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Paul Bradshaw runs the MA in Data Journalism and MA in Multiplatform and Mobile Journalism at Birmingham City University. He publishes the Online Journalism Blog, and is the founder of investigative journalism website HelpMeInvestigate. He has written for the Guardian and Telegraph’s data blogs, journalism.co.uk, Press Gazette, InPublishing, Nieman Reports and the Poynter Institute in the US. He is the author of the Online Journalism Handbook, and co-author of Mobile-First Journalism (with Steve Hill) and Magazine Editing (with John Morrish). His ebooks include Scraping for Journalists, Finding Stories in Spreadsheets, the Data Journalism Heist and 8000 Holes: How the 2012 Olympic Torch Relay Lost its Way.

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4 ways you can ‘role play’ with AI

4 roleplay design techniques for genAIRubber duckingUsing AI for ‘self explanation’ to work through a problem.Critical friend/mentorUsing AI for feedback or guidance while avoiding deskilling.Red teaming/devil’s advocateUsing AI to identify potential lines of attack by an adversary, or potential flaws/gaps in a story.Audience personasUsing AI to review content from the position of the target audience.

One of the most productive ways of using generative AI tools is role playing: asking Copilot or ChatGPT etc. to adopt a persona in order to work through a scenario or problem. In this post I work through four of the most useful role playing techniques for journalists: “rubber ducking”, mentoring, “red teaming” and audience personas, and identify key techniques for each.

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	The Online Journalism Handbook: Skills to survive and thrive in the digital age (Longman Practical Journalism Series) 3.95 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2011 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scraping For Journalists really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Data Journalism Heist 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Snapchat for Journalists 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Finding Stories in Spreadsheets it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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