11 Webinars this Week about AI, Journalism & Media
/Tue, May 27 - Public Health Journalism: Covering rural & urban health disparities
What: Research shows large and growing disparities between rural and urban communities in their access to quality and consistent health care — especially in treatment for cancer maternal health. Covering these inequities, as well as solutions to them, comes with challenges. This session focused on a solutions-journalism approaches to covering rural health issues.
Who: Anne Zink, Senior Fellow at the Yale School of Public Health and former Chief Medical Officer for the state of Alaska.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: National Press Club Journalism Institute, Common Health Coalition
Tue, May 27 - Trauma-informed leadership workshop
What: Learn a framework for understanding the core needs necessary to support the psychological safety of your team. Build a 30-day plan that outlines a series of behaviors to practice in order to model the values of either care, coaching or connection. Participants will contribute anonymously to set of interactive slide and receive real-time coaching and context as their responses come in.
Who: Sam Ragland, API’s vice president of journalism strategy
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: American Press Institute
Wed, May 28 - Social Media Scams, Cyber Fraud, AI, and Deepfake Media
What: A discussion of prevalent social media scams and fraud, other types of cyber fraud, and the impact of AI and deepfake media.
Who: Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate
When: 11:30 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Iowa Secretary of State's Office and the Iowa Bankers Association
Wed, May 28 - Next Level AI: Custom GPTs, Zapier, & Autonomous Agents
What: Take your AI skills to the next level exploring Custom GPTs, Zapier integrations, and Autonomous Agents. Learn how to build personalized AI experiences, automate complex workflows, and experiment with agents that can think and act on your behalf.
Who: Tim Daniel, Widener SBDC
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Small Business Development Center, Widener University
Wed, May 28 - Burn After Reporting — Leak Investigations and the Press
What: A discussion about what journalists and their sources should expect and how they can protect themselves.
Who: Trevor Timm, our executive director Freedom of the Press Foundation; James Risen, Pulitzer Prize winner, best-selling author, and former New York Times reporter; Ryan Lizza, founder and editor of Telos.news; former chief Washington correspondent for Politico Lauren Harper, the Daniel Ellsberg chair on government secrecy at Freedom of the Press Foundation.
When: 2 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Freedom of the Press Foundation
Wed, May 28 - AI for Nonprofits, Part 2: Hands-On with Microsoft 365 Copilot — Use Cases & Demo
What: We will dive into the essentials of generative AI, address key AI concerns, and demonstrate how nonprofits can benefit from using Microsoft’s AI assistant, Copilot, to achieve their goals.
Who: Joshua Peskay, RoundTable Technology, 3CPO; Kim Snyder, RoundTable Technology, VP of Data Strategy.
When: 3:30 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: TechSoup
Thu, May 29 - Understanding and Countering Climate Change Misinformation and Disinformation
What: Climate change misinformation and disinformation can influence publics and decision makers to block or water down climate solutions. In this webinar we will discuss how climate change disinformation spreads, groups that are susceptible, and how organizations and stakeholders can respond.
Who: Anthony Leiserowitz, Yale Program on Climate Change Communication Director; Philip Newell, Climate Action Against Disinformation; Cristina López, Graphika; Sander van der Linden, University of Cambridge.
When: 10 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: The Yale Center for Environmental Communication
Thu, May 29 - Beyond the Bot: Leveraging AI for Nonprofit Impact
What: AI is transforming industries across the globe and nonprofits are no exception. Learn how Cathy and her team integrated AI into a medium-sized nonprofit to build efficiencies while staying mission-focused. We’ll cover issues of organizational culture, use cases, data privacy and policies, staff training and success measurement.
Who: Cathy Yen, The Nonprofit Planner Company.
When: 11 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: The Nonprofit Learning Lab
Thu, May 29 - The Multiplatform News Organization in 2025
What: News organizations have reworked their production facilities to better handle creating and distributing stories to many platforms. What’s the state of the art at this point? What kind of production hubbing and news sharing is going on?
Who: Sean McLaughlin, VP of News, Graham Media Group; Rene Gonzalez, Technical Product Manager, Content Tech, NBCUniversal Local TechOps, Ernie Mourelo, VP of Digital News, Hearst Television; Ernie Ensign, AVP, News Technology & Operations, Sinclair; Chris Kelly, Director, Technical Solutions, Production Workflow, Ross Video; Glen Dickson, Contributing Editor, TVNewsCheck.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Ross
Thu, May 29 - AI in Action: Practical Uses for Work, Learning, and Life
What: This session features three insightful talks: discover how AI can make educational content more engaging for learners, learn strategies educators can use to streamline their workflows, and get an inside look at Coach—an AI-powered career coach helping learners build the skills and confidence they need for the future of work. Whether you're an educator, professional, or student, this session will offer inspiration and actionable takeaways.
Who: Ebony Staten Director of Partner Success, CareerVillage.org; Minh Pham, VMG Education; Ben Scherr Senior Career Advancement Coordinator, Allstate Apprenticeship Program.
When: 6 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: OpenAI Academy, Career Village
Fri, May 30 - How does AI portray the world? The world through the lenses of AI and what are the issues in terms of ethics?
What: How AI is trained and who is behind? How does AI in some ways amplify stereotypes?
Who: Fabienne Martin-Juchat, Full Professor of information and communication sciences at the University of Grenoble Alpes; Chloé Tran Phu, media literacy trainer at Média Animation, resources centre in Belgium; Sarah Labelle, University of Montpellier Paul Valéry, France; Vladimir Delov (Institute of Communication Studies, Macedonia; Bérénice Vanneste, Media Animation, Belgium.
When: 9 am, Eastern (the next day)
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Tadam Education