12 Media Webinars this week about ChatGPT, Canva, VR, fact-checking, the environment, objectivity, student mentoring, etc.
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Mon, April 24 - How to Manage and Collaborate With Different Generations
What: You’ll learn how to separate generational stereotypes from reality, create more opportunities for creative problem solving, connect with employees from a different generation.
Who: Treva D. Smith, Deputy Director, National Geospatial-Intelligence College; Patrick Malone, Director and Executive in Residence Department of Public Administration and Policy, American University
When: 4 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: GovLoop
Tues, April 25 – Student Mentoring
What: This is a mentoring and career-information event featuring professionals from various journalism backgrounds including TV, radio, print and more. This is a great opportunity to get your resume, cover letter and reel looked at, as well as ask questions about the industry and network!
Who: Guest mentors include Kay Williams, Publicist and PR professional; Cerise Castle, digital journalist for Knock LA, VICE News and NPR; Jacob Gonzalez, technical director and multi-award winning producer.
When: 7 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Society of Professional Journalists, LA Chapter
Tues, April 25 - What is ChatGPT & Will it Replace my Job?
What: Learn about the new artificial intelligence program, ChatGPT and how it will impact our jobs.
Who: Michelle Egan, APR, Fellow PRSA, Chief Communications Officer at Alyeska Pipeline and Chair, PRSA National; Heather Cavanaugh, APR, Senior Director, External Affairs at Alaska Communications
When: 3pm, Central
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free to members, $10 for nonmembers
Sponsor: Public Relations Society of America, Alaska chapter
Tues, April 25 - The Future of VR in Communications
What: How communicators can leverage virtual reality (VR) storytelling to create new realities for all communities.
Who: Candace Parrish, Assistant Professor at Penn State University
When: 3 pm, Central
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: The Institute for Public Relations
Wed, April 26 – Trust, Truth, & SPJ
What: A discussion on multiple efforts to restore the public’s trust in real journalism, and how SPJ has been an inspiration and now a partner in these efforts.
Who: Sally Lehrman, an SPJ Wells Memorial Key winner, founded and is CEO of the Trust Project; Beth Potter, U.S. regional manager of the Journalism Trust Initiative; Lynn Walsh, the 2016-17 national president of SPJ, is assistant director of Trusting News; Fred Brown is a former SPJ national president and Wells Memorial Key winner who currently heads SPJ’s Professional Standards and Ethics Committee.
When: 7 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Society of Professional Journalists
Wed, April 26 - What’s Really Going On in Artificial Intelligence: Top Trends From Stanford’s AI Index
What: You’ll find out what AI can and can't do right now, and its relevance to your role, investment trends in AI, the types of firms using AI and how they're applying it
Who: Nestor Maslej, Research Manager at Stanford’s Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence; Bill Valle, Senior Director of Strategic Growth for NetBase Quid; Niraj Sharma, Director, Product Marketing NetBase Quid
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Ad Week
Wed, April 26 - Getting set up for success with Canva
What: This session is tailored for journalists already using Canva, who wish to triple-check their account is set up for success. How to get your team set up on Canva, how to share designs and collaborate in real time, how to make your content accessible, and automation hacks. The masterclass will include hands-on exercises, examples and case studies.
Who: Jonathan Harley, Global Head of Strategic Partnerships at Canva; Diana Abeleven, Strategic Partnerships Manager at Canva
When: 9 pm, Central
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: The Walkley Foundation
Wed, April 26 - How Fact-Checking Works
What: With the digital deluge of misinformation, it’s getting more difficult to know what to trust. A number of fact-checking organizations have emerged and have debunked some of the most viral false images and videos springing up on social media. We’ll learn about the work professional fact-checkers do and skills we can use to do our own fact-checking.
Who: Dan Evon who debunks viral rumors for NLP’s RumorGuard platform; Rafael Olavarria was a multimedia journalist with Univisión, where he won 11 Southeast Emmy Awards.
When: 3 pm, Central
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: News Literacy Project
Wed, April 26 - Beyond Objectivity: Do Journalists Need a New Standard for Trustworthy News?
What: Should journalism be "objective"? News consumers say they want unbiased reporting; fair, accurate journalism has never been more important for the health of our democracy; and trust in news organizations has eroded badly. Yet the traditional standard of "objectivity" is under attack from increasingly diverse newsrooms, saying it has excluded too many young journalists, the people they serve, and the issues they care about from a monochromatic picture of reality.
Who: Leonard Downie Jr., former executive editor, The Washington Post; Andrew Heyward, former president, CBS News.
When: 8 pm, Central
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Society of Professional Journalists
Wed, April 26 - Is the Earth Sacred? Hearing from Young, Religious Americans on Environmental Issues
What: Why do some religious people embrace the issue of climate change, while others remain skeptical that it’s a real problem or that humans are the cause? At bottom, is the difference in these views theological? Or political? Or a matter of education and sources of information? Will disagreements over climate change prompt more young people to leave religion and join the growing ranks of the “nones”?
Who: Tori Goebel, Young Evangelicals for Climate Action, Raphaela Gold, Princeton University student, and others.Moderated by: Leah Schade, Lexington Theological Seminary.
When: 3 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Pew Research Center & the Society of Environmental Journalists
Thu, April 27 - Friend or Foe? What Generative AI means For Journalists and Journalism
What: A panel of experts will discuss how generative AI tools, such as ChatGPT and DALLE-E, can be used by journalists to assist in news gathering and production, while examining the potential pitfalls.
Who: Aimee Reinhart is local news AI program manager for The Associated Press; Joe Amditis is assistant director of products and events at the Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair State University; Eric Wishart is standards and ethics editor of the AFP news agency
When: 7 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Society of Professional Journalists
Fri, April 28 - ChatGPT: What Could Go Wrong? or Right?
What: AI technology that can produce researched, literate work products, but sometimes fabricates falsehoods can create ethical dilemmas for journalism and democracy.
Who: Alex Mahadevan Director·MediaWise/Poynter Institute; Samantha Sunne Author of Data + Journalism: A Story-Driven Approach to Learning Data Reporting; James Goodwin Senior Policy Analyst·Center for Progressive Reform; Celia Wexler Moderator/SPJDC Board Member
When: 1 pm, Central
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Washington Society of Professional Journalists