Automate research and story development and focus on the scoop only you can get
In journalism, time is everything. PromptCron handles the labor-intensive research that supports great reporting, so you can focus on the interviews, the investigation, and the story only you can tell.
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From breaking news fact-checks to follow-up story pipelines that build on your previous coverage, let AI handle the research hours so you can focus on the story only you can tell.
01: On Breaking News
Schedule fast-turnaround fact-checking prompts on breaking news claims. Receive AI-generated summaries that cross-reference known facts, surface inconsistencies, identify missing attribution, and flag areas requiring further verification, all before your deadline hits.
02: Daily
Start every morning with a fresh batch of story angles on current events in your beat. Each day's delivery takes a different lens on developing stories, so you're not revisiting the same framings but consistently finding new approaches only you can pursue with your sources and access.
03: Pre-Interview
Before each interview, schedule a prompt to generate a comprehensive, layered set of questions tailored to the specific subject, their background, recent statements, and the story angle you're pursuing. Arrive to every conversation with incisive, well-informed questions already prepared.
04: Overnight
Set prompts to run overnight on key subjects such as people, organizations, legislation, companies, or events. Wake to a compiled profile drawing on publicly available background information, including history, prior statements, affiliations, and controversies, structured and ready to brief from before your morning deadline.
05: Pre-Publication
Schedule prompts to cross-check quotes, attributions, and factual claims in your draft before it goes to an editor. Flag any that may require additional sourcing, context, or clarification, adding an extra accuracy layer to your editorial process without slowing your publishing pace.
06: Weekly
Automate weekly prompts that connect individual stories in your beat to broader social, political, economic, or cultural narratives. Each week's analysis picks up the threads from the last, tracing how the narrative is shifting over time and revealing connections that only become visible across multiple deliveries.
07: Per Article
Build a bank of headline options for every article by scheduling prompts that generate multiple variants, including punchy declaratives, intriguing questions, data-led hooks, and search-optimized alternatives. Give your editors options and consistently sharpen the entry point to your best work.
08: Editorial Decisions
When facing complex editorial choices such as protecting a source, publishing sensitive material, or covering vulnerable subjects, schedule a prompt that examines the ethical dimensions from multiple frameworks: accuracy, fairness, proportionality, and minimizing harm. Structured analysis for nuanced calls.
09: Ongoing
Set up prompts to automatically translate and summarize key international stories, press releases, and source documents from non-English languages. Ensure your reporting reflects a truly global perspective, without waiting on a translation desk or missing fast-moving developments abroad.
10: Post-Publication
After a story publishes, schedule prompts that use what you've already covered to surface the most logical follow-up angles, unresolved threads, and source leads worth pursuing next. Keep your editorial pipeline continuously fed, with each new story idea built on the body of work you've already produced, not generated in a vacuum.
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