Editorial AI Standards Review for values-led organisations.

Most communications teams are now using AI tools faster than their governance can keep up. Until that gap is closed, the cost of any AI incident is paid in public trust, not in budget. Trustees, donors, and regulators are already asking. The press will follow.

The fix is not to lock AI down. The audit starts from what your team already does well with it, names the risks honestly, and builds governance around that capability rather than over it.

I provide a fixed-scope audit that addresses this directly: a mapped publishing pipeline, a tailored risk register, and a draft policy or charter your board can stand behind. Delivered remote-first, over three to four weeks.

Questions this audit answers

• Can staff use ChatGPT for public-facing content?
• Should AI-generated text be disclosed?
• How should prompts and outputs be stored?
• What governance should trustees expect?
• Which AI risks matter for our organisation?
• How do we balance efficiency with organisational values?

The audit

Six working days of structured work over three to four weeks. A discovery call with the senior sponsor sets the scope. Four to six interviews with members of your communications team map the pipeline as it actually operates. Analysis produces the risk register and draft policy. A closing debrief prepares you for the board conversation.

Who it’s for

NGOs, charities, B Corps, and mission-led organisations whose public credibility rests on what their communications team produces. Particularly where AI use has moved faster than the policy framework around it, and where a generic template will not be enough to satisfy the people asking.

What you leave with

The ability to answer a trustee, respond to a journalist, or walk into a board meeting with the AI question handled. Behind that, the underlying artefacts: an organisation-specific understanding of where AI sits in your editorial process today, a risk register written for you rather than adapted from someone else’s, and a policy you can put on a board agenda. Some organisations work with me on a quarterly basis after the initial review. Most do not need to.