With the 2026 midterms approaching, this OpenAI Academy video shows journalists how to use ChatGPT in their election reporting and research. Learn practical, source-first workflows for political reporting, techniques for writing stronger prompts, and ways to turn dense material into clear, structured briefs. The video also explores how ChatGPT Work, agents, skills, and custom apps can transform a useful workflow into a repeatable newsroom tool.

Explore practical ways journalists and newsroom leaders can use ChatGPT to reduce repetitive work, strengthen research, and build more effective workflows. This session covers prompting, Projects, Skills, plugins, Scheduled Tasks, and Sites—with real newsroom examples. The central idea: AI should expand journalists’ capabilities and create more time for reporting, judgment, and human connection.

OpenAI technology helps journalists deepen original reporting, make trusted content more useful and accessible, and build stronger relationships with readers, subscribers, and advertisers.