Preparing Media Students for their AI Future

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When I was teaching at a journalism school some 15 years ago, many professors were wringing their hands about digital media. “Would print survive?” they wanted to know. The focus was on their past rather than the students’ future. By asking the wrong questions, they were leading themselves into irrelevance and their students unprepared.

Here we are again, only this time it is generative AI. Much of what’s called AI is mislabeled or overrated, but it doesn’t matter. Media students will need help understanding how to use it effectively and ethically. Employers will be expecting it from them. The students also need an idea as to where AI is inadequate—this will inform them as to which parts of the media process they will need to do themselves.

There is no way to do this without having a clear understanding of the goal: understanding what separates “great” writing/audio/video from “good” writing/audio/. They have always needed to be able to evaluate their own writing to get better. And now, they must be able to evaluate what the AI produces for them.

The advent of digital platforms changed the process and tools of journalism and media. The goal remained the same. Likewise, generative AI will impact the process but not the ultimate goal.

Stephen Goforth

7 Free Webinars this Week about Media & Journalism

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Mon, Aug 14 - Fact-checking 101: How to distinguish fact from feeling

What: The host will walk reporters and editors through the fundamentals of fact-checking. What are the key types of questions reporters should be asking when searching for sources for their stories? What are the essential pieces of evidence that editors should be seeking to substantiate the reporter’s findings? The fundamentals of this essential reporting process will be brought to life in a concrete way.

Who: CCIJ's Editorial Director, Yaffa Fredrick

When: 8 am, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism  

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Mon, Aug 14 - Writing for Impact: A Nonprofit Professionals Guide to Drafting Content that Inspires

What: This workshop encourages learners to pause before putting pen to paper in order to find the voice of the organization they're working with, understand the audience they’re speaking to, and pick a tone that elevates their message clearly enough to engage effectively.

Who: Maura O'Leary & Sarah Hogan, Barefoot PR

When: 11 am, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: Nonprofit Learning Lab

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Tue, Aug 15 - How Reporters Can Use NAEP Tools to Examine Achievement Gaps

What: This webinar will teach journalists about federal education statistics from subjects including math and reading scores, and demonstrate federal tools that will help them go back to their newsrooms to tell the best education stories possible.

Who: Ebony Walton, statistician, National Center for Education Statistics; Grady Wilburn, statistician, National Center for Education Statistics; Matt Barnum, interim national editor, Chalkbeat (moderator)

When: 12 pm, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: Education Writers Association

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Tue, Aug 15 - Developing a Website That Tells Your Story

What: In this session, we will share more than a decade of focus group research that reveals: The 5 elements of an engaging website. The one thing every nonprofit should be thinking about, but isn’t. The importance of storytelling and how to incorporate stories into your website. Real-world examples of nonprofit organizations that have mastered their online presence.

Who: Kiersten Hill Director of Nonprofit Solutions

When: 2 pm, Central

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: Firespring

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Wed, Aug 16 - Amplify Your Social Media Presence with Canva

What: Designed exclusively for journalists looking to enhance their social media skills. We'll share some nifty tips and tricks that will save you time and boost productivity when working with Canva. We'll also unveil some cool techniques to create content that truly wows your audience and sets you apart from the competition.

Who: Diana Abeleven, Canva's Senior Global Strategic Partnerships Manager, News & Media

When: 9 pm, Central

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: The Walkley Foundation

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Thur, Aug 17 - Generative AI: What journalists need to know about ChatGPT and other tools

What: Understanding the AI capabilities that have emerged and what we do about those and how we take advantage of those, while also really trying to make sure we are poised for what feels like another wave upon wave of progress over the next couple of years as well. During the webinar, the Knight Center will announce a new massive open online course (MOOC) on generative AI and journalism.  

Who: Marc Lavallee, director of technology product and strategy for journalism at Knight Foundation; Aimee Rinehart, senior product manager of AI strategy for the Associated Press’ Local News AI initiative; and Sil Hamilton, a machine learning engineer and AI researcher-in-residence at the journalism organization Hacks/Hackers.

When: 11 am, Central

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas

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Thu, Aug 17 - Assessing the 988 mental health hotline   

What: Panelists will discuss the national 988 mental health crisis line: How well has the hotline functioned, has it result in distressed people being involuntarily committed to psychiatric hospital wards and has it put callers at risk of trauma by sending armed police untrained in mental health interventions?

Who: Vincent Atchity, president and CEO of Mental Health Colorado; Heather Saunders, a postdoctoral fellow in the Kaiser Family Foundation Program on Medicaid and the Uninsured; Katti Gray, AHCJ's health beat leader for behavioral and mental health.

When: 1:30 pm, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: Assoc of Health Care Journalists

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13 things journalists need to know about AI

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A good rule of thumb is to start from the assumption that any story you hear about using AI in real-world settings is, beneath everything else, a story about labor automation.  Max Read’s blog 

This new era requires that newsrooms develop new, clear standards for how journalists will — and won’t — use AI for reporting, writing and disseminating the news. Newsrooms need to act quickly but deliberatively to create these standards and to make them easily accessible to their audiences. Poynter

Any assistance provided to these (AI) companies (by news organizations) could ultimately help put journalists out of business, and the risk remains that, once the media’s utility to the world of AI has been exhausted, the funding tap will quickly be turned off. Media executives can argue that having a seat at the table is better than not having one, but it might just make it easier for big tech to eat their lunch. Columbia Journalism Review 

Google is testing a product that uses artificial intelligence technology to produce news stories, pitching it to news organizations including The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal’s owner, News Corp, according to three people familiar with the matter. New York Times

“Reporters tend to just pick whatever the (AI) author or the model producer has said,” Abeba Birhane, an AI researcher and senior fellow at the Mozilla Foundation, said. “They just end up becoming a PR machine themselves for those tools.” Jonathan Stray, a senior scientist at the Berkeley Center for Human-Compatible AI and former AP editor, said, “Find the people who are actually using it or trying to use it to do their work and cover that story, because there are real people trying to get real things done.” Columbia Journalism Review

Journalists’ greatest value will be in asking good questions and judging the quality of the answers, not writing up the results. Wall Street Journal 

There are 49 supposed news sites that NewsGuard, an organization tracking misinformation, has identified as “almost entirely written by artificial intelligence software.” The Guardian

Recently, AI developers have claimed their models perform well not only on a single task but in a variety of situations … In the absence of any real-world validation, journalists should not believe the company’s claims. Columbia Journalism Review

If media outlets truly wanted to learn about the power of AI in newsrooms, they could test tools internally with journalists before publishing. Instead, they’re skipping to the potential for profit. The Verge

One of the main ways to combat misinformation is to make it clearer where a piece of content was generated and what happened to it along the way. The Adobe-led Content Authenticity Initiative aims to help image creators do this. Microsoft announced earlier this year that it will add metadata to all content created with its generative AI tools. Google, meanwhile, plans to share more details on the images catalogued in its search engine. Axios 

In the newsroom, some media companies have already tried to implement generative AI to create content that is easily automated, such as newsletters and real estate reports. The tech news media CNET started quietly publishing articles explaining financial topics using “‘automated technology’ – a stylistic euphemism for AI,” CNET had to issue corrections on 41 of the 77 stories after uncovering errors despite the articles being reviewed by humans prior to publication. Some of the errors came down to basic math. It’s mistakes such as these that make many journalists wary of using AI tools beyond simple transcription or programming a script. Columbia Journalism Review

OpenAI and the Associated Press are announcing a landmark deal for ChatGPT to license the news organization's archives. Axios

AI in The Newsroom (video) International News Media Association International  

10 Free Media Webinars in the next 10 Days: social media, AI, journalism, media law, photography & more

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Tue, June 20 – Social Media 102

What: Learn a few advanced social media tips and tricks, elevate your social media presence through micro strategies and activate your advocates. Join us to learn how to: Use social media to connect with constituents. Monitor conversations to stay ahead of the curve. Get people to advocate on your behalf. Navigate social media advertising and understand when to use it.

Who: Firespring Director of Nonprofit Solutions Kiersten Hill

When: 2 pm, Central

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: Firespring

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Tue, June 20 - AI research: An anthropological lens

What: This session will offer several discussion points to comprehend the gains of an anthropological perspective in unpacking AI in educational environments.

Who: Dr Nimmi Rangaswamy, professor at the Kohli Centre on Intelligent Systems, Indian Institute of Information Technology, IIIT, Hyderabad

When: 12 noon, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: Media Education Lab

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Tue, June 20 - Online workshop for local journalists and Muslim community group

What: The workshop is designed to help both local journalists and Muslim organisations to share and learn about best practice when it comes to reporting on stories involving Muslims and Islam. It will facilitate discussions between local journalists from across the UK with local Muslim community groups to explore better ways of working together to ensure balanced and fair reporting in the local media.

Who: Nadia Haq, Post-Doctoral Fellowship Researcher School of Journalism, Media and Culture at Cardiff University.

When: 4 pm, Central

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: School of Journalism, Media and Culture at Cardiff University and the Centre for Media Monitoring

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Wed, June 21 - Escaping toxic newsroom spaces and online hate

Who: Dhanya Rajendran, Editor-in-Chief, The News Minute.

When: 8 am, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: Reuter’s Institute

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Wed, June 21 - Data in Action: How Your Agency Can Put Information To Work

What: Explore how employees can harness the power of data securely and efficiently to make more effective pitches. 

Who: Marcus Thornton, Deputy Chief Data Officer, Commonwealth of Virginia; Ian Lee, High Performance Computing Security Architect, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Evan Albert, Director of Measurement and Data Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs and others.

When: 12 noon, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: GovLoop

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Thu, June 22 - Strategic Innovation: How Do I Plan When I Don't Know What's Coming?

What: Participants will walk away with actionable frameworks to help assess new opportunities, allowing you to prioritize and accelerate innovation in your own organization.

Who: Linton Myers, Director of Innovation and Incubation at Blackbaud with Kelley Hecht, Team Lead of Nonprofit Industry Advisors at AWS.

When: 12 noon, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: Blackbaud (a software provider focused on powering social impact)

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Mon, June 26 - Fuel Your Funding with Data-Driven Program Evaluation Reporting

What: This workshop will help you unlock and leverage the power of your program data. The steps to consolidate, analyze, and visualize your program information to create data-driven messaging that will fuel more program funding from grants, partners, and major gifts donors.  

Who: Sarah Merion, Impact Aligned

When: 11 am, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: The Nonprofit Learning Lab

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Tue, June 27 - Intellectual Property & Contract Considerations for PR Firms Using Generative AI

What: In this session, attorneys will cover how these new technologies—built on machine learning algorithms—could fundamentally change the communications and marketing industry and share best practices for considering their usage as business tools.   

Who: Michael C. Lasky, Chair, Public Relations Law and Partner/Co-Chair, Litigation + Dispute Resolution, Davis+Gilbert; Samantha Rothaus, Partner, Advertising + Marketing, Davis+Gilbert; Andrew Richman, Associate, Advertising + Marketing, Davis+Gilbert LLP  

When: 4 pm, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: Institutes for Public Relations

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Tue, June 27 - AI and Phishing: What’s the Risk to Your Organization?

What: The panel will discuss the advances in chatbot technology and how organizations must adapt to avoid falling victim to this new wave of phishing attacks. Key Takeaways: Sorting the fact from the fiction: how can AI be used in phishing? Real-world phishing statics: can attacks really be attributed to AI? The defenses in place today: are they enough? What can organizations do to protect themselves?

Who: James Dyer, Cyber Intelligence Analyst, Egress; Ernie Castellanos, Cybersecurity Manager, San Ysidro Health; Duncan MacRae, Editor in Chief techForge Media; Samuel Ojeme, Director of Product Managmenet, Mastercard

When: 11 am, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: Tech Forge

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Wed, June 28 - Beyond Snapshots: Photo Skills For Beginners 

What: Basic multimedia techniques for journalists looking to expand their skillset. Topics will include basic elements of photography, best practices for photojournalism and beginner-level editing. The event will end with a question-and-answer segment.

Who: Freelance Community board members Solomon O. Smith and Chris Belcher

When: 7 pm, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: The Society of Professional Journalists

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5 Free Media Webinars this Week about AI, ethics, reporting on religion & social media

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Tue, May 23 - When Ethics and Technology Collide: Chat GPT What Every Media Educator Needs to Know

What: While it’s only been in existence for a short time, Chat GPT is challenging educators and reportedly threatening some jobs. The artificial intelligence chatbot capable of writing letters, essays and responding to test questions raises numerous ethical questions both for the workplace and the classroom.  We’ve gathered four scholars on ethics and media technology to help you make sense of it.

Who: Terra Tailleur, University of King’s College; Thomas Bivins, The University of Oregon; Adrienne Wallace, Grand Valley State University; Sabine Baumann, Berlin School of Economics and Law; Moderator: Joshua Fisher, Ball State University

When: 2 pm, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free to members

Sponsor: Assoc for Education in Journalism & Mass Comm

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Wed, May 24 - Get AI Literate: Know What it Can Do and What it Can’t

What: Learn from government and industry experts about AI basics and real-world use cases to make sure that you can ace any AI quiz.

Who: Manuel Xavier Lugo, CAPT, SC, USN Head of Engagement and Innovation, Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (OSD CDAO); Wayne Burke, Deputy Division Manager, Artificial Intelligence, Analytics and Innovative Development Organization, NASA

When: 2pm, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: GovLoop

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Wed, May 24 - Meet Religion Reporters Peter Smith of the AP and Michelle Boorstein of The Washington Post

What: Learn what they expect from religious communications officials – including some of their pet peeves and how you can pitch secular media more effectively. Additionally, the webinar will also include background on The Associated Press new, expanded religion reporting team.

Who: Veteran religion reporters Peter Smith of The Associated Press and Michelle Boorstein of The Washington Post

When: 1 pm, Central

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: Catholic Media Association

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Wed, May 24 - How media businesses in Asia are using AI

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Who: Rishad Patel, co-founder, creative director and head of product, Splice Media

When: 7 am, Central

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: Reuters Institute, University of Oxford 

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Wed, May 24 – Social Media Affordances & Constraints

What: Are students getting the most out of social media?  Do they know when to use one platform over another?  Can they tell when offline engagement might be a more viable option?  To answer these questions, students might consider the role of social media affordances. How they perceive social media affordances, such as visibility, persistence, editability and association, can both enable or constrain what they do on a given platform.

Who: Sean Gabaree, doctoral student at Georgetown University.  

When: 4 pm, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: Media Education Lab

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6 Free Media Webinars this week about journalism, storytelling, mass shootings, humanitarian aid, & travel writing

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Tue, Feb 21 - Democracy under threat: The news industry’s future

What: The current state of the information ecosystem and its impacts on democratic governance.

Who: Former CNN chief media correspondent Brian Stelter

When: 6:30 pm, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: $5

Sponsor: WBUR, Boston’s NPR affiliate

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Tue, Feb 21 - Conveying Impact Through Data-Driven Storytelling

What: This webinar will explore the basics of when and what types of evaluation to use to convey your organization’s story, as well as the links between evaluation and story.

Who: Amy Krigsman, Ark Nonprofit Consulting

When: 11 am, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: Ark Nonprofit Consulting

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Thu, Feb 23 - Reporters Roundtable: Covering Mass Shootings in Asian America

What: Reporters share the challenges of covering the horrific shootings in Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay -- and how they handled them.

Who: Natasha Chen, CNN national correspondent; Josie Huang LAist Asian American communities reporter; Summer Lin, L.A. Times breaking news reporter; Jeong Park, L.A. Times Asian American communities reporter; Moderator: Cindy Chang, L.A. Times deputy Metro editor

When: 7 pm, Pacific

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: Asian American Journalists Assn., LA Chapter

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Thu, Feb 23 - How TikTok Is Reshaping Ecommerce: The New Era of the Creator Economy

What: Hear directly from TikTok and CreatorIQ about how brands can tap into creator-led marketing and commerce. You’ll find out:  What creator commerce is and what role TikTok plays; Predictions for where creator commerce will head in 2023; Implications for social media managers, affiliate marketers and other influencer marketing stakeholders.

Who: Samantha Kimmel Creator/Creative Partnerships, TikTok; Esteban Ribero Global Research Leader, TikTok;  Tim Sovay Chief Business  Development Officer  CreatorIQ                               

When: 12 pm, Central

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: CreatorIQ

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Thursday, Feb 23 - How news coverage influences humanitarian aid

What: How news coverage influences governments’ humanitarian aid allocations and other findings from interviews with 30 directors and senior policymakers in 16 of the world’s largest donor countries.

Who: Martin Scott is an Associate Professor in Media and International Development at the University of East Anglia; Kate Wright is an Associate Professor in Media and Communication based in the Politics and International Relations Department at the University of Edinburgh.

When: 9 am, Pacific

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor:  University of Washington Center for Journalism, Media and Democracy

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Friday, Feb 24 – Breaking into Travel Writing & Photography

What: Want to travel the world and tell stories? Find out what travel editors look for in pitches and how to get your work published. Meet 4 travel editors

Who: Katherine LaGrave, deputy editor, Afar Media; Silas Valentino, travel editor, SFGate; Amanda Finnegan, editor, By the Way, the Washington Post's travel destination; Nikki Vargas, senior editor, Fodor's Travel

When: Noon, Pacific

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: Institute for Education in International Media

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9 free media & journalism webinars this week

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Tue, Feb 7 - Tell a More Engaging Brand Story: Get Your Message Heard With Better Data

What: In 2023, brands that thrive will focus on keeping pace with consumers and meeting their dynamic expectations. That means easily identifying and connecting with your target audiences with insightful stories and rich “characters” based on who your customers truly are and what matters to them today. The key? AI-powered data.  Discover the best methods to leverage real-time data to weave compelling storylines that drive growth.

Who: Ericka Podesta McCoy, CMO Resonate. Ericka is a global marketing executive experienced in building brands, facilitating growth and driving revenue in the high-tech, telecom, manufacturing, energy and hospitality sectors across North America, Europe and Asia.  

When: 1 pm, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: Resonate

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Tue, Feb 7 - Make Your Resume Shine

What: The panelists will share their best practices and advice for telling your professional story through your resume, with plenty of time dedicated to attendee questions. Whether you’re looking to get your first job or a seasoned executive wondering how to pivot, you’ll leave this session with ideas to make your resume shine.

Who: Join Lynette Clemetson, Director of Wallace House Center for Journalists at the University of Michigan, and Adriana Lacy, founder of Journalism Mentors, and leading network television news executive Leonor Ayala Polley.

When: 12 noon, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: Online News Association

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Tue, Feb 7 - Crash Course: Science Essentials for Local Reporters

What: The hosts will lay out key do’s, don’ts, and pitfalls to watch for when including science in your news reporting, including: Knowing whether and how science can enhance your story; Different kinds of studies and what each can—and cannot—reveal; Practical tips for identifying credible scientist-sources and interviewing them; and How to get the essentials from scientific reports, studies, and press releases.

Who: Former longtime Washington Post science reporter Rick Weiss and Ph.D. neuroscientist Dr. Tori Fosheim

When: 1 pm, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: Society of Environmental Journalists

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Wed, Feb 8 - Become a Foreign Correspondent

What: A panel of three accomplished journalists will share their experiences and advice for students and young professionals eager to embark on a career in international reporting.

Who: Ilene Prusher, former correspondent and bureau chief for The Christian Science Monitor; Nomi Morris, former correspondent in Berlin for TIME and others, as well as Middle East Bureau chief for Knight Ridder Newspapers, based in Jerusalem; Deni Chamberlin, Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer who covered the fall of communism in Eastern Europe for TIME, The New York Times Magazine and other publications.

When: 5 pm, Pacific

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: Institute for Education in International Media

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Wed, Feb 8 - Navigating newsgathering in the deadliest country for journalists

What: A discussion of investigations into missing people, enforced disappearances, massacres of migrants, and mass graves in Mexico.

Who: Marcela Turati Muñoz, Mexican freelance investigative journalist

When: 13:00 - 14:00

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: Reuters Institute

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Wed, Feb 8 - Building Nonprofit Brands that Matter

What: Creative strategies on how brands work for advocacy and cause-related marketing. Behind every successful nonprofit is a brand personality that matters. In this 30-minute workshop, we look at the key steps to build a new brand or refresh a legacy brand to improve the relationship with your supporters. This workshop will also explore how to harness the power of your brand to connect to your key supporters, as well as how to retain the loyalty of long-term supporters while building the groundwork for the next generation.

Who: David Langton, Langton Creative Group

When: 8 pm, Pacific

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: Nonprofit Learning Labs

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Wed, Feb 8 - Next level podcasting

What: If you want to move beyond "two-mates-and-a-mic" podcasts and create audio storytelling that is compelling, immersive and impactful ... this masterclass is for you. The host will discuss podcast structures and conceits; explore sound design and techiques that hook in listeners and keep them engaged; and reveal how to pitch ideas successfully to commissioners at the biggest podcast networks.

Who: Craig has 20 years of experience creating audio documentaries and longform content for the BBC, the Economist, the RSA among many others. He has produced podcast series for Pink Floyd, Oasis, and Joy Division/New Order.

When: 12:30 pm

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: The Civic Journalism Lab at Newcastle University

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Wed, Feb 8 - Advanced Infographics

What: In this fast-paced session, learn to turn words and ideas into clear, compelling infographics. Get curated inspiration and step-by-step instructions. Lastly, discover tools and techniques to render your new infographics. Turn words and ideas into engaging infographics—quickly Get your infographics right the first time Improve understanding, recollection, and adoption Get the tools the pros use

Who: Mike Parkinson Author, Owner, Billion Dollar Graphics. Mike is one of 34 Microsoft PowerPoint MVPs in the World and is an APMP CPP Fellow. He regularly conducts workshops and creates graphics, presentations, and content for companies like Microsoft, FedEx, Pfizer, Xerox, Dell, Subaru, and Boeing as well as at learning institutions.

When: 12 pm, Pacific

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: Billion Dollar Graphics

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Fri, Feb 10 - Trauma-Informed Journalism

What: Hear advice from experts in survivor advocacy and trauma-informed journalism on how to bring trauma-informed approaches into your work. 

Who: Lisa Armstrong, UC Berkeley Professor and DART Trainer; Naseem Miller, Senior Health Editor, The Journalist's Resource; Amrita Doshi, Co-Founder & Executive Director, South Asian SOAR; Moderated by: Leslie Rangel, Founder, The News Yogi

When: 12 pm, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: The Institute for Independent Journalists

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7 free webinars related to media & journalism

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7 free webinars: The growth mindset, thriving in uncertainty, the mental health crisis, effective storytelling, media law, women's voices in the news, and covering climate   

Tues, Aug 23 - Growing Readers with a Growth Mindset

What: This session will review growth mindset research and introduce strategies to grow a growth

mindset. 

When: Noon, Mountain

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: Colorado State Library

More info (no registration needed)

 

Tues, Aug 23 - How to Navigate and Thrive Through Uncertainty

What: Nathan and Susannah Furr will share insights from their research on innovators and changemakers who have thrived amid uncertainty. They will describe:  What they learned about resilience and tolerance for ambiguity; Principles that can help navigate uncertainty; Tools for seeing and seizing the upside in uncertainty; How to develop a vision for succeeding through uncertainty.

Who: Nathan Furr and Susannah Harmon Furr, coauthors of The Upside of Uncertainty: A Guide to Finding Possibility in the Unknown. Nathan is a professor of strategy and innovation at INSEAD in Paris. Susannah is an entrepreneur, designer, art historian, and contrarian.

When: Noon, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: Harvard Business Review

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Wed, Aug 24 - The Youth Mental Health Crisis

What: U.S. children and teens have struggled with increasing rates of depression, anxiety and suicidal behavior for much of the past decade. This webinar will look at the systemic causes and policy failures that have accelerated the crisis and its inequitable impact, as well as promising community-driven approaches and evidence-based practices.

Who: Julie Kaplow is the executive vice president of trauma and grief programs and policy at the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute. She is the executive director of the Trauma and Grief Centers at The Hackett Center for Mental Health in Houston and the Children’s Hospital New Orleans, and a professor of psychiatry at Tulane University School of Medicine.

When: 11:30 Pacific

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: USC Center for Health Journalism

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Thu, Sept 8 - The 7 Components of Effective Campaign Storytelling

What: In this webinar, you will learn how to communicate your story to supporters in a way that is both authentic and engaging. 

Who: Shannon Reeb, Digital fundraising strategist and writer  

When: 11 AM, Pacific

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: The Nonprofit Learning Lab

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Mon, Sept 12 - Media Law Office Hours

What: This session allows journalists with legal questions to help find answers on issues related to the First Amendment, Freedom of Information, copyright, defamation, or other media law matters.

Who: Attorney Matthew Leish

When: 5 pm, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free but registration required

Sponsor:  New York’s Deadline Club

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Tue, Sept 13 – Women’s Voices in the news

What: A wide-ranging conversation about how women’s voices have been silenced and spotlighted in newsrooms and in the public square, and how we can ensure that journalism raises up a diversity of women’s perspectives in the future.

Who: Soraya Chemaly, award-winning author of “Rage Becomes Her,” co-founder of the Women’s Media Center Speech Project; Deborah Douglas, co-editor-in-chief of The Emancipator; Allison Gilbert, journalist and co-author of “Listen, World!”; Dana Rubin, author of “Speaking While Female”; Connie Schultz, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, novelist, professor

When: 11:30 AM, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: The National Press Club Journalism Institute

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Thu, Sept 15 – Covering Climate 101

What: You’ll learn how to quickly access media-trained scientists and where to find (and even make) visuals to illustrate your work.  

Who: Panelists include Google’s Mary Nahorniak, Climate Central’s Shari Bell, and SciLine’s Rick Weiss.

When: 11:30 AM, Pacific

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: The USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism

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7 Free Webinars Taking Place in the Next Week

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Podcasting, mobile purchasing, local news, media law, branding & digital publishing

Thursday, July 21 - Unlock Gen Z’s Mobile Purchasing Power

What: Discussion topics include how consumer preferences and needs around mobile are changing, the impact of the new mobile-first reality on marketers in a wide range of industries, from consumer goods and services to entertainment and beyond, along with strategies to make your marketing mobile-first and in line with shifting Gen Z and Zillennial expectations and needs.

Who: Jackie Mockridge Mattina Chief Strategy Officer dentsu; Justin Sparks, Director, Vertical Strategy InMobi

When: 1 pm Eastern 

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: inmobi 

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Thursday, July 21 – DIY Podcasting without Restrictions 

What: Panel discussion on being an independent podcaster.

Who: Nicole Logan, Founder, Dutchie Studios; Jessie Lawson, Freelance audio maker; Raymond Tannor, audio producer and broadcaster; Tatum Swithenbank, presenter and audio producer. 

When: 18:00 BST (10 am Pacific) 

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: Good Growth Hub, a non-profit located in London

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Friday, July 22 - World of Podcasting with Spotify

What: A conversation on the craft of producing true crime and justice audio content.

Who: Founder and CEO of Neon Hum Media Jonathan Hirsch will be in conversation with Emma Courtland, creator of Spotify's popular Crime Show podcast. 

When: 1 pm Pacific 

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism

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Tuesday, July 26 - Four Case Studies of Innovative Models in Local News

What: The four case studies are:  1) Chicago Public Media merges with the Chicago Sun-Times; 2) Outlier Media, Detroit, a nonprofit public service outlet that delivers news via text messaging; 3) Richland Source in Ohio, a digital news outlet focused on solutions journalism that is supported by members;

4) The Sand Hills, N.C. Pilot, a small, legacy print newspaper that has successfully diversified with lifestyle magazines, topical publications and acquiring the local bookstore

Who: Matt Moog, CEO, Chicago Public Media; Nykia Wright, Publisher, Chicago Sun-Times; Tracy Brown, Chief Content Officer, WBEZ; Candice Fortman, Executive Director, Outlier Media; Larry Phillips, Managing Editor of Source Media; David Yoder is a founding member of the Source Media team & is currently the Sr Ad and Marketing Manager; David Woronoff, Publisher, The Pilot.

When: 8:30 – 11 am Central 

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications, Northwestern University 

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Tuesday, July 26 - One-Day Law School for Journalists

What: Topics include the Federal Judicial Process, Understanding & Covering Criminal Litigation 101, Right to Know & Open Records, Access to Information & the Impact of Disinformation on the Public's Confidence in Our Courts

Who: Judge Mark A. Kearney, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of PA; David Sonenshein, Prof. Emeritus, Temple University Beasley School of Law; Deborah Gross, President & CEO of Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts; Paula Knudsen Burke, Local Legal Initiative Staff Attorney, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press; Melissa Melewsky, Media Law Counsel, PA NewsMedia Association; David Bodney, Senior Counsel, Ballard Spahr LLP; Hon. Peter Swann, Arizona Court of Appeals

When: 8:30 am – 12:30 pm Eastern 

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free but you must register in advance 

Sponsor: Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts 

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Wed., July 27 - Staying Ahead of the Curve - Top trends influencing the digital publishing industry

What: Panelists will delve deep into the trends impacting the future of the digital publishing industry, including: Evolving and expanding revenue streams - including the rise of micropayments, shifts in consumer behavior and the rising demand of video content, exploring subscription bundling offers 

Who: Gwyn Roberts, Chief Strategy Officer, Global Fund Media; Matt Lindsay, President, Mather Economics; Emily Oxley, Senior Customer Success Lead, Zephr; moderator Hanna Rifaey, Partnerships Consultant at the Online News Association.

When: 1pm Eastern 

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: Online News Association 

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Wed., July 27 - Harness the Power of Community to Build Your Brand

What: A discussion on the importance of community building and how it contributes to the success of your brand. 

Who: Espree Devora, Founder WeAreLATech & Women in Tech Podcast; Karrie Sanderson, Chief Marketing Officer Typeform

When: 1 pm Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: Typeform

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Local TV and Radio News Survey 2022

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Takeaways from The Radio Television Digital News Association’s annual survey of local TV and radio:

Programming

  • A new record of 1,116 TV stations aired local news—up 18 from last year’s all-time high.

Budgets

  • Just 16.3% of TV stations report budget increases while 29.3% report experiencing budget cuts.

  • Among TV news directors who do know their department’s profitability, 75.9% report a profit.

  • The percentage of radio news managers reporting their budgets decreased doubled to 18.2% over the previous year.

Salaries

  • Despite pandemic-related pay cuts, local television news salaries, on average, increased by 3.5%, or 2.1% after accounting for inflation.

  • TV salaries in markets 101-150 faired the best, with salaries for most positions increasing while in the top 25 markets, salaries for most positions fell.

  • Average and median starting TV news salaries both rose during 2021 to the highest staring salaries in the survey’s history.

Staffing

  • Full-time newsroom staffing fell 6.3% in 2021.

  • Digital staffing, on average, was up slightly, along with the roles of photographer, producer, editor and social media producer/editor.

  • Three times as many commercial radio news departments cut staff as added. Public radio stations, on the other hand, were four times more likely than commercial stations to grow.

Solo Journalists

  • The average newsroom has fewer solo journalists than last year while smaller markets overwhelmingly rely on MMJs, and mid-markets increasingly do, but few stations large market stations send reporters out alone.

  • MMJs and producers remain most in demand, representing about three-quarters of new TV news hires.

Innovations

  • More local TV newsrooms report producing virtual town halls, specials and longer-form or digital-exclusive content.

Social Media

  • Facebook is the most popular social media platform for local TV and radio news, with 94% of radio newsrooms and 100% of TV newsrooms reporting they used it.

  • Instagram is used by nearly every TV station and a third of radio newsrooms.

  • Twitter use among local news has been declining for several years, with most TV newsrooms using the platform, but less frequently.

Podcasts

  • The typical station, measured by median, has no podcasts and the average per station is less than one half.

  • The typical radio news department reporting zero podcasts.

Danger

  • 1 in 5 television news directors reported attacks on employees.

  • More than half of attacks occurred during coverage of civil unrest, protests, marches/rallies or riots

The Full Report

Media Growth Predictions

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Here are some takeaways from the annual PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Global Entertainment & Media report:

  • U.S. digital newspaper ad revenue expected to surpass print by 2026.

  • Online TV’s ad growth (10%) will come at the expense of terrestrial TV’s ad growth, which will decrease from 66.6% in 2021 to 63.1% in 2026. 

  • Print still dominates the book market, accounting for 77.4% of total revenue in 2021, with electronic books contributing 22.6%. 

  • Virtual reality continues to be the fastest-growing segment of media, albeit from a relatively small base.

  • Global internet advertising revenue will expand at an impressive 9.1% CAGR in the next five years to reach $723.6 billion in 2026, at which point 74% of internet ad revenue will be mobile.

  • Teenagers are now spending more time in immersive virtual worlds like Roblox and Fortnite than they are on TikTok. 

Read more here

Upcoming Webinars: Mental Health in Media, Disinformation

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Wed., May 25 - Mental health in media

What: A discussion of mental health portrayals on-screen.

Who: Various industry leaders.

When: 10 am, Pacific

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: USC Annenberg School of Journalism

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Sat., June 5 - How to Cover Race Workshop

THIS EVENT IS NO LONGER SCHEDULED

Fri., June 10 - Facts in a Time of Fiction: Reporting the truth amid lies and disinformation

What: How misinformation and lies spread after the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting, along with insights on how conspiracy theories grow.

Who: New York Times writer and author Elizabeth Williamson, whose critically-acclaimed book “Sandy Hook: An American Tragedy and the Battle for Truth” offered on-the-ground reporting to trace a line from conspiracy theories around Sandy Hook to Jan. 6, 2021.

When: 11:30 am, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: National Press Club Journalism Institute

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3 free webinars on Thurs., May 19: Adobe Express, FOIAs, Watchdog Journalism

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Thur., May 19 - My Dream Job Journey In Media & Entertainment

What: How can you stand out while on the job or internship hunt, especially if you dream of working in media and entertainment for a major brand like HBO Max or Discovery? Join us as full-time students show us how they created the LinkedIn banners and animated logos that landed them internships at these dream companies, all made in minutes with Adobe Express.

Who: Full-time students Anna Sophia Williams and Maya Hill

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: Adobe Creative Cloud

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Thur., May 19 – My First FOIA: Open records are for everyone

What: Bearn what government records you have a right to and how to request them. Whether you’re a journalist, student, parent, community activist, teacher, business owner, or taxpayer, you will learn how to request public records that can help you in your personal and professional life.

Who:

Kirsten Mitchell who works for the federal FOIA ombudsman

Lulu Ramadan, an investigative reporter at The Seattle Times

Mark Walker, an investigative reporter for The New York Times

When: 11:30 am, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: National Press Club Journalism Institute

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Thur., May 19 – How Watchdog Journalism Shapes your Life

What: Watchdog journalism spreads light on wrongdoings committed by public figures, governments, corporations and holds them up to the public’s eye. See how this function of media shapes our normal, everyday lives in this next installment of our Media Literacy series. 

Who: Panelists include Jeff McDonald, reporter, The San Diego Union-Tribune Candice Nguyen, investigative reporter, NBC Bay Area Mark Rochester, managing editor, inewsource Mari Payton, reporter & anchor, NBC 7 San Diego

When: 6pm, Pacific

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: Online News Association, San Diego Chapter

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8 media-related Zoom events in the next week: burnout, autism, pitches, social media, writing ledes, newsgathering rights, salary negotiations, and more

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Fri., April 22 - The Art of the Pitch

What: Coming up with a great idea is only half the battle. You’ll need to know how to effectively “pitch” it to get the funding and resources that you need to make it a reality. In this unique virtual event, Gina Matthews shares the secrets to crafting an entertaining pitch that will keep audience members on the edge of their seat.

Who: Producer Gina Matthews, Emmy Award-Winning UO alumna and Little Engine Productions Founder

When: 2 pm Central, 12 noon Pacific 

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: University of Oregon, Cinema Studies

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Sat., April 23 - Press Rights 101: Understand your newsgathering rights and limitations in California

What:  A leading media lawyer and press advocate will give a comprehensive overview of legal protections and practical considerations for covering protests, filming police in the field and more.

Who: Mickey Osterreicher, general counsel of the National Press Photographers Association. 

When: 12 noon Central, 10 am Pacific

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: Los Angeles Press Club, Asian American Journalists Association, Los Angeles, California News Publishers Association, and other professional organizations. 

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Mon., April 25 - Burnout Among Journalists

What: Journalism is a demanding and often emotionally draining job that can lead to burnout. Join the for an online session to discuss the signs of burnout and how to deal with it. LAPC President Lisa Richwine will lead a discussion with Kristin Neubauer who will discuss her own experience with burnout, provide an overview of scientific research on the topic and take questions from the audience. Time

Who: Kristin Neubauer, a Reuters television producer who has supported the mental health and wellbeing of journalists as global coordinator of the company's Peer Support Network.

When: 7 pm Central, 5 pm Pacific 

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: Los Angeles Press Club

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Tues., Apr 26 - A Panel of Autistic Journalists

Who: Four autistic journalists – Eric Garcia, Sara Luterman, Zack Budryk and Charlie Stern

When: 5 pm Central, 3 pm Pacific 

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: The Columbia Journalism School Alliance of Journalists with Disabilities and the Columbia Student Disability Network

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Wed., April 27- How to Get Paid What You're Worth: Advocating for yourself and your career

What: Advocating for yourself in the news industry can feel overwhelming. You may be hesitant to ask for a raise, a promotion or even a new job opportunity, such as working on a podcast or a change in beats.  In this virtual panel, the panel will break down the best strategies for advancing at work, navigating salary negotiations and preparing for meetings with a boss.   

Who: 

Tre'vell Anderson, editor-at-large for Toronto’s Xtra magazine and co-host of two podcasts: 

Carolina Miranda, arts and urban design columnist for the Los Angeles Times

Joanne Griffith, chief content officer for APM Studios

When: 4:30 pm Central, 6:30 pm Pacific

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: Society of Professional Journalists, Los Angeles Chapter 

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Fri., April 29 - Using the Tech Toolkit for Social Impact  

What: The diffusion of digitization and artificial intelligence have created both challenges and opportunities for society. This lecture outlines some of the opportunities for providing digital services that are more cost-effective and personalized to recipients in terms of content and convenience. Several research projects that involve creating, implementing, and evaluating digital technology will be discussed.

Who: Susan Athey, Economics of Technology Professor at Stanford Graduate School of Business, an elected member of the National Academy of Science, and the recipient of the John Bates Clark Medal.

When: 11 am Central, 9 am Pacific 

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: NYU's Business & Economic Reporting Program

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Fri., April 29 - Using ledes and nut grafs to attract and keep readers

What: Headlines may hook us, but ledes draw us in, and nut grafs keep us. As journalism changes, this is constant: Readers must know what’s at stake in a story and why it matters to them (or should).  This hour-long, hands-on workshop for reporters and editors will demonstrate how to make those stakes clear. 

Who: This workshop will be lead by Julie Moos, executive director of the National Press Club Journalism Institute. She is the former managing director at McClatchy. Moos also spent 11 years at the Poynter Institute.

When: 10:30 am Central, 8:30 am Pacific 

Where: Zoom

Cost: $25 for the general public, $20 for NPC members

Sponsor: National Press Club

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Fri., April 29 - Tools and Tales of Resilience

What: A discussion of the unique stressors faced by journalists with suggestions as to how to stay emotionally well while being witnesses and protagonists of unprecedented times.

Who: Erick Galindo - Five-time Telly Award-winning writer, director and producer  

Cheryl Aguilar - Director and Therapist at Hope Center for Wellness

When: 11:30 Central, 9:30 Pacific

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free for NAHJ members (join for $35) 

Sponsor: National Association of Hispanic Journalists

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Articles of Interest about Literature, Journalism, Writing & Languages – Jan 29

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***WRITING & READING

The Enemies of Writing: A writer who’s afraid to tell people what they don’t want to hear has chosen the wrong trade  https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/01/packer-hitchens/605365/

 JRR Tolkien's son Christopher dies aged 95 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jan/16/jrr-tolkiens-son-christopher-dies-aged-95

 Exploring various scholars' rationales for self-plagiarism https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2020/01/10/essay-rationales-self-plagiarism

 

***GRAMMAR 

Who do they think they are? The battle over the singular use of “they” has been waged for centuries https://www.economist.com/books-and-arts/2020/01/18/who-do-they-think-they-are   

English's pronoun problem is centuries old https://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/english-s-pronoun-problem-is-centuries-old-120012301829_1.html

 

***JOURNALISM

7 things to consider before adopting AI in your news organisation: A training module for newsrooms https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/polis/2019/12/12/7-things-to-consider/

Journalism still has power: But not the way you’d hope  https://www.cjr.org/cjr_outbox/hegseth-trump-gallagher.php

The latest newspaper chain to face Alden Global Capital cost-cutting  https://www.axios.com/media-local-newspapers-private-equity-0add6bce-f44a-4938-82bb-6d4bb01068c8.html

Jim Lehrer's 16 Rules for Practicing Journalism with Integrity www.openculture.com/2020/01/jim-lehrers-16-rules-for-being-a-journalist-with-integrity.html

 

***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM

Flipboard expands into local news https://techcrunch.com/2020/01/28/flipboard-expands-into-local-news/

Facebook awards $700,000 in local news grants  https://www.axios.com/facebook-local-news-grants-advertising-f9f7048b-2bd2-4eb6-9bfc-6fe72fb5c359.html

The New York Times used to be afraid of BuzzFeed. Now it’s hired its biggest star. https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/1/28/21112608/ben-smith-new-york-times-buzzfeed-media-revenue-jonah-peretti

 

***FAKES & FRAUDS

Big Tech platforms struggle to police deepfakes ahead of the 2020 elections    https://www.axios.com/deepfakes-big-tech-policy-facebook-reddit-tiktok-ca7a99b8-e571-4b0b-933a-27e4b2c0b0f7.html   

2020 rules of the road for the Age of Misinformation https://www.axios.com/2020-rules-of-the-road-for-the-age-of-misinformation-87bc3f7e-b064-4b47-bc71-7639b9a82b8a.html

How Swedes Were Fooled By One Of The Biggest Scientific Bluffs Of Our Time https://medium.com/@Soccermatics/how-swedes-were-fooled-by-one-of-the-biggest-scientific-bluffs-of-our-time-de47c82601ad

A new text message scam is disguising itself as a FedEx notification https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/23/business/fedex-text-scam-trnd/ 

How To Spot 2020 Election Disinformation https://www.npr.org/2020/01/23/798809217/how-to-spot-2020-election-disinformation

Clearview AI Says Its Facial Recognition Software Identified A Terrorism Suspect: The Cops Say That's Not True https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/clearview-ai-nypd-facial-recognition

Half of Americans don’t know 6m Jews were killed in Holocaust, survey says    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/22/holocaust-survey-americans-pew-research-center

American Distrust Of The Voting Process Is Widespread, Poll Finds https://www.npr.org/2020/01/21/798088827/american-distrust-of-the-voting-process-is-widespread-npr-poll-finds

Is this video “missing context,” “transformed,” or “edited”? This effort wants to standardize how we categorize visual misinformation https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/01/is-this-video-missing-context-transformed-or-edited-this-effort-wants-to-standardize-how-we-categorize-visual-misinformation/

Misinformation about coronavirus tests Facebook, Google and China  https://www.axios.com/coronavirus-misinformation-facebook-twitter-google-china-246a0325-b4ea-4465-92ae-5f364a7e965c.html

The New York Times tested blockchain to help you identify faked photos on your timeline https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/01/heres-how-the-new-york-times-tested-blockchain-to-help-you-identify-faked-photos-on-your-timeline/

 

***SOCIAL MEDIA 

Twitter’s Jack Dorsey on edit button: ‘We’ll probably never do it’ https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/15/21066815/twitter-edit-button-jack-dorsey-says-no

Twitter apologises for letting ads target neo-Nazis and bigots https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-51112238

Targeting TikTok’s privacy alone misses a larger issue: Chinese state control https://qz.com/1788836/targeting-tiktoks-privacy-alone-misses-a-much-larger-point/

 

***LANGUAGE 

 How we use language, with a look under the hood https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/columnists/mcintyre/bs-ed-mcintyre-20200111-tmf465vuubdebmtpu3p6ngsz2q-story.html

Things You Didn't Know Had Names  https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/63034/48-things-you-didnt-know-had-names 

Using a child’s identified pronouns might feel complicated, but it’s crucial. Here’s why (opinion) https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2020/01/16/using-childs-identified-pronouns-might-feel-complicated-its-crucial-heres-why/ 

The alphabets at risk of extinction https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200121-the-alphabets-at-risk-of-extinction

Author Interview: Dennis Baron On 'What's Your Pronoun?' https://www.npr.org/2020/01/26/799629318/author-interview-dennis-baron-on-what-s-your-pronoun

'Baby Shark,' Now In 19 Languages And Counting — Including A Navajo Tongue https://www.npr.org/2020/01/28/800557518/baby-shark-now-in-19-languages-and-counting-including-a-navajo-tongue

Discover the Disappearing Turkish Language That is Whistled, Not Spoken www.openculture.com/2020/01/discover-the-turkish-language-that-is-whistled-not-spoken.html

 

***LITERATURE

The Obscure Editions of Jane Austen Novels That Made Her Internationally Known  https://lithub.com/the-obscure-editions-of-jane-austen-novels-that-made-her-internationally-known/

UCLA receives $25 million from Uniqlo founder for Japanese literature and culture studies http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/25-million-uniqlo-founder-japanese-literature-and-culture

Edgar Allan Poe's Baltimore home was named a literary landmark https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/edgar-allan-poe-baltimore-literary-landmark-trnd/index.html

Virginia Woolf Books To Read If You Want To Explore 20th Century Literature https://www.republicworld.com/lifestyle/books/virginia-woolf-books-to-read-to-explore-20th-century-literature.html

Is Jane Austen the Antidote to Social Media Overload? https://daily.jstor.org/is-jane-austen-the-antidote-to-social-media-overload/

Jeanine Cummins' migrant book 'American Dirt' is problematic; author’s note makes it worse https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2020/01/21/american-dirt-jeanine-cummins-book-review-mexican-migrant/4497859002/

 

***POETRY

What happens when machines learn to write poetry: should artificial intelligence alter our appreciation of art? http://bit.ly/30CkvI3

Have You Abandoned Your New Year's Resolutions? Tell Us In A Poem https://www.npr.org/2020/01/16/795953834/have-you-abandoned-your-new-years-resolutions-tell-us-in-a-poem

'Ghost poetry': fight over Samuel Beckett's Nobel win revealed in archives https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jan/17/ghost-poetry-fight-over-samuel-beckett-nobel-win-revealed-in-archives

 

***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA  

Augmented reality contacts are real, and could be here sooner than you think https://mashable.com/article/augmented-reality-contact-lenses-mojo-vision/

The Culling Has Begun’: Inside the iHeartMedia Layoffs  https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/iheartmedia-mass-layoffs-937513

Could iHeart layoffs be the beginning of local radio’s endgame? https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2020/01/could-iheart-layoffs-be-the-beginning-of-local-radios-endgame.htm

2020 won't be the year digital election ads surpass TV  https://www.axios.com/2020-digital-election-ads-tv-75cd82b1-b9a1-4637-b885-8aa654e63291.html

 

***PRIVACY & SECURITY

Clearview app lets strangers find your name, info with snap of a photo, report says  https://www.cnet.com/news/clearview-app-lets-strangers-find-your-name-info-with-snap-of-a-photo-report-says

Facial Recognition could replace the fingerprint https://story.californiasunday.com/facial-recognition

The Secret History of Facial Recognition https://www.wired.com/story/secret-history-facial-recognition/

Most Americans support right to have some personal info removed from online searches  https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/01/27/most-americans-support-right-to-have-some-personal-info-removed-from-online-searches/