9 Webinars this week about journalism, media law, FOIAs, Social Media, AI & more
/Mon, Oct 2 – Media Law Office Hours
What: The open group 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: 4 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free for members
Sponsor: New York Deadline Club
Tue, Oct 3 - Media Distrust in a Post-Truth Society
What: Why has media distrust grown in recent years? And is there anything rank-and-file journalists can do about it? Join us as we unpack the myriad of factors contributing to media distrust, and examine some ways it might begin to be restored.
Who: Gerard Baker, Editor-at-Large, The Wall Street Journal; Joy Mayer, founder of Trusting News; Rod Hicks, SPJ’s Director of Ethics and Diversity.
When: 7 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: New York Deadline Club
Tue, Oct 3 through Thu, Oct 5 – National FOIA Summit 2023
What: The fall gathering of access professionals, transparency advocates, and journalists with more than 20 timely panels and training sessions about public records and access.
Who: Jeff Roberts Executive Director of NFOIC; Jodie Gil Associate Professor Southern Connecticut State University; Alexander Shalom, ACLU of NJ; Shirsho Dasgupta Investigative Data Reporter at the Miami Herald; Frank LoMonte, Counsel CNN; Sam Stecklow, Journalist Invisible Institute; Rachael Johnson, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press; Justin Mayo, Senior Data Journalist at Big Local News; Lisa Pickoff-White, Data Journalist, KQED; Derek Kravitz Investigations and Data Editor at MuckRock; and that’s just on Tuesday!
When: Sessions throughout these three days.
Where: Zoom
Cost: $25 for NFOIC members or $30 for non-members.
Sponsor: National Freedom of Information Coalition
Tue, Oct 3 - Social Media 101 for Nonprofits
What: Practical tips and tools for extending your cause and mission via social media. We cover the basics of using social media for your nonprofit organization and give you handy tips for the “big 3:” Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.
Who: Kiersten Hill Director of Nonprofit Solutions
When: 2:30 pm, Central
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Firespring
Tue, Oct 3 - AI and the Media
What: AI has been a massive talking point this year, in all areas of the media. Is it friend or foe? Will AI help media folk to become more creative, freeing them up from mundane tasks, and allowing them to extend their production and editorial horizons? Or will it replace jobs, promote tired formats and stereotypes, increase misinformation, and undermine copyright?
Who: Sir Peter Bazalgette. Former chair of ITV, the Arts Council and Endemol; Jessica Cecil. Founder of the Trusted News Initiative and former BBC Chief of Staff; Alex Connock. Former CEO of Ten Alps, now a Fellow at the Said Business School, director of a postgraduate course in Artificial Intelligence, and author ‘Media Management and AI’’; Thad McIlroy. Principal at the Future Of Publishing. Thad will be joining us live from San Francisco.
When: 12:30, Central
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free for students
Sponsor: The Media Society
Wed, Oct 4 - How to Build a Webinar Using ChatGPT
What: How the team at Cvent used ChatGPT to create a webinar that was so good, it had people lining up to attend (virtually, of course). Register for this webinar to get answers to questions like: How can AI be used to ideate topics, build the abstract, and write the content outline and script? What are some ways that AI can be used to help promote virtual events? Can audiences distinguish between AI and human input? Does using AI actually save time or does it add to the workload?
Who: Brooke Gracey of Cvent
When: 3 pm, Central
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Institute for Public Relations
Wed, Oct 4 - What two experts want journalists to know in a time of vaccine fatigue
What: - What you need to know about the COVID-19, flu vaccines. What to know about the new RSV vaccine for older adults and infants. Story ideas for engaging a COVID-weary community. Covering health equity and access angles
Who: Dr. Tina Tan, an infectious disease pediatrics physician and professor at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine; Dr. Leana Wen, an emergency physician and George Washington University public health professor.
When: 11:30 am, Central
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: The National Press Club Journalism Institute
Wed, Oct 4 - Create Short-Form Videos That Actually Drive Sales
What: The impact that entertaining short-form video content has on driving social media ROI. Why creator-brand partnerships outperform brand-only content, and how to choose the right type of creators . How brands can use community-building to achieve higher engagement and follower growth than industry averages.
Who: Ashley Murphy, VP of consumer marketing at Rare Beauty; Kate Kenner Archibald, CMO at Dash Hudson.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Dash Hudson
Wed, Oct 4 - How Media and Journalism Can Defend Democracy from Fascism
Who: Professor Ben-Ghiat, an American historian and cultural critic. She is a scholar on fascism and authoritarian leaders and professor of history and Italian studies at New York University.
When: 7 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: The Media & Democracy Project