Decline
/Decline is inevitable, and it occurs earlier than almost any of us wants to believe. But misery is not inevitable. -Arthur C. Brooks
ideas that challenge / comfort / inspire
A Prayer for Protection
/Lord, protect me from your followers! (unknown)
16 Webinars this week about AI, Journalism & Media
/Mon, Aug 4 - Using AI to Help Reporters
What: How reporters are using AI to find information, discover patterns in data, and brainstorm ideas. We will explore many of these use cases and the best practices around them
Who: Tim O'Rourke, Hearst Newspapers; Jaemark Tordecilla, Journalist and Technologist.
When: 10 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free to members of INMA
Sponsor: International News Media Association
Mon, Aug 4 - Welcome to AI Fundamentals
What: In this workshop, we will explain generative artificial intelligence and discuss its impact. You will gain a basic understanding of its shortcomings, as well as the ways it can be used effectively. We will discuss some of the tools available to you through Duke. You will leave the session understanding how to create prompts that will get you the best results in your conversations with the AI.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Duke University
Mon, Aug 4 - Searching with AI
What: We will explore the promises and pitfalls of AI-powered search, the growing debate over AI guardrails, and what this means for media literacy and education.
Who: Wesley Fryer, an educational technology “early adopter / innovator.”
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Media Education Lab
Mon, Aug 4 - What Should We Say? New Research on AI Disclosures in Journalism
What: In this session, Trusting News will share its latest research on transparency around AI use in journalism. You’ll walk away with insight into what disclosures resonate and what pitfalls to avoid. This session is perfect for anyone navigating AI use in their newsroom or looking to build clarity and credibility with their community.
Who: Lynn Walsh, Assistant Director at Trusting News.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: free
Sponsor: Online News Association
Mon, Aug 4 - Journalist Safety Workshop: Protect Yourself, Protect Your Colleagues, Protect The Free Press
What: This workshop will equip media workers with the tools, knowledge, and resources to navigate dangerous situations—whether on assignment, online, or in the workplace.
When: 8 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: The NewsGuild Committee to Defend the Free Press
Tue, Aug 5 - The Formula for Social Media Success
What: Our simple but comprehensive Social Media workshop will help you learn how to prioritize things and give you a clear formula to be successful on Social Media.
Who: Ray-Sidney Smith, Digital Marketing Strategist, Hootsuite Global Brand Ambassador, Google Small Business Advisor for Productivity, and Managing Director of W3C Web Services.
When: 10 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: $45
Sponsor: Duquesne University Small Business Development Center
Tue, Aug 5 - Digital Marketing Strategy Development
What: This session provides a guided walkthrough of a complete Digital Marketing Strategy Plan, customized for small business owners and entrepreneurs. Using the planning template, we’ll show you how to align your marketing actions with your business goals.
When: 11:30 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Gannon University Small Business Development Center
Tue, Aug 5 - Respectfully Covering Military Sexual Trauma and Related Topics
What: A discussion of how to cover sexual assault.
Who: Jean Ibáñez Payne, author of “Reclaim Your Worth: A Story of Abuse, Empowerment, and Building a Life on My Terms.”
When: 6 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Military Veterans in Journalism
Wed, Aug 6 - Responsible AI Use
What: This session will explore what it means to use AI responsibly. We'll discuss how different groups-students, faculty, and professionals-are engaging with AI and unpack challenges facing us all. These include concerns around academic integrity, data privacy, bias, hallucination, and evolving expectations around citation and copyright. Participants will leave with practical strategies for establishing course or departmental policies, modeling responsible AI use, and supporting student AI literacy.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Duke University
Wed, Aug 6 - Canva Creator Series: Pro Version
What: Canva is a user-friendly graphic design platform that allows anyone to create professional-quality visuals using customizable templates, images, and tools—no design experience required.
Who: Rachael Wolfe with the Pennsylvania SBDC.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: PennWest University
Wed, Aug 6 - Press Briefing on Staff Declines and Dangerous Heat in Prisons
What: An on-the-record conversation with experts on prison staffing declines and sweltering heat, two dangerous conditions plaguing many facilities.
Who: Brian Dawe, National Director, One Voice United; David Eads, Data Editor, The Marshall Project; Wilfredo Laracuente, Workforce Development Specialist, Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow; Naseem S. Miller, Senior Editor for Health, The Journalist’s Resource; Clark Merrefield, a senior editor for The Journalist’s Resource.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsors: The Marshall Project & The Journalist’s Resource
Wed, Aug 6 - Introduction to ChatGPT
What: An introduction to ChatGPT designed for beginners; only a free ChatGPT account is required to follow along. Afterward, an OpenAI Solutions engineer will join the OpenAI Academy team for a live Q&A to answer your questions.
Who: Lois Newman Customer Enablement, OpenAI; Lauren Oliphant Solutions Engineer, OpenAI.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: OpenAI Academy
Wed, Aug 6 - Understanding the "Big Beautiful Bill"
What: We will guide journalists through the nuts and bolts of the law and the congressional procedures that were key to its passage, with a particular focus on what is helpful to know for ongoing coverage of the new law and its impacts. We’ll dive deeper into the reconciliation process itself, the fiscal impacts the new law is expected to have, and common points of confusion in understanding it all. We’ll look at common mistakes made in talking about the new law that journalists should avoid in their coverage and touch on issues that could surface in Washington again in the near term that could be relevant for future stories. This session will be off the record. By registering for it, you’re agreeing to those terms.
Who: Rachel Snyderman Managing Director of Economic Policy; Michael Thorning Director of Structural Democracy.
When: xxx
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsors: The Journalism Institute at the National Press Club; The Bipartisan Policy Center
Thu, Aug 7 - Boost Your Workflow with AI: Productivity Tips and Strategies
What: Explore how generative AI can streamline your daily work tasks in this practical, hands-on session. Whether you're new to AI or looking to expand your toolkit, this session will provide actionable tips and real-world examples to help you get started confidently.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Duke University
Thu, Aug 7 - Digital News Report 2025: North America Edition
What: We will unveil the latest findings from the world's most extensive study on news consumption, providing essential insights for media professionals across North America. This session offers a unique opportunity for journalists, editors, publishers, and media strategists to stay ahead of the curve with the freshest research and insights from industry leaders. Attendees are encouraged to join the conversation and calibrate their news strategies for 2025 and beyond.
Who: Nic Newman, Lead Author, Digital News Report, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism; Yasmín Ramírez, Head of Media Sales, Americas & Strategic Partnerships, Reuters.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Reuters Institute
Thu, Aug 7 - Leading Gen Z: Empowering the Next Generation to Thrive
What: A comprehensive learning and development framework to help leaders empower Gen Z with the skills and opportunities they need to excel.
Who: Todd Davis, senior consultant at FranklinCovey.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: FranklinCovey
AI definitions: Generative AI
/Generative AI (GenAI) - Artificial intelligence that can produce media content (text, images, audio, video, etc.) by predicting patterns based on huge amounts of data. It doesn’t actually think or create in the way humans do, but it mimics the human brain. As a statistical prediction engine, it operates like the “type ahead” feature on smartphones that makes next-word suggestions. You might say it is like autocomplete at scale that remembers what you've written or said, so the interaction between the user and the AI has a dynamic conversational feel. The ability for it to go back and forth allows users to refine and tweak the requests. Like Wikipedia, it mashes together various sources using statistics. The key difference between generative AI and other types of AI is that generative AI focuses on creating new data, rather than simply analyzing or processing existing data.
More AI definitions here
AI Writing Results
/We depend on a calculator to produce identical results no matter who uses it, but identical results in a writing context are boring at best. At worst, these identical AI results amount to an insidious reproduction of the tropes and stereotypes present in the source text. -LitHub
Difficult & Inconvenient
/It is not only the most difficult thing to know oneself, but the most inconvenient one, too. -Josh Billings
25 Recent Articles about AI & Journalism
/Traffic Apocalypse Google’s AI Overviews are killing click-throughs to news sites. – Columbia Journalism Review
How journalists can spot and mitigate AI bias - Reuters
What Tools Can Newsrooms Use to Evaluate Generative AI Prompts? – Generative AI Newsroom
Amazon to Pay New York Times at Least $20 Million a Year in AI Deal - Wall Street Journal
Meta Exec Joins BBC News For Key Artificial Intelligence Role- Deadline
What Legacy Newsrooms Can Learn from Social Media Creators – Nieman Reports
iOS 26 beta 4 arrives, with Liquid Glass tweaks and AI news summaries – Tech Crunch
What news sources AI chat bots read – Axios
Beyond the Hype: What AI Can and Can’t Do for Journalism – What’s New in Publishing
The struggle over AI in journalism is escalating – Blood in the Machine
How Google AI Overviews is fuelling zero-click searches for top publishers – Press Gazette
Argentina’s President Joins A.I.-Fueled Smear Campaign Against Journalist – New York Times
ChatGPT referrals to news sites are growing, but not enough to offset search declines - Tech Crunch
The Media's Pivot to AI Is Not Real and Not Going to Work – 404 Media
Law360 mandates reporters use AI “bias” detection on all stories - Nieman Lab
AI, Search and the Future of News Once again, distinctiveness is the best defense – Second Rough Draft
News Sites Are Getting Crushed by Google’s New AI Tools – Wall Street Journal
A new tool lets your favorite AI model talk with 2 million articles from The Guardian - Nieman Lab
The Newspaper That Hired ChatGPT – The Atlantic
AI is giving local news a second chance. Will it be ready this time? – Poynter
Journalist says 4,000 fake AI news websites created to game Google algorithms – Press Gazette
AI is polluting truth in journalism. Here’s how to disrupt the misinformation feedback loop. – Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Politico's Owner Is Embarrassing Its Journalists With Garbled AI Slop – Futurism
Generative AI models love to cite Reuters and Axios, study finds - Nieman Lab
TV channel launches Germany's first completely AI-generated news programme - NotebookCheck.net
Using AI to Flesh Out Half-Baked Ideas
/I’ve always found it easier to work out my ideas through dialogue, but not many people are interested in hearing my half-baked ideas. That is why I’ve found that talking through ideas is one of the best uses of AI for writers. NotebookLM takes the idea of talking to the archive to the next level: The archive you chat with is one you assemble yourself with sources for a particular project, which the AI can also help you collect to get started. -Jonathan D. Fitzgerald on Mashable
It is our choices
/It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. - J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (born July 31, 1965)
29 Articles about AI & Data Science from July
/AI Has Flipped Software Development
Designing Software for AI Agents
How Distillation Makes AI Models Smaller and Cheaper
AI Comes Up with Bizarre Physics Experiments. But They Work.
Can large language models do accounting? Evaluating LLMs on real long-horizon complex business tasks
How to Run your LLM on your Laptop
Vibecoding a high performance system
Context Engineering for AI Agents: Lessons from Building Manus
AI Definitions: Machine learning
Do Large Language Models (Really) Need Statistical Foundations?
What is ‘compute-in-memory’ and why is it important for AI?
Budget cuts hit geospatial intelligence and analytics contracts
AI Definitions: Predictive Analytics
Forward-deployed engineering requires creativity combined with technical acumen
7 Python Statistics Tools That Data Scientists Actually Use in 2025
How to Perform Effective Data Cleaning for Machine Learning
How to Measure the ROI of AI Coding Assistants
Building a Personal AI Factory
Do large language models organize information in the same way humans do—and should they?
How to Start Learning Math for Data Science: A Simple Guide
Steps to building a simple RAG pipeline in Python, utilizing ChatGPT API, LangChain, and FAISS
AI Citing News Outlets
/"AI responses to fact-based queries and prompts are more likely to cite news outlets. The outlets most cited include Reuters, the Financial Times, Time, Axios, Forbes and the Associated Press. In this new GEO [generative engine optimization] world, recent content or news stories are what's driving the answers. LinkedIn, Reddit and Glassdoor — places where user-generated content and reviews can be found — can also influence an LLM's response." -Axios
The Path to Courage
/Can you stay in the hard conversation? Can you tell the truth? Can you give feedback when it's hard? Can you ask for feedback when it's hard? Vulnerability is … the only path to courage and it is the birthplace of innovation, creativity, trust, empathy.
Brené Brown in an interview with CBS News
20 Articles about how AI is Affecting Jobs
/Job listings looking for people with AI skills are rising fast – CBS News
How AI is impacting 700 professions — and might impact yours – Washington Post
One in 12 US/UK Employees Uses Chinese GenAI Tools – InfoSecurity Mag
Will AI really wipe out white collar jobs? Tech insiders are split - CNN
Gen Z's broken school-to-work pipeline – Axios
A robot stole my internship: How Gen Z’s entry into the workplace is being affected by AI – The Conversation
The rise of the AI-native employee – Elena’s Growth Scoop
The new hot job in AI: forward-deployed engineers – Semafor
AI is coming for entry-level jobs. Everybody needs to get ready. - Washington Post
Welcome to Your Job Interview. Your Interviewer Is A.I. – New York Times
AI is transforming Indian call centers. What does it mean for workers? - Washington Post
Which Workers Will A.I. Hurt Most: The Young or the Experienced? - New York Times
The four-day work week gets a new booster: AI - Axios
CEOs Start Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud: AI Will Wipe Out Jobs – Wall Street Journal
As if graduating weren’t daunting enough, now students like me face a jobs market devastated by AI – The Guardian
How AI Vibe Coding Is Destroying Junior Developers' Careers - Final Round AI
Will AI really wipe out white collar jobs? Tech insiders are split - CNN
AI is radically changing entry-level jobs, but not eliminating them – CNBC
‘Workforce crisis’: key takeaways for graduates battling AI in the jobs market - The Guardian
The AI-generated search Sweet Spot
/A key difference between AI-generated search results and traditional SEO is that paid marketing and sponsored links rarely populate. Instead of paid marketing, owned content like thought leadership, fact sheets or corporate blogs "seem to be the sweet spot for getting your content cited by these models." -Axios
Developing Social Skills on AI Platforms
/“If teens are developing social skills on AI platforms where they are constantly being validated, not being challenged, not learning to read social cues or understand somebody else’s perspective, they are not going to be adequately prepared in the real world.” - Michael Robb of Common Sense Media, quoted in the Associated Press
How to Make Yourself Miserable
/It is inevitable that life will be not just very short but very miserable for those who acquire by great toil what they must keep by greater toil. - Seneca
20 Recent Articles about the Impact of AI on Health Care
/An AI-Generated Protein Helps T Cells Kill Cancer – The-Scientist
AI is helping patients fight insurance company denials – NBC News
ChatGPT Tells Pregnant Woman To 'Call an Ambulance'—Saves Their Lives - Newsweek
An Artificial Intelligence Code of Conduct for Health and Medicine – National Academy of Medicine
Mayo Clinic develops AI tool that can identify 9 dementia types with a single scan – R & D World Online
Abridge, Whose AI App Takes Notes for Doctors, Valued at $5.3 Billion at Funding – Wall Street Journal
AI tool diagnoses nine types of dementia with 88% accuracy using a single PET scan – Technology Networks
Finding viable sperm in infertile men can take days. AI did it in hours. – Washington Post
AlphaGenome is an AI-powered platform aiming to predict how genetic code variants lead to different diseases – Stat News
Doctors Report the First Pregnancy Using a New AI Procedure – TIME
New Arizona law prevents AI from making health insurance denials – AZ Family
WVU researchers test AI’s limits in emergency room diagnoses – West Virginia University
The expanding role of AI in dentistry: beyond image analysis – Nature
AI faces skepticism in end-of-life decisions, with people favoring human judgment – Medical Xpress
Explainability in the age of large language models for healthcare - Nature
It’s too easy to make AI chatbots lie about health information, study finds – Reuters
AI companies have stopped warning you that their chatbots aren’t doctors – MIT Tech Review
Doctors at Cedars-Sinai develop AI-powered mental health ‘robot’ therapist – LA Times
Microsoft Says Its New AI System Diagnosed Patients 4 Times More Accurately Than Human Doctors – Wired
A GPT-powered medical device certified in Europe raises questions about generative AI in health care – Stat News
The fear that AI will Flatten Everything
/I understand the fear that AI will flatten everything — our voices, our culture, even our humanity. It’s a genuine concern. When algorithms prioritize patterns over personality, the result can be unnervingly uniform. Language becomes smooth but soulless. Distinctiveness gets edited out. And yet — I don’t believe the story ends there. History tells us something else: that when more people can express themselves, culture expands. The spectrum widens. And over time, we find new ways to value voice, not just polish. Yes, we’ll have to work harder to preserve individuality. To notice when we’re defaulting to the safe or generic. -Youjin Nam writing in Medium
AI & Liberal Arts
/In a liberal arts education, the student herself is the product.
Instead of creating a product, humanities education is different. The students themselves are what’s getting created and recreated through the learning process.
A liberal arts education is to be personally transformative by cultivating virtues.
Aristotle saw education as a pursuit that’s personally transformative. He believed the most fundamental goal was not just imparting knowledge, but cultivating virtues that make for a flourishing life.
A product-based, utilitarian vision of college is inadequate.
A college must be a place where the goal of flourishing lies underneath the assignments, the tests, the discussions, the feedback, the clubs, and the social structure. Using generative AI in the classroom threatens to leave out of the process something vital: friction. Cognitive automation threatens to minimize cognitive friction.
16 Webinars this week about AI, Journalism & Media
/Mon, July 28 - AI Literacy: A Toolkit for Family Engagement
What: Learn about a brand-new toolkit for family engagement around AI literacy. We’ll dive into videos, activities for hands-on learning moments, and conversation cards to spark thoughtful discussions.
Who: Valerie Brock, Former Educator, Current Director of Curriculum, Day of AI; Tali Horowitz, East Coast Education Director, Common Sense Education; Jennifer Ehehalt, Sr. Regional Manager, Midwest, Common Sense Education.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsors: Day of AI & Common Sense Media
Mon, July 28 - Building Agentic Systems With PydanticAI
What: Hands-on, high-level walkthrough of agentic system design using PydanticAI, a new open-source library that turns LLMs into structured, tool-enabled agents.
Who: Zhen (Tony) Zhao, Full-Stack Data Scientist, IDinsight.
When: 2 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsors: IDinsight & OpenAI Academy
Tue, July 29 - Learn how to host a community journalism training to keep local journalism thriving
What: Lessons from a community journalism seminar held earlier this year. We’ll offer practical tips and lessons learned in hosting the program, which featured guest lecturers, a field trip to a local newsroom and a finished piece of journalism from each participant.
Who: Jake Wittich, managing editor of Windy City Times; Anna DeShawn, coordinator of Windy City Times’ BLACKlines newsletter and founder of E3 Radio; Reyna Ortiz, program director at Taskforce Prevention and Community Services and a member of Windy City Times’ community journalism training cohort; Lindsey Young, co-owner of Kansas Publishing Ventures and instructor at Earn Your Press Pass.
When: 12:30 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: The Reynolds Journalism Institute
Tue, July 29 - Solidarity Journalism – Reporting for Social Justice Beyond Taking Sides
What: Practical frameworks for journalists and editors to distinguish solidarity for basic dignity from partisanship, prioritize truth over both-sidesism, and build credibility through inclusive, justice-driven coverage. Learn how solidarity journalism can strengthen journalism’s pursuit of truth, deepen audience connection, and uphold the core mission of journalism to serve the public in an era of growing polarization and disinformation.
Who: Anita Varma, a faculty member at the University of Texas at Austin.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: New England Newspaper & Press Association
Tue, July 29 - How To Build Scalable Marketing During Lean Times
What: How to streamline marketing operations by connecting the right people, processes, and technology. This conversation will explore how to spot inefficiencies, reduce friction, and deploy technology that enhances, not hinders, your workflow. You’ll also hear how leading brands are building more agile teams and proving marketing’s value through smarter execution.
Who: Oliver Kimberley, General Manager, Managed Services, Quad. George Forge, SVP Client Technology & Development.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Quad
Tue, July 29 - Critical Thinking for Leveraging AI in Sales and Training: How Credible is AI?
What: How to master the skills that keep you ahead of the curve, trusted by your clients, and indispensable to your organization. Cut Through the Noise About AI in the Media: Discover what’s real, what’s risky, and what actually drives results for sales and marketing teams. Protect Your Credibility: Learn how to spot AI-generated errors before they undermine your client relationships and professional reputation.
Who: C. lee smith C. Lee Smith CEO of SalesFuel, Global Sales Credibility Authority.
When: 3 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: SalesCred
Wed, July 30 - AI in Libraries: Transforming Information Access
What: Explore how AI enhances library services, including automated cataloging, AI-driven search tools, and personalized recommendations. Discuss ethical considerations and best practices for implementation.
Who: Dr. Treg Hopkins Co-Founder of Connectable, an Indiana-based nonprofit; Meg Adams Central Regional Coordinator, Indiana State Library.
When: 10 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Indiana State Library
Wed, July 30 - The 5 Ws of Research
What: Learn how to uncover public records and hard-to-find facts.
Who: Caryn Baird Researcher for PolitiFact; Loreben Tuquero Staff Writer, PolitiFact; Lane DeGregory Enterprise reporter, Tampa Bay Times.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Poynter
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Wed, July 30 - Blending Creativity with AI - Advanced Story Design for Learning
What: Explore how blending AI with creative storytelling can revolutionize eLearning design in our session, "Blending Creativity with AI - Advanced Story Design for Learning." Discover the power of branching scenarios and AI-driven narratives to create personalized, engaging, and memorable learning experiences that cater to individual needs. We will walk through an example live with audience on how to write branching scenarios with AI as a helper and you can.
Who: Garima at atd Garima Gupta, M.Ed., B.E., CTDP Founder & CEO, Artha Learning Inc.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Open Sesame
Wed, July 30 - Generational Giving: How to Better Connect with Each Generation
What: Learn about: How different generations prefer to get involved with your organization. Communication preferences and strategies for Generation Z through Baby Boomers. Tips on how to account for donor preferences in your follow-up and retention efforts.
Who: James Goalder, Partnerships Manager at Bloomerang.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Nonprofit Tech for Good
Wed, July 30 - Disappearing Data and How Reporters Can Respond
What: We’ll review new changes and holes in the federal data landscape and discuss potential strategies for reporters looking to ground stories on a firm foundation of data and facts.
Who: Jarvis Chen is a social epidemiologist and senior lecturer on social and behavioral sciences at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Julia Lane is a professor emerita at the NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service; Angeliki Kastanis is data editor at The Associated Press; J. Emory Parker is the data editor at STAT.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: USC Anneberg Center for Health Journalism
Wed, July 30 - Structuring your data for AI: what you need to know
What: Hear from experts about how to get your data in order before moving forward with AI. Specifically, you’ll learn: The elements of a good data governance strategy to empower AI. Where agencies are gaining productivity by harnessing their data. Where agencies can go awry when it comes to data formatting.
Who: Chris Burroughs, Director, Data Protection and Governance, Commonwealth of Virginia.
When: 2 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Govloop
Wed, July 30 – Strengthening Ties between Local History Organizations and News Media
What: Tips for history organizations looking to engage local journalists around potential stories and insight on other roles the press can play in community life. After about 15 minutes of presentation, attendees will participate in a facilitated conversation and Q&A centered around how to think about sharing your stories with local journalists, what to expect when engaging a local journalist, and what opportunities there may be beyond news stories, too.
Who: Samantha Ragland of the American Press Institute.
When: 3 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: $25 for members, $45 for non-members
Sponsor: The American Association for State and Local History
Thu, July 31 - New research: What news consumers want to know about journalists’ use of AI
What: Survey responses from actual news consumers in the U.S., Brazil and Europe and hear how the public responded to different versions of AI use disclosures used in new stories.
Who: University of Minnesota researcher Benjamin Toff.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Trusting News
Thu, July 31 - AI Tools That Make You More Money
What: We will discuss and demonstrate how the AdApt Media Sales platform increases efficiency and revenue for our local media partners.
Who: Dave Buonfiglio, Jeff Gallop Partners AdApt Media Sales.
When: 2 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Local Media Association
Thu, July 31 - AI-Powered Digital Twins: Transforming Learning & Development
What: Join us as we explore how AI-powered digital twins are revolutionizing the learning and development landscape by converting human expertise into scalable, durable, and accessible resources.
Who: Phylise Banner Director of eLearning, Champlain College Online; David James Clarke IV CEO and Co-founder, Praxis AI.
When: 3 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Open Sesame