7 Free Media Webinars this Week on ChatGPT, Reporting from Ukraine, Sports Marketing & More
/Tuesday, Feb 28 - Breaking Down Breaking News
What: This session is designed to provide insights on covering breaking news from the perspectives of the reporter, an editor and a news director. Learn how to create content when news suddenly happens and the clock is ticking.
Who: John Walton; news director WVLA/WGMB; Gary Estwick breaking news editor The Tennessean.
When: 12 noon, Central
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: College Media Association
Wed, March 1 - ChatGPT & DALL-E: What Generative AI means for journalism
What: Tools such as ChatGPT and DALL-E are a wake-up call for newsrooms about the rewards and risks of artificial intelligence capabilities. Please join us as we explain the technology behind these tools, how newsrooms might take advantage of them and what to look out for as the industry begins to grapple with the emerging potential around Generative AI.
Who: Moderator - AP’s Local News AI Program Manager Aimee Rinehart; Nicholas Diakopoulos, professor at Northwestern University; Yifan Hu, tech designer at Schibsted; Claire Leibowicz, head of AI and Media Integrity at Partnership on AI; Miranda Marcus, head of BBC News Labs; Hank Sims, editor at Lost Coast Communications Inc.; Edward Tian, GPTZero author, journalist and Princeton University student
When: Noon, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Associated Press
Wed, March 1 – When the Story is You
What: Singular first-person journalism.
Who: Sabrina Imbler, a staff writer at Defector and previously a reporting fellow on the science and health desk of The New York Times; Helen Santoro, a freelance reporter on the brain and health, she has written for publication such as Scientific American, Slate, Smithsonian, and WIRED.
When: 6:30 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: NYU’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute
Wed, March 1 – Student Press Briefing: Impacts of School Surveillance
What: College and high school student journalists are invited to this briefing on potential stories on school surveillance, student privacy, and free expression on- and off-campus. We’ll discuss the issues raised by software widely adopted by K-12 schools across the country that monitors students’ activity online, and online surveillance tools being used by colleges and universities. These tools increase the risk of discrimination, chill free expression, and threaten privacy.
Who: CDT experts
When: 7:30 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: The Center for Democracy & Technology
Thu, March 2 – The State of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship: A Data-Driven Review of Top Activations
What: The impact that different sports, leagues, events and athletes have on fan engagement across social and why that matters. Which brands are getting the most bang for their marketing bucks. How video is being used to create sponsorship value. Actionable tactics marketers can apply right away to their sponsorship efforts and activations.
Who: Scott Tilton EVP, Brand Sponsorship Analytics; RJ Kraus Head of Social for KORE
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Ad Week
Thu, March 2 - Living Under Threat: Ukraine, Russian journalists share struggles of wartime reporting
What: A discussion of the ongoing challenges to covering the war in Ukraine.
Who: Russian and Ukrainian journalists, including: Elizaveta Kirpanova of the Russian independent newspaper “Novaya Gazeta”; Olga Rudenko, the editor in chief of The Kyiv Independent; Anastasia Tishchenko, a human rights reporter and news presenter with Radio Svoboda; Jessica Jerreat, who leads Voice of America’s press freedom coverage, will moderate the discussion.
When: 11 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: National Press Club Journalism Institute
Thu, March 2 - Community Engagement Journalism: Exploring What it Means in the Newsroom and in the Field
What: Hear from community engagement reporters themselves on how they approach this trailblazing work. Community engagement journalists help newsrooms better understand and locate information voids–spaces that are also vulnerable to disinformation–and fill them. They break down barriers, both imagined and real, between communities and those who report on them, which builds the trust necessary to freeze out disinformation.
Who: Annie Z. Yu is Politico’s director of engagement; Derrick Cain, Director of Community Engagement at Resolve Philly; María Méndez, a reporter focused on connecting with Texans to help them navigate politics and public policy; Lauren Aguirre of Votebeat will moderate.
When: 2 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Pen America