AI does not go into the field, does not corroborate, and does not take a byline. It prepares your news monitoring, transcribes, digs through documents and data, and lists what is still to be verified. Information is always verified at the source, and you are the one who answers for it.
AI helps journalists with tasks such as “List the facts to verify before deadline,” “Get your beat’s news monitoring every morning,” and “Find who to interview on a subject.” Start with a single task, in Claude: allow 10 minutes the first time, and always review the result before you use it.
For each task: how it goes today, then with the tool. And the time it takes the first time.
Claude · Incognito chat
TodayYou reread your story for style, and it is the mayor’s age, the spelling of a name, or a percentage copied too fast that earns a correction.
With ClaudeThe complete list of facts to check, row by row, to check off before you file the story.
ChatGPT · “Scheduled tasks”
TodayMonitoring gets done between two stories, tab by tab, and the important press release drops on the day you did not look.
With ChatGPTEvery morning, ten sourced lines on your beat, sorted by urgency, with the links to open.
TodayOn a technical subject, you always call back the same three experts, for lack of time to find out who has really worked on the question.
With PerplexityA list of possible interviewees, with what each has published, to verify before the first call.
Also
A ten-line story pitch that answers a section editor’s objections in advance.
AnythingLLM · “Meeting Assistant”
The text of the interview, its outline, and the quotes to listen to again, without the file ever leaving your computer.
AnythingLLM · “Query” mode
The passages of the document that answer your question, to reread in the original before you draw anything from them.
Gemini Notebook · One notebook per story, “Chat” panel
A sourced timeline, document by document, with the contradictions and the gaps to clear up.
The gaps and the changes that come out of the file, a chart, and what the numbers do not allow you to say.
A precise request, ready to send, and an idea of what the agency can legitimately redact.
Claude · Incognito chat
A request-for-comment message, with one precise question per fact, to review with your editors.
All 10 use cases on this page are in Nova, each with its steps and its prompt.
Try the interactive demoWhat to check
It builds the list, it verifies nothing: you are the one who goes back to the source. In incognito mode, the conversation is never used for training. Remove the name of a protected source before pasting the text.
List the facts to verify before deadlineClaude · Incognito chatThe prompt to copy
Here is an article before publication: [paste the text]. Do not rewrite it. Build a table of everything that can be verified: each proper name with its spelling, each position or title, each age, each date, each place, each number with its unit, each percentage with the numbers it is derived from, each quote with the person it is attributed to, each statement that implicates someone. For each row: the passage, what needs to be verified, and the type of source that makes it possible. Flag internal inconsistencies: two numbers that do not agree, a total that does not add up, an impossible date. Do not verify anything yourself and do not state that a fact is accurate.
In Nova, “My path” starts from your level: one next step at a time.
The first moves, with free tools.
In your jobList the facts to verify before deadline
In your jobGet your beat’s news monitoring every morning
In your jobFind who to interview on a subject
For a team: everyone moves forward in their own job. You see the team’s progress, never one person’s activity.
A newsroom colleague at any hour: it plays the section editor facing your story pitch, and lists the facts to verify before deadline.
Recommended planFree to start. Pro, $20 per month ($17 per month if billed yearly), if you use it every day.
Each sentence of the answer points to its source: useful for finding who has really worked on a subject, and for tracing back to the original document.
Recommended planFree to start: 3 “Pro” searches per day, 1 “Research” report per month. Pro, $20 per month (€22 on the French App Store).
You upload three years of council decisions and public reports: it rebuilds the timeline and shows the exact passage of each document.
Recommended planFree: 100 notebooks, 50 sources per notebook, 50 questions per day.
With a scheduled task, it prepares the news monitoring for your beat every morning, with links to back it up.
Recommended planFree: 3 scheduled tasks. Plus, $20 per month: 5 tasks and extended deep research.
You upload a public data file and ask your questions in your own words: it calculates, compares, and draws the chart.
Recommended planFree, $0: 25 credits per day. To export charts and reports: Plus, $20 per month, or $16 per month billed yearly.
It transcribes an interview and queries a document on your computer, without sending anything online: the tool for stories where a source must stay protected.
Recommended planDesktop, Free: the full desktop app, with no account and no usage limit.
Prices taken from the vendors’ official pages, dated on each tool page. These subscriptions are not included in Nova. Brands are named to identify the tools. No affiliation.
Nova recommends 6 to start with: Claude, Perplexity, Gemini Notebook, ChatGPT, Julius, and AnythingLLM. All of them can be used for free to get started.
Yes. With a scheduled task, it prepares the news monitoring for your beat every morning, with links to back it up. The plan to choose: Free: 3 scheduled tasks. Plus, $20 per month: 5 tasks and extended deep research.
With “List the facts to verify before deadline,” in Claude (Incognito chat). Allow 10 minutes the first time. The complete list of facts to check, row by row, to check off before you file the story.
No. Nova is software, not an accredited training provider: it issues no diploma or certification. It costs €19 per month for one person, and €129 per month for a team of up to ten people.