9 Free Webinars this week about journalism, AI, media law, social media, & more
/Tue, Sept 5 -Covering Threats to Democracy with a Pro-Democracy and Solutions Lens
What: How journalists can cover voter suppression and efforts to undermine democracy through a pro-democracy and solutions lens.
Who: Natalia Contreras, elections reporter for Votebeat and The Texas Tribune; Ari Berman, author and reporter for Mother Jones; Osita Nwanevu, contributing editor at The New Republic and a columnist at The Guardian.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsors: US Democracy Day, The National Press Foundation, The American Prospect, The Objective, and the Kiplinger Program in Public Affairs Journalism.
Wed, Sept 6 - Experimenting with AI in the Classroom
What: We explore the potential risks and rewards associated with using AI-assisted technology to help with teaching and learning in the classroom. Can AI actually increase the opportunities for creativity and imagination in our classrooms, for both teachers and learners?
Who: Dora Demszky, Assistant Professor in Education Data Science, Stanford Graduate School of Education; Houman Harouni, Lecturer on Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education; Lakshya Jain, a Senior at King Philip Regional High School in Wrentham, MA
When: 2 pm, Central
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Harvard Graduate School of Education
Wed, Sept 6 - Back to College with the SPLC legal team!
What: A Q&A-style meet and greet to walk you through the key legal issues and helpful resources you should know to start your year off right.
Who: The SPLC legal team
When: 7 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Student Press Law Center
Wed, Sept 6 - Get Social: How to Reach & Engage Donors on Social Media
What: Discover best practices, tips & tricks for utilizing social media as a powerful fundraising tool! In this workshop, we'll show you how to optimize a nonprofit's online presence & share easy-to-implement strategies for attracting & converting donors on social media, both through organic posting & paid advertising.
Who: Christine Vottima and Lexie Robles of Strat Labs
When: 11 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: The Nonprofit Learning Lab
Wed, Sept 6 - How Accessible Design Techniques Engage Your Entire Audience
What: This session looks at core accessibility requirements and how you can incorporate them into your presentations and other PowerPoint-based content. You’ll see what the various requirements are, and how applying them not only helps those with accessibility needs, but everyone else in your audience.
Who: Picture1 Stefan Brown Design Consultant, BrightCarbon; Richard Goring Director, BrightCarbon
When: 3 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Training Magazine Network
Thu, Sept 7 - Libraries in the Age of AI: a primer
What: Our speaker will cover the basics of AI, before turning to specific (and popular) services, exploring their possibilities and pitfalls when used in a library setting.
Who: Nick Tanzi is the Assistant Director of the South Huntington Public Library.
When: 1 pm, Mountain Time
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Libraries Learn
Thu, Sept 7 - Author and Journalist Jane Ferguson in Conversation with Deborah Amos
What: Jane Ferguson's recently released memoir, No Ordinary Assignment which takes readers on a journey through her childhood in Northern Ireland to her early days as a freelance correspondent for CNN International in the Middle East and Africa, often working alone to film and report her stories.
Who: Jane Ferguson, a PBS NewsHour correspondent, contributor to The New Yorker, and a multiple Pulitzer Center grantee; Deborah Amos who has spent most of her career at National Public Radio.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Pulitzer Center
Thu, Sept 7 - Writing about and with youth organizers ahead of the 2024 elections
What: This conversation will explain how newsrooms can build relationships with youth organizers as both vital sources and reporters ahead of the 2024 election cycle, unpacking how to cover youth politics and movements without patronizing and isolating those groups.
Who: Beatrice Forman is a reporter at The Philadelphia Inquirer; Dillon Bernard, Director of Communications of Future Coalition; Allegra Kirkland is the Politics Director at Teen Vogue; Lexi McMenamin is the news and politics editor at Teen Vogue; Mira Sydow is a senior at the University of Pennsylvania where she runs the Disorientation Guide
When: 2 pm, Central
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Center for Cooperative Media
Fri, Sept 8 - Leverage library resources for your research and reporting
What: Learn how journalists can tap public and academic libraries to find and use government documents, academic research, archives and other resources that are free via libraries, but not easily accessible on the open web. Whether it’s uncovering a new information source or helping to fact-check your work, librarians and libraries are a goldmine for accessing information – and much faster than you may think.
Who: April Hines, journalism and mass communications librarian for the George A. Smathers Libraries at the University of Florida.
When: 11:30 am
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: The National Press Club