7 Webinars about Media in the Next Two Weeks

SEO for Nonprofits, Mobile Marketing, Student Press, Women in the Newsroom, Running a Newsroom during Wartime, & more

Wed, Nov 9 - Lobbying for the Student Press

What: Press censorship on college campuses is unfortunately alive and well—hear about how to advocate for increased statutory protections for college journalists.

Who: FIRE (Foundation for Individual Rights in Education) Legislative and Policy Director Joe Cohn

When: 4 pm, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: Student Press Freedom Initiative

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Thu, Nov 10 - Truth-Telling under Siege: The Perils of Journalists in Palestine and Mexico

What: This event explores this worldwide phenomenon of violence against journalists by focusing on two cases – Palestine and Mexico.  The event aims to promote a far-reaching and free ranging exploration of the forces working to suppress truth-telling in these two regions and beyond while situating the issue within a larger problem of free expression and the right to free speech.

Who: Nancy Postero, Moderator, UCSD Human Rights and Migration Program

Amanda Batarseh, UCSD, Department of Literature

Farid Abdel Nour, SDSU, Dept of Political Science

Celeste González de Bustamante, University of Texas, School of Journalism & Media

Marco Werman, Host of PRI’s The World

When: 5 pm, Pacific

Where: Zoom and in person

Cost: Free

Sponsor: UC San Diego Democracy Lab

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Thu, Nov 10 - Mobile Marketing Tips for Every Generation

What: 4 reasons why your website needs to look great on a smartphone. How each generation responds to marketing (and how to optimize your efforts). 5 tips for planning your mobile marketing strategy. Discover why mobile marketing is so important and get valuable tips on how to market to each generation.

Who: Molly Coke, chief client experience officer of Firespring

When: 3 pm, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: Firespring

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Tue, Nov 15 - Phenomenal Women: Newsroom confidential with journalists Margaret Sullivan and Eileen McNamara

What: Two legendary journalists talk about their decades in journalism, where they have battled sexism, broken glass ceilings and witnessed the decline of trust in the news media. They will offer their thoughts on how to regain that trust.

Who: Moderator: Radio Boston host Tiziana Dearing;

Eileen McNamara is a Boston Globe columnist who has won many national awards

Margaret Sullivan is a former media columnist for the Washington Post and author of the new book “Newsroom Confidential: Lessons (and Worries) from an Ink-stained Life.”

When: 6:30 pm, Eastern 

Where: Zoom and in-person

Cost: $5

Sponsor: WBUR radio Boston

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Wed, Nov 16 - Be Found: The Secrets of SEO for Nonprofits

What: In this session, learn from nonprofits who are experts at search engine optimization and driving traffic to their websites, plus review the SEO tools and techniques that maximize your findability. We’ll cover what SEO is and how it works, why search engines like Google matter and outline the six steps to mastering SEO: Keyword research Website optimization Link building Fresh content Landing pages Analytics.

Who: Jay Wilkinson is the founder and CEO of Firespring

When: 2 pm, Central

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: Firespring

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Fri, Nov 18 - Leading An Investigative Newsroom in Wartime

What: In this webinar, our guests will talk about how they are adapting their follow-the-money techniques to document crimes and illuminate overlooked angles of the war in Ukraine; how they are making the editorial, humanitarian, and ethical decisions they face daily as the war unfolds; and how they are supporting their teams as Russian and Ukrainian journalists confront personal and societal trauma.

Who: Roman Anin, founder of the independent Russian outlet iStories, and Anna Babinets, editor-in-chief of Ukrainian investigative newsroom Slidstvo.info

When: 12 pm, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: Pulitzer Center

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Wed, Nov 23 - Marshalling the troops: how Ukraine's biggest newsroom stayed afloat in the war

Who: Sevgil Musaieva is a Ukrainian journalist from Crimea, editor-in-chief of Ukranian newspaper Ukrayinska Pravda, recipient of 2022 International Press Freedom Award,  and featured in TIME’s Top 100 people of 2022.  

When: 1 pm, London

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: Reuter’s Institute

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