29 Webinars this week about AI, Journalism & Media
/Mon, April 20 - Introduction to Web Accessibility for Nonprofits
What: In this session, nonprofit leaders will explore essential accessibility concepts, common website challenges, and clear strategies to improve usability for people with disabilities. Walk away with practical guidance you can apply immediately to strengthen your online presence, increase engagement, and deepen your impact.
Who: Erin Mastrantonio, Elevation Web.
When: 11 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Nonprofit Learning
Mon, April 20 - What the Best AI Literacy Guidebooks Get Right
What: We will explore the common patterns appearing across AI literacy guidebooks from districts across the country. Instead of focusing on individual districts, this session curates the best ideas that are rising to the top and highlights practical approaches that schools are using to build responsible, confident AI use.
Who: Matthew Winters, Artificial Intelligence Educational Specialist, Utah State Board of Education); Jennifer Ehehalt, Former Educator, Current Senior Regional Manager, Common Sense Education; Sue Thotz, Former Educator, Current Director, Education Outreach, Common Sense Media.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Common Sense Education
Mon, April 20 - Using AI to Measure the Efficacy of Professional Learning
What: We will discuss how using AI to analyze large collections of data can shed light on the efficacy of professional learning.
Who: Lisa Schmucki, Founder and CEO of edWeb.net; Thor Prichard, President and CEO of Clarity Innovations.
When: 4 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: EdWeb.net
Tue, April 21 - Codex on Campus
What: A session for students, researchers, faculty, and staff who want to use Codex to take action in their daily routines and workflows. It is designed for the entire campus community—not just developers or technical users—making it accessible across roles and levels of technical experience. This session introduces Codex from the perspective of practical use, showing how it can support productivity, creativity, and reducing administrative burden across campus.
Who: Gaurav Kaila, AI Deployment Manager, OpenAI; Shaig Abduragimov, Solutions Engineering Education, OpenAI.
When: 5 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: OpenAI Academy
Tue, April 21 - Building a sustainable journalism portfolio
What: A look at what makes a freelance or senior-level CV stand out, whether you are pitching for commissions, applying for contracts, or positioning yourself for consultancy and leadership opportunities.
Who: ITN recruitment consultant Dan Sado.
When: 7:30 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: members, £10; nonmembers, £15
Sponsor: Women in Journalism
Tue, April 21 - From Batch to Real-Time: What It Actually Takes to Modernize Your Data Pipelines
What: In this session, we’ll talk through what pipeline modernization actually looks like in practice. We'll cover when CDC is the right move versus when it's overkill, how to approach hybrid environments where legacy and cloud systems need to coexist, and what separates teams that modernize incrementally from those that get stuck in planning mode
Who: Kim Fessel, Jess Ramos of Big Data Energy; Manish Patel, GM of Data Integration at CData.
When: 9 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Towards Data Science
Tue, April 21 - Digital Marketing Trends in 2026
What: Join us for an engaging, forward-looking session exploring 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: Join Digital Marketing Strategist Ray Sidney-Smith
When: 10 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: $45
Sponsor: Small Business Development Center, Duquesne University
Tue, April 21 - 12,000 AI Projects Later: The Creative Lessons You Can’t Google
What: We will share what they’ve learned about going all-in on AI and give a practical demonstration of what that looks like from briefing to brand consistency.
Who: Phillip Maggs, Director of AI Product, Superside; Juliana Paba, Senior Project Manager, Superside.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Superside
Tue, April 21 - Codex for Beginners
What: Join OpenAI Academy for an introductory session on Codex, designed for anyone curious about building with AI—no technical experience required. We’ll start with a quick overview of what Codex is, key definitions, and how it works, before moving into live demonstrations of what you can create as a nontechnical user.
Who: Aaron Wilkowitz, Solutions Engineer, OpenAI.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: OpenAI Academy
Tue, April 21 - The Law of Discrimination in the Journalism Workplace
What: This workshop will assist you in understanding the fundamentals of employment discrimination law applicable to news organizations and journalistic endeavors, including differences between employees and contractors; discrimination in the context of hiring, discipline, and termination; different forms that discrimination takes; and responses to incidents of discrimination. The session also explores harassment, a close legal cousin of discrimination.
Who: Anaeli Petisco-Rojas, Vice President, Employment Law, TelevisalUnivision; Jamila Brinson, Partner, Labor and Employment, Jackson Walker LLP.
When: 6 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free to members
Sponsor: National Association of Hispanic Journalists.
Wed, April 22 - Advanced AI Course: Finding stories in data using AI
What: You’ll explore where AI tools can genuinely help with analysis, extraction and transformation and how to find a treasure trove of stories buried in datasets. The focus is on practical newsroom tips and maintaining editorial oversight while working more efficiently.
Who: Paul Bradshaw, Data Journalist, BBC.
When: 7:30 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: members, £15; nonmembers, £25
Sponsor: Women in Journalism
Wed, April 22 - Service Journalism that Actually Pays Off – Lessons from Village Media
What: How practical, everyday journalism—housing guides, school updates, local government coverage that people can use—has become a direct driver of reader revenue, stronger habits, and higher advertiser relevance.
Who: Jeff Elgie, CEO, Village Media, Canada.
When: 9 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: World Association of News Publishers
Wed, April 22 - ChatGPT for Work 101: A guide to your AI superassistant
What: We'll cover: An overview of AI and ChatGPTs Best practices for writing good prompts; Demos of content creation, data analysis, and image generation; How to discover use cases of ChatGPT at work.
Who: Juliann Igo, GTM, OpenAI.
When: 9:45 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: OpenAI Academy
Wed, April 22 - Creating Training Content With AI
What: Industry experts will share how learning organizations are using AI to optimize, automate and enhance content development workflows. Sessions will explore best practices for navigating multiple AI tools while maintaining consistency, quality and alignment with learning goals.
Who: Thomas Magnifico, VP of Strategic Partnerships, D-ID; Danny Pichardo, Director of Customer Success – US, D-ID.
When: 11 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Training Industry
Wed, April 22 - Delivering Real Learning Impact with AI — Live Demo
What: Join us to get a firsthand look at how Adobe Learning Manager brings AI to every stage of the learning journey - including personalized recommendations, deep semantic search, conversational AI Assistants, and AI‑driven coaching for role‑based practice. We’ll also share a practical, forward‑looking view of how generative AI will influence the next generation of learning design.
Who: Justin Justin Seeley Learning Evangelist, Adobe.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Adobe Learning Management
Wed, April 22 - Beyond the basics of science reporting
What: This webinar, designed for reporters covering science either occasionally or full-time—teaches basic principles about recognizing science worth reporting on and doing it justice in your coverage.
Who: Freelance science reporter Elena Renken; Ph.D. neuroscientist Dr. Tori Espensen.
When: 2 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: SciLine
Wed, April 22 - ChatGPT for Work 102: Leveraging AI to do your best work
What: Next step for growing your skills. Join the OpenAI team to learn how to conduct deep research for report writing, organize your work with Projects, and build custom GPTs to automate tasks. What you will learn: How to leverage deep research to generate reports How to create Projects in ChatGPT; An overview of GPTs and best practices for building them.
Who: Juliann Igo, GTM, OpenAI.
When: 2 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: OpenAI Academy
Wed, April 22 - From Newsroom to Network: Mapping the Community Roles That Fuel Local News
What: This workshop will introduce participants to a framework of “Community News Roles” developed by the Journalism + Design Lab, which reframes journalism as a set of actions — such as documenting, sensemaking, facilitating, and navigating — that people fulfill every day to contribute to the flow of local news.
Who: Cole Goins is the Managing Director of the Journalism + Design Lab; Megan Lucero is the Network Lead for the Journalism + Design Lab.
When: 2 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Online News Association
Wed, April 22 - Launching Events to Power Local Journalism
What: This webinar brings together leaders from The Post & Courier, The Miami Herald, and Illinois Answers Project/Better Government Association to share practical, real-world strategies for building event-based philanthropic funding from the ground up.
Who: Claire Linney, VP of Development, The Post & Courier; Jane Wooldridge, formerly Senior Director for Journalism Sustainability and Partnerships, The Miami Herald; Amber Bel’cher, VP of Development, Better Government Association
When: 2 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Local Media Association Lab for Journalism Funding
Thu, April 23 - Structure your messy content to unlock its value in the AI market
What: We will explore how to turn archives into structured, machine-readable datasets, unlocking entirely new value in AI markets. Key takeaways: Structured content is the real asset; Archives hold untapped value; Quality and provenance matter more than volume; The shift from scraping to licensing is redefining publisher leverage.
Who: Brooke Hartley Moy, CEO and Founder, Infactory; Mary Liz McCurdy, SVP of Strategic Partnerships and Business Development, The Atlantic; Ezra Eeman, Lead, AI in Media, WAN-IFRA; Kevin Anderson, Director of the Digital Revenue Network, WAN-IFRA.
When: 10 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: World Association of News Publishers
Thu, April 23 - Why Young Audiences Pay: If You Give Them Something Worth Paying For
What: We will challenge two of the industry’s most persistent assumptions: that publishers need entirely new products to reach young audiences, and that younger consumers simply will not pay for news and journalism. Join this session for an inside look at what Podme learned while building a subscription audience — and what those lessons reveal about how to create journalism that younger audiences see as worth paying for.
Who: Kristin Ward Heimdal, Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief, Podme.
When: 10 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free to members
Sponsor: International News Media Association
Thu, April 23 - The Future of Job Search
What: We will explores the trends that are already changing how people find jobs and how jobs find people, stretches them forward, and asks what they might mean for someone building a career in research, industry, or both. Expect honest speculation, practical takeaways, and a few uncomfortable questions about how you present yourself in a world that's increasingly automated.
Who: Erik Fors-Andrée, VP and founder of Go Monday, one of Sweden's largest suppliers of counseling on working life and career.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Karolinska Institute
Thu, April 23 - Midterms Briefing: Covering impactful elections stories in 2026
What: What journalists and their audiences need to know, including: changes in voter list maintenance and what they mean for election coverage; trends among the elections workforce; how reporters can understand and analyze the data that comes in rapidly on Election Day; questions reporters can ask before election results come in; and how to cover major policy proposals in a way that cuts through the noise.
Who: Wren Orey, director of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Elections Project.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: National Press Club Journalism Institute; Bipartisan Policy Center
Thu, April 23 - Work Shift and New America Launch Reporting Fellowship
What: This webinar is about the new Future of Work Reporting Fellowship to support journalists telling essential stories: how education, workforce development, and the innovation economy intersect in real communities, and what it means for people's lives and livelihoods. Join this launch webinar to learn more about how to apply for the opportunity and support the fellowship.
Who: Elyse Ashburn, Co-Founder & Editor, Work Shift; Paul Fain, Co-Founder & Editor, Work Shift; Shalin Jyotishi, Founder & Director, Future of Work & Innovation Economy initiative, New America; Carol Rava, Vice President for Education Philanthropy, Ascendium Education Group.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: New America
Thu, April 23 - Why Brands Must Build a 360 Strategy for YouTube in 2026
What: You’ll Learn: Why investment in brand channels and creator partnerships has grown exponentially; Best practices from top brand marketers and creator experts across all three engagement areas; How to unify every YouTube touchpoint so your audience receives one clear, compelling message.
Who: Lauren Bane, Senior Digital Marketing Manager, Brand Impact Patagonia; Jamie Gutfreund, Jamie Gutfreund, Founder, Creator Vision; Matt Duffy, CMO Pixability.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Pixability
Thu, April 23 - From Burnout to Breakthrough: Using AI and Automation to Reclaim 75% of your Week
What: We’ll move past the AI hype to show you exactly how smart automation can act as a “digital coordinator” for your team. We will show you how organizations much like yours are growing their volunteer base, delivering more services and doing it all without asking too much from their dedicated and loyal team.
Who: Jim Schwab, Volunteer Systems Consultant at Rosterfy.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: CharityVilliage
Thu, April 23 - The Modern Editor Toolkit
What: We will explore the essential skills editors need to lead in today’s faster, more complex and more visible newsroom environment. As editors take on expanded roles as strategists, coaches, technologists and guardians of public trust, success more than ever depends on clear priorities, strong audience awareness and sound judgment under pressure. This toolkit provides practical frameworks for understanding audiences, coaching reporters, making smart editorial decisions, using metrics and AI responsibly, and building sustainable newsroom systems.
Who: Allison Petty, director, local news, Lee Enterprises; Chris Coates, senior director, local news, Lee Enterprises.
When: 2 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: $35
Sponsor: Online Media Campus
Thu, April 23 - AI-Powered Coaching: The Next Chapter for Manager Development
What: We will share how AI-powered role-plays, real-time coaching, and feedback are reshaping how organizations develop managers. We’ll explore why this is such a pivotal moment for leadership development, how AI coaching drives consistency and supports managers in the flow of work, and walk through a live demonstration of Tenor's voice AI coaching for performance development, followed by Q&A.
Who: Tenor Co-Founder James Cross.
When: 3 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Tenor
Fri, April 24 - ASERL Copyright Office Hour
What: Please bring your puzzling and perplexing copyright questions.
When: 3 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Association of Southeastern Research Libraries