News Writing vs AI Writing Detox — Which AI Skill Should You Use?

The short version

By ClawHub Community

Complete workflow for researching, writing, formatting, and fact-checking news articles.

By James Anditis (Journalism)

Strip AI-sounding phrases and jargon from your writing to make it sound human and trustworthy.

Collects and organizes source materials with fact-checking records and verification status
Writes news articles using inverted pyramid structure with proper headlines and leads
Fact-checks key claims against multiple sources and flags unverified information
Formats content for readability with consistent styling, proper citations, and scannable structure
Performs pre-publication review for accuracy, legal compliance, and language quality

Flags and suggests replacements for AI signature words like 'delve', 'robust', 'leverage', and 'tapestry'
Identifies empty phrases and throat-clearing ('It's important to note that...', 'In today's landscape...') and removes them
Catches corporate jargon, hedges, and hyperbolic claims that make writing sound generic
Enforces sentence case for headings and simpler sentence structures
Runs a verbal tic test to ensure your writing sounds like something you'd actually say

You're writing a press release, company announcement, or news story and need to ensure accuracy
You need to structure content for publication with proper journalistic formatting
You're fact-checking existing news content or organizing research materials
You need to prepare event coverage, product launches, or corporate communications for distribution

You've drafted content with AI help and need to make it sound like a real person wrote it
You're publishing journalism, press releases, or reports where credibility matters
You're reviewing any text before it goes live and want to catch AI tells
You need to strip jargon and buzzwords from corporate or marketing copy