{"id":2514,"date":"2025-04-07T14:00:29","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T13:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecolonistreport.com\/Africa\/?p=2514"},"modified":"2025-04-09T09:33:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T08:33:58","slug":"impact-ai-powered-investigation-by-the-colonist-report-africa-recognized-by-reuters-institute-cited-in-nigerian-seminar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecolonistreport.com\/Africa\/impact-ai-powered-investigation-by-the-colonist-report-africa-recognized-by-reuters-institute-cited-in-nigerian-seminar\/","title":{"rendered":"IMPACT: AI-Powered Investigation by The Colonist Report Africa Recognized by Reuters Institute, Cited in Nigerian Seminar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"\"><em>The Colonist Report Africa founder, Elfredah Kevin-Alerechi, will also speak at the Centre for Investigative Journalism summer conference in June.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-author\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__avatar\"><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__content\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-author__name\">Faith Imbu<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<span class=\"wp-block-shortcode-for-current-date-block\">9th April 2025<\/span>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Since <em>The Colonist Report Africa<\/em> released its <a href=\"https:\/\/thecolonistreport.com\/devastating-floods-leave-nigerian-community-in-desperate-limbo\/\">investigation<\/a> into flooding in Southern Nigeria, in collaboration with <em>The Colonist Report UK<\/em> , the story has received international attention. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">JournoTECH, the tech department of both organisations played a key role by using AI technology to analyze over 3,000 pages of funding documents, helping the newsroom uncover important details. This investigation has also become an example used for training other journalists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">On November 27, 2024, <em>The Colonist Report Africa<\/em> published its findings on the floods in Rivers State, Nigeria, including how government funds were allocated and spent. We used AI to gather documents, analyze the data, and double-check the facts before creating clear visual summaries of our findings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The investigation sparked a lot of interest from editors and journalists who were curious about how a small newsroom like ours could use AI to enhance its work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecolonistreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-13.14.04.png?fit=640%2C356&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3673\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Our founder, Elfredah Kevin-Alerechi, was interviewed by Laura Oliver from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, where she discussed the investigation process. The full story can be read <a href=\"https:\/\/reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk\/news\/how-small-nigerian-newsroom-used-ai-flooding-investigation\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/app.getqurio.com\/preview-wp?campaignId=67f63009d9e9a1fc7845d952\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 400px; border-radius: 30px\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3675\" data-id=\"3675\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecolonistreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PHOTO-2025-03-23-06-30-51.jpg?w=1110&#038;ssl=1\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3674\" data-id=\"3674\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecolonistreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PHOTO-2025-03-23-06-30-51-2.jpg?w=1110&#038;ssl=1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Mohammed Auwal Ibrahim, Media Director and Editor-in-Chief of Halal<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Additionally, Nigerian journalist Mohammed Auwal Ibrahim, Media Director and Editor-in-Chief of Halal, cited our investigation in his seminar at the Federal Polytechnic Bauchi. He was invited to speak about the ethical use of AI in journalism. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Ibrahim highlighted how media organizations like The Colonist Report are using AI responsibly to improve journalistic work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As promised, below is an example of an in-depth investigation on the devastating flood in southern Nigeria.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ColonistReport?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ColonistReport<\/a> leveraged AI tools like <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChatGPTapp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ChatGPTapp<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GeminiApp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GeminiApp<\/a> (paid versions) to source and analyse over 3k pages of documents, fact-check and even visualise results <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/885WAfs1OD\">pic.twitter.com\/885WAfs1OD<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Muhammad Auwal Ibrahim (@I_M_Auwal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/I_M_Auwal\/status\/1899882368212611127?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 12, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">He also shared our investigation on social media to show other small newsrooms what AI can help them achieve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The Centre for Investigative Journalism in London, United Kingdom, has also invited Elfredah Kevin-Alerechi to s<a href=\"https:\/\/tcij.org\/summer-conference-announcement\/cijsummer-2025-first-speakers-announced\/\">peak at their 2025 Summer Conference<\/a>. 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