10 Free Webinars in the Next 10 Days about AI, Journalism, & more
/Mon, Feb 10 - The Growing Threats to Press Freedom in the USA
What: A discussion of threats to press freedom in the United States.
Who: Kirstin McCudden, Vice President of Editorial at Freedom of the Press Foundation and Managing Editor at US Press Freedom Tracker
When: 6 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Society of Professional Journalists
Tue, Feb 11 - AI Innovator Collaborative
What: What’s on the horizon for AI and emerging tech and how it could touch newsrooms’ work over the next few years.
Who: Independent journalist Lindsey Mastis.
When: 3 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Online News Association
Tue, Feb 11 - Why Blue Sky and Threads Matter for News Organizations Right Now
What: We’ll explore the unique opportunities Blue Sky and Threads offer for newsrooms, including reaching new audiences, diversifying traffic sources, and building community engagement in a post-Twitter world.
Who: David Arkin, CEO of David Arkin Consulting and Emilie Lutostanki, content strategist, David Arkin Consulting.
When: 2 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: New England Newspaper & Press Association
Mon, Feb 17 - Throughlines: New Formats in Journalism
What: Fandoms in Sports & Fashion, The New Economy of Video, Innovative News Formats, and AI’s Impact on Archives.
Who: Yasir Khan Patricia Echeverria Liras Tierney Bonini.
When: 10 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Video Consortium
Tue, Feb 18 - 30 Minute Skills: Covering Marginalized Communities
What: Advice on covering marginalized communities in news reporting.
Who: Auditi Guha, a northwest & equity reporter/editor at VTDigger.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: New England First Amendment Coalition
Wed, Feb 19 - Brief, but Descriptive: Writing Effective Alt Text
What: Effective alt text can be tricky. How detailed does one need to be? Would context change the alt text? And if alt text is supposed to be brief, how does one describe complex images like artwork and research data? This webinar will help participants learn to write effective alt text for different contexts and types of content, from simple social media posts to complex scientific and artistic materials.
Who: Melissa Wong, adjunct instructor in the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
When: 2 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Niche Academy
Wed, Feb 19 - Reporting on Children Exposed to Violence
What: Practical, implementable strategies for conducting interviews with children and young people across different age groups. Understanding the distinct ways children process and respond to trauma—which differ significantly from adult responses—is fundamental to making more informed and protective choices when working with young subjects.
Who: Katherine Porterfield is a consulting psychologist at the Bellevue Hospital Program for Survivors of Torture and a founding staff member of the Journalist Trauma Support Network; Irene Caselli, a senior advisor for the Early Childhood Reporting Initiative at the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma at Columbia University.
When: 8 am, Eastern.
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma
Wed, Feb 19 - New Breed of Journalism Watchdogs, Blending GenAI, History, and a “Writing Coach” Approach
What: The Journalism Watchdogs is a way to test the efficacy and usefulness of Large Language Models and AI interfaces in a context of Journalism education.
Who: Brett Oppegaard, a professor at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, researches media-production processes and products at intersections of Journalism, Artificial Intelligence, Technical Communication, Rhetoric, Human-Computer Interaction, and Disability Studies.
When: 3 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Online News Association
Thu, Feb 20 - Immigration and Border Coverage
What: Immigration and border reporting will be a key area for reporting in 2025. Here we will hear from some programs tackling these stories, approaches they are using and some of the stories that are out there and are evolving.
Who: Kate Gannon, University of El Paso who directs BorderZine; Luis Ferré-Sadurní, an immigration reporter at the New York Times; Lourdes Cardenas, from San Francisco State University.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: University of Vermont
Thu, Feb 20 - Diversifying Revenue Series: Empowering sales teams in news organizations
What: How news organizations can leverage individual strengths to support sales teams and boost revenue. We’ll talk about: How to nurture a high-performing sales team by leaning into individuals’ strengths; The importance of self-awareness and emotional intelligence in news media sales; Strategies to help navigate hurdles, enhance client communication and drive higher conversion rates.
Who: Media consultant and revenue sustainability coach Richard E. Brown; The community manager for Table Stakes alumni on the API journalism strategy team, Jan Ross Sakian.
When: 3 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: American Press Institute