Document processing

iTromsø · IBM, VC2

Independently reportedMedia & entertainmentNorwayIn productionSmall businessNLP

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Reported by journalists.org (independent reporting). Checked against the source page on 2026-09-06. 3 of 3 figures below appear on that page word for word.

The problem

Journalists spent 2-3 hours daily searching through municipal archives and web portals, often missing important stories due to time constraints and limitations of relying solely on document titles.

What was deployed

Vendor
IBM, VC2
Models
BERT, Llama
Technique
NLP
Build or buy
Built in-house or to order
Deployment
Custom build
Data used
Data from various municipal archives, over 12,000 PDF documents monthly.
Scale
The Polaris Media group to adopt Djinn across 35 of its newspapers
Timeline
2 months

What changed

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10 minutes per daytime spent reviewing potential storiesfrom 2-3 hours per dayper day

Journalists now spend only 10 minutes per day reviewing potential stories, compared to 2-3 hours previously.

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record-high numbersubscriptionsin the past year

The newspaper has achieved a record-high number of subscriptions, with a 15% increase in the past year.

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5000Polaris Media group-wide operating costmonthly

The tool's success has prompted the Polaris Media group to adopt Djinn across 35 of its newspapers, with a monthly operating cost of $5,000.

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many stories that were previously missedstories discovered

The newsroom has discovered many stories that were previously missed, improving the quality and depth of their reporting.

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Sources

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