How El Periódico used Narrativa Navigator to deliver 40,000 real-time updates on election night

Narrativa Navigator for News Automation

In collaboration with Narrativa, they published thousands of municipal-level updates automatically, providing readers with up-to-the-minute, high-quality reporting faster than ever before.

From raw data to real-time reporting

Powered by Narrativa Navigator, El Periódico released live election stories for each of Spain’s 8,131 municipalities. As soon as vote counting began, the system transformed electoral data into natural-sounding, informative articles, continuing until the count was complete. The process was entirely automated—freeing up newsroom staff to focus on deeper political analysis and editorial strategy.

Massive scale. Minute-level updates.

40,000 news stories generated in real time

Coverage across local, provincial, and national levels

AI-generated content paired with live graphs and search tools

Top Google rankings due to SEO-optimized, high-traffic content

100,000+ article views between Sunday night and Monday morning

The most viewed content came from cities like L’Hospitalet, Terrassa, Melilla, Girona, Badalona, and Alcalá de Henares, underscoring the public’s demand for hyper-local, real-time updates.

Journalism + AI = real results

This groundbreaking coverage marked the first time general election results in Spain were published at scale using fully AI-generated narratives. Narrativa’s deep learning models ensured high accuracy, fluid readability, and journalistic rigor—setting a new standard for live political reporting.

The future of live coverage

Narrativa’s collaboration with El Periódico proved that AI can do more than just replicate journalism—it can augment and accelerate it. With AI handling repetitive updates, editorial teams gain time to focus on analysis, interviews, and context —delivering more value to readers and reshaping the future of digital news.