Investigative Journalist
Investigative Journalist Stack
Uncover leads, transcribe confidential interviews, and analyze vast document dumps to build heavily researched public interest stories.
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Investigative Journalist
Investigative Journalist Stack
Each stage transforms your work — output of one feeds the next.
1Recording & Transcription
Saves ~4 hours of manual typing per interview
MMacWhisper
Input
Hours of raw audio from a confidential whistleblower interview
AI process
Converts speech to text locally on your machine to maintain source anonymity
Output
A fully searchable, offline transcript with speaker tags
Saves ~4 hours of manual typing per interview
output becomes next input
2Notes & Research
Reduces weeks of reading into a few hours
NNotebookLM
Input
A fully searchable, offline transcript with speaker tags
AI process
Maps out timelines and finds intersecting names or entities across all files
Output
A structured timeline of events and key relationships
Reduces weeks of reading into a few hours
output becomes next input
3Writing & Content
Cuts initial drafting time by 40%
WWriter
Input
A structured timeline of events and key relationships
AI process
Structures the narrative and refines sentence clarity for general readability
Output
A clean first draft ready for fact-checking and editing
Cuts initial drafting time by 40%
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Notes & Research
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NotebookLM for finds hidden connections across large foia document dumps·ChatDOC for locates specific figures inside dense financial disclosures·Perplexity AI for gathers background context and searches public records
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Google's AI notebook that lets you chat with your documents and sources.
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- AI-generated summaries
- Audio overviews (podcasts)
Completely free
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AI reading assistant that extracts insights and data from documents, tables, and images.
- Extract data from complex tables
- Chat with multiple documents simultaneously
- Verify AI answers with direct citations
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AI-powered answer engine that gives you cited, accurate answers in real time.
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