Mastering AI Prompts and Dorking for Journalistic Research
Mastering AI Prompts and Dorking for Journalistic Research
Overview
This comprehensive workshop is designed to equip journalists with the essential skills to leverage AI prompting and advanced search techniques (Dorking) for enhanced research and information gathering. Through practical exercises and real-world examples, participants will gain a solid understanding of how to craft precise AI prompts and utilise Dorking operators to uncover valuable information efficiently and ethically. Commission this dynamic session to enhance your investigative capabilities and stay ahead in the evolving digital landscape of journalism.
Who it is for
- Broadcast news editors
- Broadcast news journalists
- Social media news editors
- Social media news journalists
- News content strategists
- Digital journalists
- Investigative reporters
- Anyone interested in enhancing their online research skills
Sessions
Session 1: Introduction to AI Prompting for Journalists
- Understanding Large Language Models (LLMs) for our purposes: Explore the basics of LLMs and their potential applications within journalistic workflows, while also acknowledging their limitations and potential biases.
- The Nitty-Gritty of Prompting: The basic principles: Learn the fundamental elements of crafting effective prompts, including clarity, specificity, context, and desired format. Examine examples of weak versus strong prompts for journalistic tasks.
- Hands-on Activity 1: Your First Prompts: Participants will engage in practical exercises to write basic prompts for provided journalistic scenarios, focusing on varying levels of detail and desired output.
Session 2: Taking Your Prompting Further
- Polishing Your Prompts: Roles, Formats, and Boundaries: Discover advanced prompting techniques such as using role-playing, specifying output formats, and setting constraints to refine AI responses for specific journalistic needs.
- Getting More from Your Prompts: Iteration and Chains: Understand the concept of iterative prompting and how to build prompt chains to tackle complex, multi-stage research tasks relevant to journalistic investigations.
- Hands-on Activity 2: Putting advanced prompting into practice: Participants will work on a more challenging journalistic scenario, developing a sequence of prompts to achieve a specific research objective.
Session 3: Cracking the Code with Dorking (Google search operators) for Journalists
- What exactly is Dorking, and why should journalists care?: Gain an understanding of search operators and how Dorking can uncover publicly available information that standard searches might miss, emphasising ethical considerations.
- Essential Google Dorks and how to use them for journalism: Learn about key Google Dorks (site:, filetype:, intitle:, inurl:, intext:) and their practical applications in journalistic research, illustrated with real-world examples.
- Hands-on Activity 3: Your first foray into Dorking: Participants will apply learned Dorking techniques to address provided journalistic research questions and locate relevant information.