15 Webinars this week about AI, Journalism & Media
/Mon, Sept 28 - How to Maximize Google Business Profile Traffic in the Age of AI
What: Here’s what we’ll cover: The new rules shaping Google Business Profiles; What you need to know about the new GBP verification process; How AI is influencing local search visibility; Actionable ways to protect and grow your local traffic.
Who: Brad Schaeffer, Global Partnerships, Google; Anna Rindels, Senior Optimization Strategist, Alchemer.
When: 8 pm, Eastern
Where: BrightTALK
Cost: Free
Sponsor: TechTarget
Tue, Sept 29 - Artificial intelligence and journalism: audiences, guidelines and products
What: Renowned journalists, scholars and representatives of European tech companies share insights and best practices on the smart use of AI in journalistic work.
Who: Hans Brorsen, Valid; Morana Perić, DeepL; Manuel Herranz, Pangeanic; J. Alex Dalessio, eQualitie; Dren Gërguri, University of Prishtina; Amina Mahović Balkan, Investigative Reporting Regional Network; Hannes Cools, University of Amsterdam; Nisrine Salameh, International Federation of Journalists.
When: 3 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom.
Tue, Sept 29 - How are newsrooms rethinking election coverage?
What: The panel will explore how election coverage is evolving, from newsroom planning and technology to audience expectations and reaching local communities, sharing practical lessons and approaches that news organizations can apply to their own coverage.
Who: David Scott, Vice President of AP Elections; Josh Lawson, OpenAI; Kimbriell Kelly, Chicago Public Media; Maritza L. Félix of Conecta Arizona; Arnon Mishkin, leads the Fox News Decision Team.
When: 10 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Associated Press
Tue, Sept 29 - Diagnose Before You Optimize: Using Insights and AI to Grow Publisher Revenue
What: This session will focus on one of the biggest questions facing publishers today: when revenue is under pressure, how do you identify what is actually causing the problem before deciding what to optimize? The session will also examine how AI can support faster diagnosis, surface meaningful insights and help revenue teams move more quickly toward informed action.
Who: Olly Aulakh, Chief Revenue Officer, Opti Digital; Rob Beeler, CEO & Founder of Beeler.Tech.
When: 10 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Local Media Association
Tue, Sept 29 - Everyday Applications of AI in Learning
What: Industry experts will share how organizations are putting AI to work across the learning lifecycle. Learn practical approaches for streamlining content development, supporting personalized learning and improving the learner experience. Whether you are exploring AI for the first time or building on existing efforts, this session will offer insights to help you apply it more effectively in your day-to-day work.
Who: Nolan T Hout, Senior Vice President of Growth, Infopro Learning; Jessica Peck, Senior Sales Content Manager, Allego; Dan Doherty, Senior Sales Engineer, Allego; Kim Merritt, Founder and President, The URL dr; Ankit Petkar, Instructional Designer, CommLab India; Vineet Unnithan, Instructional Designer, CommLab India; Debbie Richards, Technology Consultant, Creative Interactive Ideas.
When: 11 am – 3:45 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Training Industry
Tue, Sept 29 - When Sources Don’t Tell The Truth
What: How journalists can report ethically and effectively on false statements by politicians or other sources.
Who: New York Times Chief White House Correspondent Peter Baker; Stephen J. Adler, the director of NYU’s Ethics and Journalism Initiative and former Reuters editor-in-chief.
When: 12:30 pm, Eastern
Where: Eventbrite
Cost: Free
Sponsor: The Ethics & Journalism Initiative
Tue, Sept 29 - Covering Midterms and Beyond
What: Learn how to cover elections with skill, speedy and clarify while still listening to voters, pushing past misinformation and getting to the heart of what matters to your audience.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free to members
Sponsor: Investigative Reporters and Editors
Tue, Sept 29 - How to Reduce Downtime and Improve Operations With AI
What: You'll learn: Ways to reduce downtime and improve operational efficiency; How to connect information across systems without disrupting existing workflows; Lessons learned from applying AI in complex, mission-critical environments.
Who: Maddie Wolf, General Manager & Vice President, Operations, Legion Intelligence.
When: 2 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: GovLopp
Tue, Sept 29 - Human Review vs. Verified Pipelines: What Catches Bugs in the Age of AI Code
What: Why code review is breaking down under AI-generated volume and what a pipeline that verifies every deployment against a defined set of rules actually looks like in practice, regardless of whether a human, an AI agent, or a very determined intern wrote the code.
Who: Viktor Farcic, New Stack; John Bristowe, Principal Developer Advocate, Octopus Deploy.
When: 2:30 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: The New Stack
Tue, Sept 29 - AI and Accessibility: Passing the Scan, Failing the User
What: We will discuss how to bring intentional, human-centered accessibility practices into AI-assisted workflows, using AI to support learning and development without letting it decide what "accessible enough" means. You'll leave with a practical way to evaluate AI-generated content, know when to trust automated checkers (and when not to), and keep people at the center of your design decisions.
Who: Sarah Mercier, MBA, CPACC CEO, Build Capable.
When: 3 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Training Magazine Network
Wed, Sept 30 – Media co-ops: How journalists and news organizations are building together
What: More journalists, creators, and communities are experimenting with cooperative models. These efforts help members share resources, build sustainable organizations, and develop new approaches to producing and supporting media.
Who: Noémi Giszpenc, Executive Director, Keystone Development Center; Brandy Jensen, Culture editor, Defector; Steve Mellon, former NewsGuild striker & Staff photographer, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Nicole Washington, Program Manager, Shared Media Services Project at Start.Coop; Eli Zeger, Writer, editor & researcher at Concordia University in Montréal.
When: 10 am, Eastern
Where: Eventbrite
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Center for Cooperative Media
Wed, Sept 30 - Digital security for investigative journalists
What: This online safety workshop will provide investigative journalists with techniques and tools that can help keep their data, identity, and reporting safe and effective. Attendees will learn about how to assess their digital threat landscape, understand their digital toolbox options, protect sensitive data, and securely communicate with sources.
Who: Christopher Jones at the Committee to Protect Journalists.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: The Committee to Protect Journalists
Wed, Sept 30 - Codex bootcamp 201: Team workflows
What: This intermediate session is designed for builders ready to move beyond individual tasks and establish collaborative development practices. You’ll leave with practical patterns for coordinating longer-running work, sharing context across a team, and using Codex more consistently across projects.
Who: Marcus Stallworth, Builder ADM, OpenAI; Palash Sushil Matey, AI Deployment Manager, OpenAI; Gaëlle El Feghali, AI Deployment Manager, OpenAI.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: OpenAI Academy
Wed, Sept 30 - The Human Half of Agentic AI
What: Learn how approval gates can work when marketing runs around the clock—and human judgment becomes the job, instead of the bottleneck.
Who: Rafa Flores, Chief Product and Growth Officer, Treasure; Sam Kwapong, Lead Product Manager, Treasure AI.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: TreasureAI
Thu, Oct 1 - Beyond the Prompt: Building Repeatable AI Workflows for Nonprofit Fundraisers
What: How ChatGPT Work can help teams review source materials, develop a campaign plan, turn a proven process into a reusable Skill, and prepare recurring campaign updates. The goal is to spend less time on repeatable work while keeping human judgment, empathy, trust, and donor relationships at the center.
Who: Alex Nawar, Head of OpenAI Academy, OpenAI.
When: 2 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: OpenAI Academy