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
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
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
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
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
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