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UIC senior lecturer in data and digital journalism | RTDNA/GNI lead trainer | ONA AI lead trainer | Founder JournalistsToolbox.ai | Author: "Data + Journalism" and "The Journalist’s Toolbox: A Guide to Digital Reporting and AI"

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Journalist'sToolbox.AI: Ethics | legal issues Look at journalism's future, not its past.

Law and ethics resources for using AI as a journalist ...

07.12.2025 09:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Journalist'sToolbox.AI: AI fact-checking tools Look at journalism's future, not its past.

#AI tools for fact-checking deepfakes:

06.12.2025 09:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

TRAINING VIDEO: How to use Julius AI to clean, analyze and visualize data. Valuable tool for journalists: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RG6s...

05.12.2025 15:36 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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reminder that as activity picks up in places like Twin Cities, Louisiana, Alabama etc, my @propublica.org colleagues & I are still investigating immigration enforcement

I'm particularly interested in use-of-force & am still tracking the detention of citizens

Reach out ⬇️ if you have info to share

05.12.2025 11:52 — 👍 107    🔁 67    💬 0    📌 1
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Broadview ICE Facility Sparks Turmoil Among Chicago Citizens By Victoria Drzewiecka and Arturo Gutierrez

Increased Immigration Enforcement provoking protests at Broadview, Illinois.

medium.com/@vikidrzewie...

#uicdigital #Chicago #Broadview #ICE

04.12.2025 17:44 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Research Tools: New Tracker From Tow Center for Digital #Journalism "Monitors Developments Between News #Publishers and #AI Companies" www.infodocket.com/2025/12/04/r... #lawsuits #deals #grants @towcenter.bsky.social

04.12.2025 14:51 — 👍 4    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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This year, Trump and DOGE have been waging a war on libraries and other federal agencies. What does it mean for Chicago?

medium.com/@maxayoub17/...

#uicdigital

02.12.2025 19:30 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Funding Secured, Future Uncertain: Concerns of CTA Commuters and Experts By Vanessa Medina-Araiza and Leslie Rodriguez-Michel

$1.5 billion saved — but has your commute really become any better?
medium.com/@vmedi7/fund...

#uicdigital #CTA

04.12.2025 04:14 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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On Sept. 9, 2025, Operation Midway Blitz was launched by ICE to target undocumented immigrants across Chicago and Illinois, leaving families in disarray and disrupting Latino-owned businesses in Little Village and Pilsen. How do you feel about ICE’s presence in Chicago?

#uicdigital #ice #chicago

04.12.2025 07:36 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Journalist'sToolbox.AI: Ethics | legal issues Look at journalism's future, not its past.

Law and ethics resources for using AI as a journalist ...

04.12.2025 09:02 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Opportunity or Concern? NIL Allows Student Athletes to Earn Money Nationwide By Melanie Baltazar and Jorge Velasquez Soriano

Ever wondered how the introduction of NIL changed the way that college sports work? Check out this article @jorgevela25.bsky.social and I wrote together.

medium.com/@mbalt_/oppo...

#uicdigital #collegesports #NIL

03.12.2025 14:54 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Journalist'sToolbox.AI: Prompt writing Look at journalism's future, not its past.

Tools and training videos to help you write better AI LLM prompts as a journalist:

03.12.2025 09:02 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Opportunity or Concern? NIL Allows Student Athletes to Earn Money Nationwide By Melanie Baltazar and Jorge Velasquez Soriano | December 01, 2025

Have you heard about NIL and how it affects Universities?

medium.com/@jvela25/opp...
#uicdigital #Collegeathletes

02.12.2025 16:47 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Journalist'sToolbox.AI: AI fact-checking tools Look at journalism's future, not its past.

#AI tools for fact-checking deepfakes

02.12.2025 09:02 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Journalist'sToolbox.AI: Ethics | legal issues Look at journalism's future, not its past.

Law and ethics resources for using #AI as a journalist ...

01.12.2025 09:02 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Journalist'sToolbox.AI: Custom GPTs Look at journalism's future, not its past.

Custom GPTs for journalists, including one from the Journalist's Toolbox:

30.11.2025 09:02 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Journalist'sToolbox.AI: Prompt writing Look at journalism's future, not its past.

Tools and training videos to help you write better AI #LLM prompts as a journalist:

29.11.2025 09:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Journalists Toolbox This channel provides short training videos for professional journalists to learn new digital skills. Use the short primers to train your newsroom, students, staff, etc. It is operated by UIC…

The Journalist's Toolbox features more than 125 training videos on #AI and other tools for reporters, editors and others. Trainings run 5-20 minutes and include an exercise.

Subscribe for free to our YouTube channel.

28.11.2025 09:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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gijn.org Reporting on War Crimes in Ukraine’s Occupied Territories

“I’ll come and shoot you in the head…”
— Russian soldier Stanislav Shmatov threatened Ukrainian journalist Valeria Egoshyna.

Using OSINT, satellite imagery, interviews & even tattoos on dating profiles, Ukrainian journalists document war crimes despite extreme danger.

27.11.2025 18:30 — 👍 13    🔁 11    💬 1    📌 0

Happy THANKSGIVING from all of us at the Journalist's Toolbox!

27.11.2025 15:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Journalist'sToolbox.AI: AI fact-checking tools Look at journalism's future, not its past.

#AI tools for fact-checking deepfakes ...

27.11.2025 09:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Journalist'sToolbox.AI: Ethics | legal issues Look at journalism's future, not its past.

Law and ethics resources for using #AI as a journalist

26.11.2025 09:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Satellite Imagery in Storytelling Nov. 25, 2025

New newsletter post this morning: Satellite imagery and visual storytelling. Read and subscribe for free (or donate):

25.11.2025 20:24 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Satellite Imagery in Storytelling Nov. 25, 2025

New newsletter post this morning: Satellite imagery and visual storytelling. Read and subscribe for free (or donate): journaliststoolbox.substack.com/p/satellite-...

25.11.2025 15:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Journalist'sToolbox.AI: Prompt writing Look at journalism's future, not its past.

Tools and training videos to help you write better #AI LLM prompts as a journalist:

25.11.2025 09:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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💰Ready to launch an impactful and financially sustainable newsroom? 
Join the free online course “Launching Nonprofit Newsrooms: Practical Strategies for Funding and Growth.”
Learn strategies to build revenue and grow a sustainable newsroom.
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#Journalism #News

24.11.2025 12:47 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Journalists Toolbox This channel provides short training videos for professional journalists to learn new digital skills. Use the short primers to train your newsroom, students, staff, etc. It is operated by UIC…

The Journalist's Toolbox features more than 125 training videos on #AI and other tools for reporters, editors and others. Trainings run 5-20 minutes and include an exercise. Subscribe for free to our YouTube channel

24.11.2025 09:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Journalist'sToolbox.AI: Custom GPTs Look at journalism's future, not its past.

Custom GPTs for journalists, including one from the Journalist's Toolbox:

23.11.2025 09:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Journalist'sToolbox.AI: Prompt writing Look at journalism's future, not its past.

Tools and training videos to help you write better #AI #LLM prompts as a journalist:

22.11.2025 09:02 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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