess your newsroom
Learn how your newsroom stacks up against other local U.S. operations for AI. The scorecard covers all facets of news operations, including newsgathering, production, distribution and business operations.
Local News AI
Narrowing the technology gap between national and local newsrooms
AP’s Local News AI is a two-year initiative helping U.S. local newsrooms identify and adopt artificial intelligence-based solutions. In its first year, the program assessed AI readiness in almost 200 newsrooms and published a report of the findings. Local News AI produced a six-unit course based on the needs identified in its national research. In its second year, the program developed blueprints for 15 newsroom projects that include automation and AI. The team is currently working on five project builds that include generative AI with the Brainerd Dispatch, El Vocero de Puerto Rico, KSAT-TV, WFMZ-TV and WUOM-FM. Each project aims to reduce tedious tasks in the newsrooms and help other newsrooms that can use the project open-source code. The Local News AI initiative is made available by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Another Knight-funded organization, Partnership on AI, has developed an AI Tools for Local Newsrooms Database.
Learn more about how AP has been a leader in advancing AI across the news industry.
How AI can help your newsroom
Read the report
AP published a report with insights shared by almost 200 local news operations from across the U.S. The report combines scorecard results and interviews to provide a glimpse into what is happening locally when it comes to technology.
Take the course
AP created an on-demand course based on our research report. A series of experts will walk you through how to build an automation and AI strategy across newsgathering, production, distribution and business operations.
Reporting on AI
There are many benefits for local newsrooms to implement tools that include automation and AI, however there are also complexities and risks inherent with tools that include AI. Below are links to recent AP investigations on how AI impacts society.
