8 Free Webinars Related to Media: Social Media, Career, PR, Marketing, Broadcast, & Journalism
/Mon, Aug 21 - Career Plot Twist Building a toolkit for the unexpected
What: We'll talk about: - Creating a network for career resilience - Navigating change in your career - What to do after a layoff
Who: Poynter's Leadership Academy for Women in Media director Kate Cox, and alumni Jin Ding, Erika Hobbs and Zainab Shah.
When: 3 pm, Central
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Poynter
Tue, Aug 22 - Using Social Media as an Effective Audience Building Tool
What: The latest developments in social media and consider whether it’s better to focus on only one or two platforms, spread your presence around or only embrace those you truly enjoy. We’ll also consider whether some platforms are better suited for specific audiences or topics and what to watch for as the situation evolves.
Who: Macy Gilliam, assistant editor, social media, Morning Brew; Joseph Milord, senior publisher partnerships manager, LinkedIn News; Eric Morrow, editor, audience & social, Bloomberg; Sophie Spiegelberger, social media editor, The Financial Times; Sommer Hill, social media senior associate for NPR Extra
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: The Association for Business Journalists
Tue, Aug 22 – 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.
Who: Kiersten Hill Director of Nonprofit Solutions for FireSpring
When: 2 pm, Central
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: FireSpring
Tue, Aug 22 – Top digital public relations (PR) strategies
What: How to identify PR opportunities, craft compelling PR messages that resonate with journalists and to leverage online platforms and social media to amplify your PR efforts.
Who: Emma Goode, 24 Fingers
When: xxx
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Enterprise Nation
Tue, Aug 22 – The Future of Content Marketing
What: Our expert panelists will explore how artificial intelligence, changes to reporting, and other forces impact the industry, and how these changes shape how marketers approach their strategies moving forward.
Who: Rebecca Hanlon Co-founder and President of Our York Media; Oliver Feakins CEO of TrackFive; Melissa Shirk Manager, Strategy at RSM US LLP
When: 1 pm, Central
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: AMA of Central Pennsylvania
Wed Aug 23- Preserving Broadcast History
What: Guidance for broadcasters on how to catalog your station’s history, best practices for creating an inventory and where to store this data and information. A Q-and-A will follow the webinar.
Who: Jack Goodman, co-chair, LABF April Carty-Sipp, executive vice president, Industry Affairs, NAB; Laura Schnitker, Ph.D., C.A., curator, Mass Media and Culture, University of Maryland’s Special Collections and University Archives; Mike Henry, reference specialist, University of Maryland’s Special Collections and University Archives
When: 2 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: National Association of Broadcasters and the Library of American Broadcasting Foundation
Tue, Aug 29 - Journalists in the Classroom: Experiential News Literacy Learning
What: You’ll discover best practices for teaching students news literacy by leveraging the News Literacy Project’s Checkology® lessons and Newsroom to Classroom visits to make news literacy tangible for learners.
Who: Presented by Adriana Lacy, Journalist, Founder and CEO Adriana Lacy Consulting; Shane Harris, Staff Writer, Intelligence and National Security, The Washington Post; Indira Lakshmanan, Global Enterprise Editor, The Associated Press; Mindy Katz, English Teacher, JSU Sponsor, Abington Senior High School (PA); and Brittney Smith, Senior Manager of Education Partnerships, East, The News Literacy Project
When: 5 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: News Literacy Project
Tue, Aug 29 - Pro-democracy + Solutions Focused Political Reporting During Campaign Season
What: This webinar will consider why solutions focused political reporting is important ahead of the 2024 presidential election, featuring the perspectives of some journalists who have done it.
Who: Moderated by Osita Nwanevu, columnist for the US edition of The Guardian and contributing editor of The New Republic, it will feature insight from Kira Lerner, Democracy Editor at The Guardian's US edition and Michael Tomasky, editor of The New Republic.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: The Solutions Journalism Network