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MinneStudio

The AI-Powered Newsroom Suite

Accelerate your journalism workflow with intelligent automation and human oversight. Transform content creation, streamline fact-checking, and engage your audience like never before.

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Empowering Modern Newsrooms

MinneStudio is a comprehensive suite of AI-powered tools designed specifically for journalists and newsrooms to accelerate content production processes while maintaining editorial integrity through human-in-the-loop workflows.

From converting raw materials into polished articles to creating engaging podcasts and newsletters, MinneStudio automates the tedious work so journalists can focus on what matters most: storytelling and truth-seeking.

AI-Powered

Advanced OCR, LLMs, and RAG technology

Human-in-the-Loop

Journalist review and approval at every step

Lightning Fast

Transform content in seconds, not hours

Fact-Checked

AI-powered verification with confidence scoring

Three Powerful Tools

Each tool is designed to solve specific challenges in modern journalism, working independently or as part of an integrated workflow.

PDF/Audio to News

Transform raw journalism materials into publication-ready articles. Our advanced OCR model processes PDFs, handwritten notes, and audio recordings of interviews or news coverage, converting them into structured articles with automatic three-point summaries.

  • Advanced OCR for handwritten and printed text
  • Audio-to-text transcription for interviews
  • Auto-generated three-point summaries
  • Journalist review and sign-off workflow
  • Secure database storage for approved content

AI Podcast Creation

Create professional, engaging podcasts from your news content in minutes. Select from multiple voice personalities, customize podcast length, insert dynamic advertisements, and control every aspect of your audio content with precision.

  • Multiple custom voice personas and names
  • Flexible podcast length customization
  • Dynamic ad insertion (pre-roll, mid-roll, post-roll)
  • Single article or topic compilation podcasts
  • Natural conversational AI delivery

MinneStudio Chat

Your intelligent newsroom assistant powered by the latest LLM models. Fact-check articles with confidence scoring, generate newsletters, and streamline editorial workflows—all through a conversational interface with powerful backend systems.

  • Latest LLM models for intelligent responses
  • Advanced fact-checking with web scraping
  • RAG-powered verification against news database
  • Evidence presentation with confidence scores
  • Newsletter generation and email distribution
  • Two-click review and send workflow

See MinneStudio in Action

Watch our comprehensive demo to see how MinneStudio transforms newsroom workflows

Meet the Creators

Computer Science graduate students at the University of Minnesota

Arunachalam Manikandan

Arunachalam Manikandan

CS Graduate Student

University of Minnesota

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Dipan Bag

Dipan Bag

CS Graduate Student

University of Minnesota

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Erina Karati

Erina Karati

CS Graduate Student

University of Minnesota

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