18 Webinars this week about AI, Journalism & Media
/Mon, July 27 - How to Spread Solutions Journalism on Social Media, Part 1
What: Creating compelling social-first content that expands the reach and impact of your solutions reporting.
Who: Rahim Jessani, a creator journalist and founder of Bottom Up Media, an independent journalism organization that produces, incubates, and consults on creator journalism for the next generation of audiences.
When: 11 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Solutions Journalism
Tue, July 28 - The Rise of South Africa's Indie Info Providers
What: Recent surveys suggest that about one in four South Africans now get news from individuals rather than organisations. In the face of shrinking newsrooms, how are independent content and information providers reshaping the face of South African media? Join us for a look at a new report from the Center for News, Technology & Innovation (CNTI), all about South Africa's independent information providers.
Who: Pheladi Sethusa; Wits Centre for Journalism; Jay Barchas-Lichtenstein & Emily Wright from CNTI; Chris Roper from Code for Africa.
When: 8 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Wits Centre for Journalism
Tue, July 28 - How collaboratives can provide journalists safety
What: An overview of the current status quo and shows how news collaboratives join forces to draw and execute a solid safety plan that addresses their particular needs.
Who: Liza Gross is a journalist and media leader with over three decades of experience working in executive positions at news organizations and non profits.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: eventbrite
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Collaborative Journalism Resource Hub, which is housed at the Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair State University
Tue, July 28 - Creating high-quality presentations
What: We will walk through how to shape the narrative, ground the work in relevant context, define slide constraints, create a deck plan, draft speaker notes, and ask for a review trail before sharing. You will also learn where human review matters most, including source accuracy, layout, tone, assumptions, and approvals. You will leave with a reusable presentation workflow that includes a deck plan, source list, speaker note pattern, and review checklist.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: OpenAI Academy
Tue, July 28 - Introduction to AI Strategy Development (Strategic Planning + Technology Assistance)
What: Understanding how your team interacts with AI and tech is extremely important. To do strategic planning correctly, we must now include how AI will assist us in completing our work. There are too few resources and too high a need to get this wrong.
Who: Tina Crouse who works in AI Ethics and Strategy. She is a Responsible AI practitioner and has been delivering webinars and in-person presentations on AI since 2022. She is the author of several articles about AI and Nonprofits
When: 3 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: TechSoup
Wed, July 29 - Codex bootcamp 101: Agentic coding
What: Learn how to use Codex for practical agentic coding workflows. We’ll cover how to scope tasks, provide effective context, steer work as it progresses, and review changes before they’re applied.
Who: Allie Lei AI Deployment Manager, OpenAI; Sean Lubbers Technical Success, OpenAI; Javin Pombra AI Deployment Manager, OpenAI; Alexandra Nanu AI Deployment Manager, OpenAI.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: OpenAI Academy
Wed, July 29 - Historical Headlines: Unearthing Stories in Digital News Archives
What: Uncover the lasting value of digital historical newspapers for genealogy, local history, classroom projects, community research, and more. Learn how these rich primary sources can help patrons make meaningful discoveries.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Newsbank
Wed, July 29 - Responsible use and AI ethics in legal aid
What: This panel will focus on themes of responsible AI use and AI ethics in legal aid settings. The discussion will explore practical considerations for organizations adopting AI tools, including confidentiality, accuracy, human review, equity, client trust, and appropriate use.
Who: Gloria Lee, Chief Legal Officer, Everlaw; Bridget McCormack, President & CEO, American Arbitration Association; former Chief Justice, Michigan Supreme Court Angela Tripp, Program Officer for Technology, Legal Services Corporation Rich Leimsider, Director, AI for Nonprofits Sprint.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: OpenAI Academy
Wed, July 29 - AI-Powered Customer Intelligence with Adobe CX Analytics
What: In this webinar, you'll see how leading organizations are using Adobe CX Analytics to cut through complexity and build a clearer, more connected view of their customers.
Who: Max Cohen, Sr. Marketing Analyst, Major League Baseball; Josh Smiley, Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Adobe.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Association of National Advertisers
Wed, July 29 - Storytelling for Impact
What: Join us as we go through tips, techniques and tools to help the modern marketer tell better and more impactful stories to activate their audiences around ideas and actions.
Who: Kiersten Hill, Director of Nonprofit Solutions.
When: 2 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Firespring
Wed, July 29 - The Stories We Tell: The Politics of Stigma and the Language of Immigration Reporting
What: We’ll take a closer look at one aspect of that history and explore how a social justice initiative launched 21 years ago has shaped the language we use and the stories we tell about immigration today. We’ll excavate the recent history of the terms we use when talking about immigrants, explain how they’ve become politically weaponized, and discuss what’s at stake for the health and well-being of immigrant families and communities.
Who: Rinku Sen is a writer and social justice strategist, and the executive director of the Narrative Initiative.
When: 2:30 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsors: USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism & the Narrative Initiative.
Thu, July 30 - Reuters Digital News Report 2026
What: A presentation of key findings in this year’s research that reflect the biggest and latest trends in North America.
Who: Jim Egan, Senior Research Associate,
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Reuters
Thu, July 30 - Automating workflows
What: We will map the workflow from start to finish: what triggers the work, what context is needed, which tools or source materials matter, who owns each step, where approvals happen, and what a good output looks like. Then we will turn that map into a reusable workflow brief you can use to guide ChatGPT, Codex, a skill, or a workspace agent depending on what is available in your workspace. You will leave with a practical workflow brief and a checklist for deciding what should be automated, reviewed, or kept human-led.
Who: Juliann Igo GTM, OpenAI
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: OpenAI Academy
Thu, July 30 - Industry Attitudes and Usage of AI: Year 3 Survey Review
What: The ANA's Year 3 AI Member Survey is back with fresh data on how the industry is adopting, investing in, and integrating artificial intelligence. Join us as we break down the latest findings and explore how organizations at different stages of AI adoption have evolved over the past year. We'll dive into investment trends, organizational strategies, and governance approaches. If you want to know where your organization stands and what it takes to move forward, this is the conversation to join.
Who: Stacey Lynn Schulman, Founder & Chief Executive at Human Insight.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Association of National Advertisers
Thu, July 30 - Automating workflows
What: We will map the workflow from start to finish: what triggers the work, what context is needed, which tools or source materials matter, who owns each step, where approvals happen, and what a good output looks like. Then we will turn that map into a reusable workflow brief you can use to guide ChatGPT, Codex, a skill, or a workspace agent depending on what is available in your workspace.
Who: Juliann Igo GTM, OpenAI.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: OpenAI Academy
Thu, July 30 - From SEO to AEO and beyond: Building resilient newsrooms in the AI era
What: Diversifying traffic and deepening audience relationships are key to building resilience in the AI era. With AI answers on the rise and search traffic declining, news organizations can’t simply replace SEO with AEO. Instead, publishers need to strengthen their foundations by diversifying traffic and revenue sources while building deeper connections with their audiences. In this session, we will share strategies that every news publisher should be investing in now--whether you’re all in or all out on AI, or still exploring your approach.
Who: Laura E. Davis, Indiegraf's entrepreneur in residence.
When: 2 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Indiegraf
Thu, July 30 - Get started with ChatGPT Work
What: We’ll show you how Chat and Work complement each other. You’ll see Work tackle two projects from start to finish: building an offsite planning workbook from scattered materials and creating a leadership presentation from business data and team updates.
When: 2 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: OpenAI Academy
Fri, July 31 - Meet Fernanda Santos
What: IRE's Investigative Editors and Managers of Color Community is holding free ongoing webinars aimed at helping professionals connect.
Who: Fernanda Santos is an editorial director at The 19th.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: IRE