20 Webinars this week about AI, Journalism & Media
/Mon, June 22 - AI with intention: From Trends to Impact
What: This session brings structure to the process of keeping up with AI, helping you identify where AI fits and where it does not. Discover how to focus your efforts, apply AI to real challenges, and build a strategy that supports consistent, mission-driven work.
Who: Loree Lipstein, Founder and CEO, Thread Strategies; Sara LaCava Lieberman, Principle, Thread Strategies.
When: 2 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Bloomerang
Tue, June 23 AI in Practice: How Academic Libraries Are Transforming Core Workflows
What: The Academic AI Impact Study, based on in-depth interviews with library professionals across eight institutions, provides evidence on how AI is reshaping core library workflows. Join practitioners from the study as they share what changed in their day-to-day operations, why human oversight remains essential, and what library leaders should consider as they evaluate AI adoption in their own institutions.
Who: Melissa Gomis, Associate Professor of Practice, Chair, Collections Strategy & Open Scholarship, University Libraries at University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Adil Husain, Founder, The Intelligence Council and Managing Director, Emerging Strategy; Amit Niv, Head of Metadata and Process Management, Younes & Soraya Nazarian Library.
When: 11 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Library Journal
Tue, June 23 - Dear AI: What have You Done for Me Lately??
What: This session will help you understand where the tools stand today and how best to implement them into your presentation work. Research, structure, design, visuals, and rehearsal -- there are AI tools for all of these facets! Along the way, we’ll also look at where human judgment still matters most.
Who: Rick Altman Director, BetterPresenting.com.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Training Magazine Network
Tue, June 23 - How collaboratives can use CCIJ’s ElectionWatch tool
What: This webinar will provide attendees with practical knowledge on collaborative election monitoring, AI-assisted verification workflows, and newsroom coordination strategies.
Who: Nelly Kalu, multi-format broadcast and investigative journalist and Product and Innovation Manager at the Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Eventbrite
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Center for Cooperative Media
Tue, June 23 - Investigating Data Centers
What: We'll cover the basics of data centers and finding information and sources for data center investigations.
Who: Erika Owens, Pulitzer Center; Laís Martins AI Fellow; Pablo Jiménez Arandia AI Fellow.
When: 12:30 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Pulitzer Center
Tue, June 23 - Freelancing 101: How to establish yourself — and thrive — as an independent journalist
What: Our panel will discuss what it takes to be successful when stepping out on your own. You’ll receive practical tips from seasoned freelancers on how to court clients, craft pitches and carry out the business aspects of operating as an independent journalist. Whether you’ve been freelancing for years or you’re new to independent writing, this session is for you.
Who: Mallika Mitra, business and financial freelance journalist; Chris Morris, contributing writer at Fast Company, Inc., Moneywise and AARP; Chris Taylor, personal finance journalist; Ellen Sheng, founder and principal, Sheng Media.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Society for Advancing Business Editing & Writing
Tue, June 23 - Rethinking AI: Precision over Volume
What: The future of fundraising is not about reaching more people, but reaching the right people. This session explores how AI enables a more focused approach, prioritizing quality over quantity. Learn how nonprofits are reducing unnecessary contact while improving revenue and strengthening trust with their communities.
Who: Tim Paris, Co-founder and CEO, Dataro.
When: 2 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Bloomerang
Tue, June 23 - How marketing teams use Codex
What: Codex can help marketing teams turn scattered context into useful deliverables your team can review, refine, and share. Join us for a practical session on where Codex can fit into marketing workflows. We’ll focus on bringing context together, shaping useful outputs, and reviewing quality before anything gets shared.
Who: Diana Stegall, Customer Education, OpenAI; Lois Newman, Customer Enablement, OpenAI; Charmaine Pek, AI Deployment, OpenAI; Jen Beltran ,AI Deployment Manager, OpenAI.
When: 2 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: OpenAI Academy
Tue, June 23 - Building creator-newsroom partnerships that work
Who: Marlene Harris-Taylor, American Press Institute
When: 4 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Center for Scholastic Journalism at Kent State University & and Trusting News
Wed, June 24 - Navigating AI: A Small Business Focus Group
What: This interactive focus group will discuss the realities of AI for small businesses. We want to hear about your successes, your frustrations, and your hesitations. Your real-world feedback will directly influence future state economic initiatives and help us design the exact training, workshops, and resources small businesses need to navigate the evolving tech landscape.
Who: Brett Smith, Director, Lehigh University SBDC.
When: 11 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Lehigh University Small Business Development Center
Wed, June 24 - Negotiating FOIA fees
What: Strategies and practical tips for working with officials to lower the fees for open records.
Who: Kimbriell Kelly, editor-in-chief of Chicago Public Media and VP for the Fund for Investigative Journalism.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: The Fund for Investigative Journalism
Wed, June 24 - How Nonprofit Professionals Can AI-Proof Their Careers
What: Become AI-literate in the concepts most immediately to impact your career so you can start the process of upskilling now and thrive in your career for years to come.
Who: Heather Mansfield, Founder of Nonprofit Tech for Good.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Nonprofit Tech for Good
Wed, June 24 - An introduction to the AI Equity Framework
What: Meena Das Founder, Namaste Data and the AI Equity Project
Who: Discover how to assess AI decisions through a values-driven lens and build practices that strengthen trust and guide smarter choices.
When: 2 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Bloomerang
Thu, June 25 - How to Build the Workforce Readiness AI Needs to Scale
What: We will examine why most AI initiatives stall after early adoption and what organizations must change internally to turn AI investment into real operational performance. We will share a clear framework for aligning AI initiatives with workforce readiness, role-based capability development and scalable execution. Attendees will leave with a stronger understanding of why AI strategies fail and what leading organizations are doing differently to close the gap between adoption and impact.
Who: LearnQuest managing director, Dimitri Schneiberg.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Training Industry
Thu, June 25 - Personalizing Donor Engagement at Scale: How AI Turns Small Teams Into Powerhouses
What: We will explore how a new generation of agentic AI is reshaping what’s possible for philanthropic organizations. Drawing on real‑world experience across analytics, fundraising strategy, and emerging AI capabilities, this session reframes personalization not as a manual effort, but as a scalable, outcome‑driven approach.
Who: Blackbaud experts Stephen Churchill and Carol Belair.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Blackbaud
Thu, June 25 - Kabas v District of Columbia: Unearthing footage of the hostile DOGE takeover of the U.S. Institute of Peace
What: We will discuss the legal obstacles journalists encounter when they try to obtain public records, how the attorneys of the Reporters Committee work with them to overcome those challenges, and how this affects your First Amendment Freedoms.
Who: Marisa Kabas, Independent Writer and Reporter; Adam Marshall, Director of National Litigation·Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.
When: 2 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Thu, June 25 - Selling your newsroom idea clearly, concisely and compellingly to funders
What: Marketing your newsroom’s work is essential to securing support, building audiences, and advancing your mission. We will help participants strengthen their elevator pitch, identify barriers to self-promotion, and find the words that clearly communicate the uniqueness and fundability of their work.
Who: Ken Schneck, Editor of The Buckeye Flame.
When: 3 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: New England Newspaper & Press Association
Thu, June 25 - Generative AI in Mathematics Education
What: This session will describe how Generative AI has been used in the mathematics teacher education in Singapore, and a glimpse into the use of Gen AI in school mathematics classroom. More importantly, he will also present an alternative paradigm of using Gen AI embedding into the problem-solving mathematics curriculum.
Who: Tin Lam TOH, Associate Professor, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
When: 8 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: The National Academy of Sciences
Thu, June 25 - SEO and the Era of AI Search
What: In this session, we'll talk about the different ways Google is presenting content, and how you can make sure your pages get found. We'll cover keyword research, linking best practices, and coverage tips to help you stand out from the competition.
Who: Tyson Bird is the Editorial Product Manager at American City Business Journals.
When: 2 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: $35
Sponsor: Online Media Campus
Fri, June 26 - Going Behind the Headlines with the Author of the Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2026
What: An exploration of the key findings from the 2026 edition of the Reuters Institute’s Digital News Report and the implications for publishers.
Who: Jim Egan, Senior Research Associate, Reuters Institute; Kevin Anderson, Director, Digital Revenue Network, WAN-IFRA London.
When: 8 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free to World Association of News Publishers members
Sponsor: World Association of News Publishers