This summer, the American Journalism Project launched our new Product & AI Studio, a new program to explore the smart application of emerging technologies in local journalism. Our goal through this studio is to ensure that emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, are leveraged in service of more accessible, high-quality and affordable journalism that serves the public interest. We are grateful to OpenAI for making this studio possible, and to the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation for their additional support we recently received.
Through the Studio, we’ll help our portfolio of grantees understand and strategically leverage emerging tech; to do this, we’re bringing in industry experts to give coaching and collaborate on the development of AI-driven tools and applications alongside our grantees and other external partners. We’re also organizing a learning community across AJP’s portfolio to document and share best practices, guidelines and lessons as these experiments unfold — and we’ll work to share these learnings with the journalism industry at large.
Today, we’re excited to share an update on the progress the Product & AI Studio has made so far. We’re starting our work in the Studio with a set of pilot investments; these direct grants will go to a cohort of 13 of our portfolio organizations, which will receive one- to two-year grants, ranging from $25,000 to $200,000. They are: Centro de Periodismo Investigativo (CPI), Cityside, Civic News Company, CT Mirror, inewsource, The Marshall Project, Montana Free Press, Outlier Media, the Nebraska Journalism Trust, Open Campus, Sahan Journal, Spotlight PA, and THE CITY. This support will enable these organizations to pilot and experiment with different AI applications, and explore more ways to utilize AI’s capabilities.
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