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AI and SEO guides for newsrooms
Practical guides for reporters, editors and the people who run newsrooms: how to use AI without losing trust, which tools fit each task, how to write a news story, and how to get your journalism found in Google and AI search. Every external figure links to its source.
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AI for journalists
Workflows, common mistakes, Google's rules and a newsroom AI policy checklist.
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AI tools for journalists
Transcription, documents, verification and translation: what to use, and where each tool fails.
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SEO for news publishers
Headlines, structured data, news sitemaps, bylines and how to be cited in AI search.
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AI for publishers
Costs, workflow, ethics, search and how to choose a platform, for the people who run a newsroom.
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How to write a news story
Inverted pyramid, the 5 Ws, the lede, quotes and a full example, step by step.
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