Verification workflows

Operational steps you can use during the session or later in the newsroom.

Each workflow shows where AI helps organize the work and where the journalist still needs to return to evidence, context, and primary sources.

A simple rule across all workflows

Use AI early to structure the task, then return to human verification before making the final judgment.

A useful live-demo sequence

Start with a textual claim, then move to an image, then video context, then a document pack.

Checking a Textual Claim

Work out what exactly is being claimed, what can be checked, and what evidence should exist if the claim is true.

  • Breaking the claim into smaller questions
  • Suggesting likely evidence types

Handling a Suspicious Image

Check whether the image is authentic, current, and correctly described.

  • Generating a visual clue checklist
  • Suggesting likely reuse or miscaption scenarios

Reviewing a Video or Context Claim

Separate what the footage actually shows from what the caption or claimed context adds to it.

  • Generating context questions
  • Organizing notes into observed vs claimed

Analyzing a Set of Documents

Organize a large document set, understand what it claims, and identify what still needs outside verification.

  • Summarizing long files
  • Surfacing patterns