Fabric for journalism students

Interview recordings, source notes, article drafts, research files, lecture slides, media law readings, portfolio pieces, ethical guidelines. Journalism students produce original work that depends on finding the right quote from the right source at the right moment. The interview where the source said that crucial thing is in a recording you don't have time to re-listen to. The background research is in a folder you organised last month. The media law reading that covers the legal issue in your story is somewhere in your downloads. When you're on deadline, the retrieval problem becomes a quality problem: the article is only as good as the sources you can find and verify.

Upload your materials to Fabric. The AI assistant transcribes interviews, makes them searchable, and helps you cross-reference sources and fact-check against your own materials. "Find the moment in the interview where they discussed funding cuts." "What did my media law readings say about fair dealing?" "Cross-reference this quote against what the other source said about the same event." AI tutor that knows your sources and your course.

An AI tutor for sourcing and verification

The AI assistant works from your interview transcripts, source notes, research files, lecture slides, and media law readings. Ask it to find a specific quote from a specific interview. Ask it to cross-reference what two sources said about the same event. Ask it to check whether a claim is supported by the research you've gathered. Ask it to explain a media law concept using your programme's readings.

The assistant has memory across sessions. It knows which story you're working on and can draw on all the sources you've collected for it.

Transcribe interviews and find any quote

AI voice notes and audio transcription turn interview recordings into searchable text with timestamps. "The part where they talked about budget cuts" finds the exact moment without re-listening. Record phone interviews, in-person interviews, and press conferences, and the transcripts are searchable alongside your notes.

AI search finds quotes and sources by meaning across your full library. Search across multiple interviews for every mention of a specific topic.

Record lectures and seminars

AI voice notes also record and transcribe lectures, seminars, and guest speaker sessions. The media law lecturer's explanation, the practising journalist's insights, the editor's feedback on your portfolio, all captured and searchable. See lecture notes.

Annotate and organise sources

Annotations let you highlight key quotes in transcripts, mark important passages in media law readings, and note connections between sources. Your annotations are searchable across your full library.

Organise by story or by module using spaces. Each story's sources, interviews, drafts, and research live together. Smart organization tags material by content without manual filing.

Draft alongside your sources

Write articles, features, and coursework in notes and docs with your interview transcripts and research searchable alongside. When you need to verify a quote, find a supporting source, or check a legal point, search without leaving the draft.

Get started

Upload your materials and get a tutor that knows your sources and your course. Try Fabric free.

See also: Fabric for students. Studying and exam prep. Voice notes. For working journalists, see Fabric for writers.

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FAQs

Can Fabric transcribe my interviews?

Yes. AI voice notes and audio transcription turn recordings into searchable text with timestamps.

Can I find a specific quote across multiple interviews?

Yes. AI search searches across every transcript by meaning. Describe what was said and find the moment.

Can the AI cross-reference sources?

Yes. The AI assistant can compare what different sources said about the same event and flag discrepancies.

Can I search media law readings by concept?

Yes. Search by legal concept and find the relevant section from your programme's readings.

Can I organise by story?

Yes. Create a space per story with all its sources, interviews, drafts, and research together.

Can I record lectures?

Yes. AI voice notes record and transcribe any session with timestamps.

Does it remember which story I'm working on?

Yes. The assistant has memory across sessions and can draw on the sources you've collected for a specific story.

Is my data private?

Yes. Fabric uses AES-256 encryption and is CASA Tier 2 compliant. Your data is never used to train AI models. Source materials are private by default.