25 Webinars this week about AI, Journalism & Media
/Mon, July 20 - Marketing Trends Nonprofits Need to Know (and Embrace)
What: Join us to discuss the marketing trends that’ll shape your nonprofit’s future and grow your impact.
Who: Kiersten Hill, Director of Nonprofit Solutions.
When: 9 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Firespring
Mon, July 20 - Is Ethical AI Possible?
What: How nonprofits can adapt to the technology landscape while staying true to their mission and vision. You'll walk away with the context and knowledge of AI pros and cons, and a toolkit to support your decision on AI adoption that's right for you.
Who: Trisha Neogi, Senior Consultant, Bright + Early; Stephanie Bergman, Director, Workplace Design, Bright + Early.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: TechSoup
Tue, July 21 - How Journalism Works
What: A practical educational session designed to explain how independent environmental journalism operates and how sources can engage with journalists more effectively. Participants will learn how to share story ideas, evidence, and context in ways that help journalists assess information clearly, responsibly, and safely.
Who: Alejandro Prescott-Cornejo, a Senior Marketing Associate, Mongabay; Holly Jonas, oversees Mongabay’s fellowship and professional development.
When: 7 am, Easten
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Mongabay
Tue, July 21 - Expanding Global Perspectives with Trusted Journalism: A Tour of PressReader
What: What you’ll learn: How to bring trusted global journalism into teaching and learning; How access to international and local publications supports global perspectives and connection to home; How libraries can provide simple, unlimited access to thousands of publications.
Who: Oghenevwoke Ighure (Vwoke), Senior Territory Manager, Libraries, North America, PressReader; Lisa Wilson, Senior Director, Product Management, Clarivate; Christie Freyre, Product Marketing Manager, Clarivate.
When: 11 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Clarivate
Tue, July 21 - Codex for Creative Building
What: We'll explore how people are using Codex to build games, interactive experiences, creative tools, and other projects driven by your imagination.
Who: Aaron
Wilkowitz, Solutions Engineer, OpenAI.
When: 11:30 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: OpenAI Academy
Tue, July 21 - Public Health Journalism: Covering mental health as a public health issue
What: We will explore where to find relevant datasets for mental health reporting, and offer advice for covering high-level clinical studies. She’ll also share her best tips for finding expert sources when covering public health.
Who: Katie O’Connor, Senior Staff Writer for Psychiatric News, where she covers mental health policy and research.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: The National Press Club Journalism Institute
Tue, July 21 - Not Just Another AI Session: Practical Applications in Academic Libraries
What: Our panel brings together library leaders who are actively integrating AI into their services, collections, and institutional contexts. An expert in experiential learning and academic engagement will share insights from their library’s role in a campus-wide rollout of a general-purpose AI tool, including governance considerations and strategies for aligning licensed library resources within AI-enabled environments.
Who: Evan Simpson, Associate Dean, Experiential Learning & Academic Engagement Northeastern University; Emily Singley, Vice President, Global Library Relations & Partnerships Elsevier; Andrew White, Director, Library Information Services Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
When: 2 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Elsevier
Wed, July 22 - Read the Fine Print: AI Ethics, Responsible Research, and Open Access Alternatives
What: Rather than debate whether AI belongs in research, we’ll examine what the public policies of popular AI tools actually say about copyright, data use, and attribution—and how you can help steer patrons toward more transparent alternatives.
Who: Maryska Connolly, MLIS, CloudSource Director of Partnerships & Communications, SirsiDynix; Rick Branham, Senior Vice President, Sales Support, Academic & Content Solutions, SirsiDynix.
When: 11 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsors: SirsiDynix & Library Journal
Wed, July 22 - AI Communications Virtual Conference
What: Join this half-day virtual event to upskill in AI and create higher-impact results for your organization. You’ll learn how to harness AI in ways that strengthen, not replace, your expertise, how to use the top LLMs and their latest features, build custom GPTs and agents to accelerate research and sharpen your content strategy, help drive governance and show true AI ROI.
Who: More than a dozen speakers.
When: 11 am – 3:30 pm
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Ragan Communications
Wed, July 22 - Realizing the Potential of AI in Government
What: Three-hour long sessions: 1-From Exploration to Execution: Bringing AI Into Practice; 2- Data, Governance, and Trust: Building the Foundations for AI; People & Process: Preparing the Workforce for AI.
Who: 11 experts.
When: 12 pm - 3 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: govloop
Wed, July 22 - Byline to Plotline: How Novelists Use News
What: Explore how authors use news content to spark ideas, build settings, develop characters, and bring historical and contemporary stories to life. You’ll gain new ways to introduce patrons, writers, students, faculty, and book lovers to the power of news research.
Who: Richard Noble, author of “King Cotton”; DG Schulman, author of Under the Dragon's Shadow.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: NewsBank
Wed, July 22 - Reaching Gen Z: Formats, Platforms, and Building Trust
What: How journalists, editors, and creators can effectively engage Gen Z audiences across platforms like TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, podcasts, and beyond.
Who: independent journalist Aaron Parnas,
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: $40
Sponsor: The Knight Center
Wed, July 22 - Applied AI workflows for legal aid
What: The session will emphasize practical use, thoughtful boundaries, and the role of human review when using AI in legal services contexts.
Who: Lina Coss, AI Adoption, Content, and Community, OpenAI.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: OpenAI Academy
Wed, July 22 - NSPM-7: A threat to press freedom
What: The panel will discuss how NSPM-7 silences free speech and how it could be used to target freedom of the press. The national security presidential memorandum known as NSPM-7, titled “Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence,” has been widely criticized by civil liberties groups for authorizing the government to investigate individuals and organizations using the vague and overbroad labels like “anti-fascism” and “domestic terrorism.” But relatively little attention has been paid to the way the policy could be used against news outlets, journalists, and their confidential sources.
Who: Chip Gibbons, Policy Director at Defending Rights and Dissent; Faiza Patel, Senior Director of the Brennan Center’s Liberty & National Security Program; Daniel Boguslaw, Investigative reporter - Moderator: FPF Senior Advocacy Adviser Caitlin Vogus.
When: 2 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ)
Wed, July 22 - Avatars, Agents, & AI, Oh My!
What: Learn how to use HeyGen’s AI tools to open up a whole new creative world: build your own digital twin, or choose from HeyGen's library of ready-made avatars, to expand your creativity and bring your boldest ideas to life.
Who: Mark itskowitch, HeyGen Ambassador and Adobe Certified Instructor.
When: 3 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Training Magazine Network
Thu, July 23 - AI Tools for Writing and Research
What: This session will provide you with a comprehensive understanding of artificial intelligence (AI) and its applications in the world of research and writing.
Who: David Peralta, Editor in Chief, Wiley.
When: 9 am, Eastern
Where: GoToWebinar
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Wiley
Thu, July 23 - Builder Bootcamp: Production & Optimization
What: You’ll learn how to evaluate and optimize AI systems for production tradeoffs like quality, latency, and cost. We’ll cover how to benchmark model performance, compare baselines, and use evaluation results to make practical decisions about model selection and optimization.
Who: Sean Lubbers, Technical Success, OpenAI.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: OpenAI Academy
Thu, July 23 - Are You Ready for Agentic AI? A Human First Readiness Check for Nonprofits
What: We will break down what “agentic AI” really means, why readiness matters, and how to move forward with confidence and care. Expect clear definitions, practical guidance, and a candid, experience-based perspective that keeps people (and trust) at the center.
Who: Matt Connell, a Blackbaud University instructor and nonprofit practitioner.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Blackbaud
Thu, July 23 - YouTube Advertising Strategies for the Creator Era
What: We will share where the platform is heading, why its role in the media mix keeps expanding, and how to position your agency or brand ahead of that curve.
Who: Theresa Go, VP, Creator Economy Solutions & Partnerships, Pixability; Andrew Burke, Director, Digital Analytics & Operations; Kirsty King, SVP, MEDIA, IW Group; Oliver Williams, Head of Digital Performance, MediaPlus UK.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Pixability
Thu, July 23 - Will AI Transform Campus Work?
What: How leading institutions are moving past experimentation to real transformation — rethinking what work looks like in admissions, advising, financial aid, and beyond.
Who: Ian Wilhelm, Deputy Managing Editor, The Chronicle of Higher Education; Vince Kellen, Chief Information Officer, Texas A&M University System; Pablo Molina, Chief Information Security Officer, Drexel University; Jenay Robert, Research Manager EDUCAUSE.
When: 2 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Chronicle of Higher Ed
Thu, July 23 - How AI Generates Inbound Leads While You Sleep
What: Learn how Answer Engine Optimization helps your company become the answer AI surfaces to potential buyers.
Who: Kendra Lee, President and Founder, KLA Group; Samantha Hager Senior Marketing Manager, KLA Group.
When: 2 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Training Magazine Network
Thu, July 23 - Creating vertical video to reach new audiences
What: You'll learn how to script videos, master the basics of shooting content on your phone, and pick up exclusive tips and tricks for making concise, digestible videos for social media. By the end of the session, you'll be ready to create your own short-form videos that engage and grow new audiences.
Who: Creator-journalist Rahim Jessani, The Creator Translator.
When: 2 pm, Eastern
Where: EventBrite
Cost: $49.87
Sponsor: National Press Club Journalism Institute
Thu, July 23 - The Psychology of AI: Understanding Trust, Influence, and Human Decision-Making
What: Explore the psychological principles shaping how people interact with, trust, and are influenced by AI. We will share what communicators need to know as these technologies become increasingly integrated into daily life.
Who: Matt Isaac, Ph.D., Seattle University.
When: 3 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free to IPR members
Sponsor: Institute for Public Relations
Fri, July 24 – Meet Kimbriell Kelly
What: IRE is holding free ongoing webinars aimed at helping professionals connect. Kimbriell Kelly is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalism executive and a 25-year veteran investigative editor and reporter. She has overseen multiple award-winning projects in some of the nation’s largest newsrooms, including The Washington Post and Los Angeles Times.
Who: Kimbriell Kelly, Editor-in-Chief of Chicago Public Media, the nation’s largest local nonprofit newsroom.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE)
Fri, July 24 – Technical Writing in the AI Era
What: We'll be discussing how technical writers can create more impact, take greater ownership, adopt a Docs-as-Product mindset, use AI to improve their workflows, and continue growing as the profession evolves. Most importantly, we want you to leave with practical ideas you can start applying in your own role.
Who: Gareth Brinn, Documentation Manager, creator of the Find, Scan, Read Framework; Deborah Emeni, Senior Technical Writer & Developer Marketer, Northflank.
When: 1:30 pm, Eastern
Where: YouTube
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Northflank
