26 Webinars this week about AI, Journalism & Media
/Mon, Feb 23 - AI in Training
What: Join engaging Q&A sessions with industry experts to discover how AI can seamlessly fit into your training strategies and solve your biggest challenges. This is your chance to rethink how you approach training and position your organization at the forefront of AI-driven innovation.
Who: Stephen Weaver, Key Account Manager, isEazy; Margo Gouley, VP, Product, Box of Crayons; Justyna Poray, Senior Learning Experience Designer, Box of Crayons; Scott Mahoney, Chief Strategy Officer, Seertech Solutions; Kelly Sieracki, Product Marketing Manager, BizLibrary; Blake Ryan, Senior Product Manager, BizLibrary.
When: 11 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Training Industry
Mon, Feb 23 - Turning Impact Into Investment: Storytelling that Drives Funding
What: Your work makes a difference, but funders don’t always see it. In this 30-minute session, learn how to turn your impact into investments with a story funders understand and support. We’ll explore common pitfalls, show what’s possible with a clear, confident story, and share reflection questions to help you strengthen your fundraising success.
Who: Emily Taylor, teenyBIG.
When: 11 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Nonprofit Learning Lab
Tue, Feb 24 - What Editors Want To See In Pitches
What: The series is aimed at freelance journalists who don’t have a lot of contacts in the industry and want to cold pitch an editor and get their first byline in national newspapers and magazines.
Who: Donna Ferguson is a multiple award-winning freelance journalist for national newspapers and Head of the Freelance Chapter for Women in Journalism; Leah Harper, assistant editor on Guardian Features, previously worked as acting assistant editor on the Guardian’s Fashion desk and Features commissioning editor, having started out as a Researcher for the Observer New Review.
When: 7:30 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: £20 or £10 for members
Sponsor: Women in Journalism
Tue, Feb 24 - Challenging the Arguments Behind Youth Social Media Bans
What: A panel discussion examining the global movement to ban social media for youth, the tradeoffs these policies present, and alternative approaches that balance safety, rights, and the realities of growing up in a digital world.
Who: Alex Ambrose, Policy Analyst, Moderator; Matthew Lesh, Country Manager, Freshwater Strategy; Angela Luna, Technology & Innovation Policy Analyst American Action Forum (AAF); Sydney Saubestre, Senior Policy Analyst, Open Technology Institute, New America; Nicol Turner Lee, Governance Studies, Director of the Center for Technology Innovation, Brookings Institution.
When: 9 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Information Technology & Innovation Foundation
Tue, Feb 24 - Double Machine Learning Causal Inference applied for weekly offer rollout
What: We applied causal inference methods to evaluate the incremental impact of weekly versus monthly offer releases, isolating their true effect on key business KPIs. The results provided statistical validation for the weekly cadence and informed its large-scale rollout at WELT.
Who: Pablo Mateos Masa, Senior Data Scientist, Axel Springer NMT; Dr. Ana Moya, Data Scientist, INFOMOTION.
When: 9 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: World Association of News Publishers
Tue, Feb 24 - Digital Marketing Trends in 2026
What: We will explore the key digital marketing trends in 2026. Learn what’s next in content marketing, search, AI-driven personalization, and automation so you can refine your strategy and stay ahead of the competition.
Who: Digital Marketing Strategist Ray Sidney-Smith, CEO, W-3 Consulting
When: 10 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: $45
Sponsor: Small Business Development Center, Duquesne University
Tue, Feb 24 - Beyond the Pitch: Building Productive Relationships between Journalists and PR Professionals
What: This webinar is designed to strengthen the way religion journalists and communication professionals work together for the public good. Together, we’ll explore how thoughtful, intentional connections can lead to stronger reporting, clearer communication, and more informed audiences. Panelists will unpack common misconceptions about each other’s roles, share what makes outreach genuinely useful, and offer practical insights on building trust, setting boundaries, and creating value on both sides.
When: 11 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Religion Communicators Council
Tue, Feb 24 - AI Data Centers & Their Climate and Community Impact
What: This discussion will equip journalists with the fundamental understanding of the economic and climate impacts stemming from AI’s vast power use, explore how to investigate data centers in their area, and highlight unique story ideas to tackle this growing issue playing out in communities across the world.
Who: Jenn Abamu, Reporter, WAMU/NPR, Marc Conte, Professor, Fordham University, Dan Gearino, Reporter, Inside Climate News, David Dickson, Covering Climate Now.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Covering Climate Now
Tue, Feb 24 - How journalism collaboratives can raise money from small-dollar donors
What: Big-dollar grants are important for sustaining journalism collaboratives, but that doesn’t mean you should overlook success with small-dollar donors. These small donations can add up quickly and provide ongoing support for your collaborative’s work. Learn important tips for going after these donations and how to put a process in place easily and quickly.
Who: Claudia Laws, director of consumer revenue for The Times-Picayune.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Center for Cooperative Media
Tue, Feb 24 - Google AI Tools For News
What: We will offer a practical overview of three powerful, free-of-cost tools designed to streamline investigative research and daily reporting workflows. Move beyond the hype and learn how to integrate NotebookLM, Gemini, and Pinpoint into your reporting toolkit to find stories faster and manage your beat more effectively.
Who: Collenn Kimmett, Google News Initiative.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: New England Newspaper & Press Association
Tue, Feb 24 - How to Get Your Creative Juices Flowing in the New Year
What: This webinar session will get those creative juices flowing with some new writing exercises and prompts. We will also share some tips to help you move your writing project forward.
Who: Cathy Fyock is The Business Book Strategist.
When: 1:30 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Author Learning Center
Tue, Feb 24 - Digital Security Fundamentals for Student Journalists
What: In this interactive session, we will highlight tools and tactics to help student journalists secure these critical systems in light of today’s increasingly complex threat environment.
Who: Trainers from Freedom of the Press Foundation.
When: 4:30 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Freedom of the Press Foundation
Wed, Feb 25 - How to Pitch Comment Pieces
What: This session explores how to find strong angles, shape timely arguments, and establish authority without overclaiming.
Who: Hannah Fearn, The Independent’s former Comment Editor.
When: 8 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: £7.50
Sponsor: Freelancing for Journalists
Wed, Feb 25 - Delivering AI-Ready Data: Pipelines, Agents, and Automation at Scale
What: You will learn how to overcome these challenges and equip your organization with robust data pipelines for AI solutions. Attendees will gain expert insights, practical frameworks, and a research-backed understanding of the unique challenges of data integration for AI solutions and emerging practices that successful organizations follow in delivering production applications with impact.
When: 11 am - 3:20 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Transforming Data With Intelligence
Wed, Feb 25 - How to Maximize $10K/Month in Free Google Ads for Your Nonprofit!
What: We'll teach you everything you need to know about the Google Ad Grant and how to get started. Learn how to build and launch your own successful digital marketing campaign and get ideas from case studies with proven results. Use the power of the Google Ad Grant to amplify your message and attract a broad audience.
Who: Simon Choy is the Founder & CEO of ConnectAd.
When: 1:00 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: CharityHowTo
Wed, Feb 25 - Recalibrating and charting a path forward after a layoff: A community support session
What: A free community session for recently laid off journalists, where we'll help you design your post-layoff strategy. You'll also have the opportunity to connect with others who have similar experiences and share industry resources to help you find your next steps.
Who: Career coach Phoebe Gavin.
When: 2 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Online News Association
Wed, Feb 25 - Social Media Boot Camp
What: This two-day webinar series combines our Social Media 101, 102 topics, and includes more resources for you to elevate your social media presence. Attendees will receive a Social Media Boot Camp Workbook and get additional Q&A time with our experts each day.
Who: Kiersten Hill Headshot Kiersten Hill, Director of Nonprofit Solutions.
When: 2 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Firespring
Wed, Feb 25 - Building America: Powering the AI Age
What: How America can build new sources of energy and strengthen its energy security in the wake of the artificial intelligence revolution.
Who: Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.); Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.); Tammy Ma, Director of the Livemore Institute for Fusion Technology; Josh Magnuson, Ecolab; Josh Levi, Data Center Coaltion.
When: 9 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Washington Post, Ecolab
Thu, Feb 26 - Boost your journalism curriculum: Introduction to Media Helping Media
What: We now have access to 400 free training resources for journalists working at all levels, produced by Media Helping Media. We will demonstrate how to download, adapt and use them.
Who: David Brewer, founder and editor of Media Helping Media.
When: 11 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Fojo Media Institute, Linnaeus University, Sweden
Thu, Feb 26 - Poynter Beat Academy: The midterms, data and America’s safety net
What: Get localized story ideas that explore where data makes a difference and boost your midterm coverage.
Who: Former U.S. chief data scientist Denice Ross; Colleen Heflin, professor of Public Administration at Syracuse University; Paul Overberg, reporter for The Wall Street Journal’s data team; Elvia Malagón, a health reporter at the Chicago Sun-Times.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Poynter Beat Academy
Thu, Feb 26 - Automation vs. AI Agents: An Execution Framework for Enterprises
What: We will break down how enterprises can design automation and agent systems that scale without creating chaos.
Who: Eugina Jordan, CEO and Founder of YOUnifiedAI.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Techtarget
Thu, Feb 26 - Harnessing AI as a Collaborative Partner for Ethical Research & Writing
What: This session will cover practical approaches to the responsible use of AI as a tool for writing and research.
Who: University of Michigan librarian Yulia Sevrygina; University of Kentucky librarian Helen Bischoff.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Springer Nature
Fri, Feb 27 - International Public Records
What: FOIA Friday is a community session to connect about all things FOIA and public records. This month, we will be focusing on international public records.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: MuckRock
Fri, Feb 27 - Crafting Effective AI Prompts: Techniques for Quality Responses
What: This webinar introduces the principles of crafting prompts that produce reliable and high-quality AI outputs. Participants will explore prompt structures, context-setting techniques, and common pitfalls to avoid. Real examples and guided practice will help attendees refine their prompting skills across a range of tasks. By the end, learners will be able to design prompts that consistently yield useful results.
When: 5 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Claremont Graduate University
Fri, Feb 27 - ASERL Copyright Office Hour
What: Please bring your puzzling and perplexing copyright questions. Your ASERL colleagues are here to help!
When: 3 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Association of Southeastern Research Libraries
Fri, Feb 27 - Introduction to Codex
What: Join us for a beginner friendly, high-level overview of Codex — the AI system that powers code generation. We’ll explain what Codex is, explore examples of how people are using it for real work and everyday tasks, and show how non-technical professionals can benefit from it today. Whether you’re curious about the future of AI and software, want to better collaborate with technical teams, or simply want to understand the possibilities, this webinar is your starting point. No coding experience needed!
Who: Derrick Choi Codex Deployment Engineer, OpenAI.
When: 3 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: OpenAI Academy