Introduction to AI for Data-Driven Investigations

This workshop offers a practical introduction to using AI for investigative journalism, focusing on real-world reporting applications. It covers workflows for extracting structure from text, cleaning data, identifying patterns, and checking findings with greater speed and depth, with demonstrations drawn from reporting on audit reports, public budgets, climate spending, and ad library data. It shows how investigative journalists can use AI tools to explore complex information and develop story ideas.

Date: May 21, 2026

Time: 9:30 am EDT

Register for the Zoom training here.

Trainer’s bio: Jaemark Tordecilla is a journalist, media advisor, and technologist who has worked with dozens of newsrooms around the world on AI systems and newsroom innovation. From 2023–24, he was a fellow at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University. His work on building AI tools for newsrooms has been featured by the Reuters Institute for Journalism, WAN-IFRA, and the Global Investigative Journalism Network. He spent nearly a decade as editor-in-chief and head of digital media for GMA News and Public Affairs, the Philippines’ top news organization, where he led all editorial and audience development activities for online platforms.