Meeting Recording → AI Transcript → Story Leads → CRM Update
Transform city council and school board meeting recordings into actionable story leads and automatically update your newsroom's story pipeline.
Workflow Steps
Otter.ai
Transcribe meeting recordings
Upload audio/video files from city council, school board, or other local government meetings. Configure speaker identification and set up automated transcription with timestamps for easy reference.
ChatGPT
Extract story angles
Process the transcript with a prompt designed to identify newsworthy items: budget decisions, policy changes, controversial topics, upcoming votes, and community concerns. Format output as potential story leads with priority levels.
Airtable
Log story opportunities
Create records for each story lead with fields for story angle, priority level, key sources to contact, deadline importance, and assignment status. Link to original meeting transcript and timestamp.
Workflow Flow
Step 1
Otter.ai
Transcribe meeting recordings
Step 2
ChatGPT
Extract story angles
Step 3
Airtable
Log story opportunities
Why This Works
This workflow ensures no important local stories slip through the cracks by systematically processing meeting content that would otherwise require hours of manual review, helping small newsrooms compete with larger outlets.
Best For
Local reporters who cover municipal meetings but struggle to identify and track all potential story angles from lengthy recordings
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