Interview question sharpener
Turns a journalist's first-draft questions into ones that get real answers.
Source work, interview prep, and pitches that land with skeptical editors.
4 prompts · part of Analysis & Research
Turns a journalist's first-draft questions into ones that get real answers.
Vets a source before you cite it. Fast, skeptical, and specific.
Drafts a story pitch that survives a skeptical editor's inbox.
Drafts a FOIA request that a records officer can actually process, not reject on form.
Source work, interview prep, and pitches that land with skeptical editors. This page collects the prompts inside Analysis & Research that are tuned specifically for journalists, so you don't have to filter through generic AI templates to get to something usable.
Each one is copy-ready: the variables to fill in are called out, the constraints are baked into the prompt, and the tone is built for real output, not demos. Use them as-is, fork them for your own voice, or treat them as a starting point for a better prompt of your own.
Part of the larger analysis & research collection. If this isn't quite the right role, try analysts, academics instead.