👋 I’m speaking at the Online News Association’s annual conference in Atlanta, and I’d love to connect with you if you are there! Feel free to say hi—let’s chat about AI, collaboration opportunities, or how I can help you with AI implementation in your newsroom. I’m excited to meet you and hear about the innovative ways you’re thinking about the future of media!
Ready to stop just hearing about AI and start harnessing its power in your work? Our next round of the Generative AI for Media Professionals live cohort course is here to help you do exactly that!
Over the month of November, we’ll meet weekly, and each week, you’ll work on a practical mini-project, immediately applying what you’ve learned. By the end of four weeks, you’ll not only be a master of AI tools and workflows but also walk away with four mini-projects that you can implement directly in your newsroom or media role.
And don’t worry; you won’t be doing it alone! Every week, you’ll have access to live office hours where Jeremy Caplan and I will provide personalized support and answer all your questions.
For those of you who don’t know Jeremy, he’s the Director of Teaching and Learning at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY and the creator of the Wonder Tools newsletter, where he explores innovative tools that help simplify work and life.
We’re excited to help you integrate AI into your daily workflows!
If you’re ready to go from theory to practice and make AI work for you, this is the course you need. 🎓
Now, onto today's episode!
Jeremy returns in this week's episode, and every time I talk to him, it feels like a Wonder Tools masterclass! He has an incredible ability to demystify the latest AI tools in a way that's both informative and immediately applicable. Whether it's organizing notes, accelerating research, or transforming video production, Jeremy delivers a wealth of insights on how AI can streamline your work.
Here are some of the key highlights from our conversation:
AI for Research: If you’re often buried in background research, Jeremy shared some tools that you might find helpful. From Perplexity, which provides citation-based answers, to platforms like Consensus and Elicit for scientific studies, there's a range of AI tools that can help you gather insights more efficiently. However, it's important to remember that, like all AI tools, they can sometimes generate incorrect information. That said, they offer a valuable advantage over ChatGPT when you're seeking fact-based answers, as they allow you to verify every source.
Organizing Notes with AI: Let’s be real: we’ve all been there—lost in piles of notes. AI tools like Google’s Notebook LM and Upword.ai are game-changers. These tools help you organize notes and connect ideas. Imagine AI tailored specifically to your notes, not just scraping the web!
Streamlining Audio and Video Production: Editing video as easily as you’d edit a Google Doc? That’s exactly what Descript does, a tool I’ve heard many video editors are raving about. However, Jeremy also highlighted more dynamic solutions like Hypernatural, which converts articles, blogs, or even audio into shareable social media videos in minutes: speed and flexibility, all with a human touch.
AI for Personal Productivity: Jeremy discussed how AI significantly improves how we manage email, schedule meetings, and juggle multiple projects. Tools like Shortwave and Reclaim.ai free up your time by suggesting email replies and rescheduling your deep work or personal time. And for those of us handling countless projects, lazy.so helps integrate everything smoothly without switching between a dozen apps.
Every episode with Jeremy leaves me with a laundry list of AI tools to try out, and I hope it does the same for you! Let me know which tools you try and how they impact your day-to-day life!
🎧 Listen to the full conversation available now on Apple, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and other major podcast platforms.
Oh, and if you haven’t listened to the previous episode with Jeremy, I highly recommend checking it out. In that episode, he shared how he uses AI in his own personal workflows, how he identifies and evaluates new AI tools, and—believe it or not—introduced a whole bunch of AI tools that we didn’t even get to this time!
Practical AI Tools to Streamline Your Workflow: In Conversation with Jeremy Caplan