30 Webinars this week about AI, Journalism & Media
/Mon, July 13 - AI for Everyday Automation: Practical Tools You Can Use This Week
What: Practical framework for finding where AI fits your actual workflows, based on how he uses it daily in his own nonprofit work — not just for drafting, but for automating repetitive tasks, connecting systems, and pulling insights out of data that used to take days.
Who: Daniel Lombardi, an "accidental techie" and author of “No Code Nonprofit .”
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: TechSoup
Mon, July 13 - Trust on Trial: AI Output, Human Judgement
What: We will explore How leaders and professionals evaluate AI output; When speed gains ground over judgment—and when that's dangerous; How to maintain accountability in environments where machines influence decisions; Building trust in organizations where AI increasingly shapes what gets decided; Practical ways to balance AI efficiency with human judgment.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: The AI Collective
Tue, July 14 – Reimagining Media Literacy Through Neurodivergent Cognitive Pathways
What: What if instruction acknowledged that learners bring diverse ways of processing information, navigating ambiguity, organizing ideas, recognizing patterns, interpreting social cues, and constructing meaning? What if we intentionally designed media literacy moves with neurodivergent cognition in mind? By honoring cognitive diversity, we can design inclusive pathways, making media literacy practices more accessible, sustainable, and transferable beyond the classroom.
Who: Katie McNamara, a teacher librarian at a public high school in California and is the director of the Teacher Librarian Program at Fresno Pacific University.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Media Education Lab
Tue, July 14 - Making the Past Present: Strategies for Reporting on History
What: We will discuss how journalists can use historical research to power their own work, adding crucial perspectives and findings that can recast the present.
Who: Journalist and author Lee Hawkins
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism
Tue, July 14 - How Nonprofits Are Using AI to Improve Marketing Performance
What: We will explore how nonprofits are using AI to improve marketing performance. Topics include personalization and segmentation at scale, AI-driven campaign optimization, and real examples of AI in marketing workflows. Attendees will gain clarity on how to apply AI in a practical way to drive stronger results and more effective campaigns.
Who: Joe DiGiovanni Co-Founder, Tapp Network; Sarah Bucci, Senior Account Manager, Tapp Network; Aretha Simons, webinar producer, nonprofit consultant & AI adoption strategist.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Tapp Network
Tue, July 14 - Introducing AI with Purpose and Practicality
What: Learn how libraries can introduce AI with purpose and practicality through makerspace activities, community conversations, curated guidebooks, strategic partnerships and other creative services.
Who: Amanda Sweet, the Technology Innovation Librarian for the Nebraska Library Commission.
When: 2 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Association of Southeastern Research Libraries
Tue, July 14 - Actor-driven innovation to empower performers for the age of AI
What: As rapid advances in artificial intelligence reshape the creative economy, the goal is to empower actors, creators, and professionals across industries to harness these tools, while elevating the irreplaceable human qualities no technology can supersede. We support the idea that actor training represents one of the most underutilized frameworks for human development in the modern economy.
Who: Emily Roxworthy, Dean of the School of Dramatic Arts at the University of Southern California.
When: 2 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsors: USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, and the USC School of Dramatic Arts.
Tue, July 14 - When AI Comes Knocking: A Decision Framework for Archival Collections
What: This webinar introduces the UVA Archival AI Protocol, a decision framework downloaded over 6,000 times since its release, and the Statement of Shared Practice, a coalition commitment now signed by 17 institutions and growing. Together, they reframe AI training access as a disposition decision rather than an access decision, a distinction that changes how libraries evaluate risk, obligation, and community trust.
Who: Leo S. Lo, University Librarian and Dean of Libraries, University of Virginia.
When: 2 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: American Library Association
Tue, July 14 - Chatbots and their informational needs
What: How the public is using AI chatbots to get informed.
Who: Jay Barchas-Lichtenstein, Senior Research Manager at the Center for News, Technology & Innovation.
When: 3 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free to members
Sponsor: Online News Association
Tue, July 14 - Trust Is the New Moat. The Hidden Buying and Investing Criteria for Enterprise AI
What: Every enterprise AI deal has a hidden gate. Before a buyer signs or an investor writes a check, they're running the same quiet screen: can I trust this thing where it matters.
Who: Michael Luu runs risk for a major water utility; Vik Ghai, Managing Partner, G2C Ventures; Adelina Martiniuc, CEO, RoryPlans.ai.
When: 3 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: The AI Collective
Tue, July 14 - AI Basics for Journalists
What: We will cover the basics of large language models and show you how to set up custom preferences, design prompts and how to use the technology safely and ethically in a journalistic way.
Who: Mike Reilley Founder, JournalistsToolbox.AI, AI and Digital Trainer.
When: 3 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Public Media Journalists Association
Wed, July 15 - How Dennik N built a reader-first subscription culture
What: We will explain how one of Europe’s most successful subscription news businesses nurtured a reader-first culture within the company, how that success centered on getting journalists to care about what readers value most, and how they used reader data to shape coverage priorities, hiring decisions, newsroom incentives, and editorial strategy.
Who: Tomáš Bella, one of Denník N’s co-founders and now CEO of EUobserver.
When: 10 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: International News Media Association
Wed, July 15 - How to Leverage AI to Analyze Learning Metrics That Matter
What: We’ll show you how to tame platform sprawl, kill data silos and establish an insight-driven ecosystem that your stakeholders trust. You’ll leave with the metrics that actually matter today, a roadmap to consolidate your data and the confidence to drive data fluency across your L&D org.
Who: Gary Lamach II EVP, Chief Transformation Officer, ELB Learning.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Training Magazine Network
Wed, July 15 - Copyright Essentials: Copyright 101
What: This event is the latest edition in our educational series designed to teach copyright basics and key concepts to creators within various disciplines. In this session, we will discuss the foundations of copyright law, the process of copyright registration, and Copyright Office programs supporting research, enforcement, and understanding concepts like fair use. They will also answer commonly asked questions; review educational resources and registration options, such as the Office’s Copyright Registration Toolkit; and share how the Copyright Office’s Public Information Office can assist along the way.
Who: Representatives from the Copyright Office.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: U.S. Copyright Office
Wed, July 15 - Meet the Author: When the Declaration of Independence Was News
What: We will discuss how the newspapers of 1776 affected the drafting of the Declaration of Independence and how the world heard about America’s break with Great Britain.
Who: Emily Sneff is an early American historian and leading expert on the Declaration of Independence.
When: 6 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: The DC chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists
Wed, July 15 - Midterm Prep Webinar
What: We will give editors, broadcasters, producers and reporters actionable reporting strategies to strengthen their election coverage ahead of the 2026 midterms.
Who: Jon Greenberg, Beat Academy lead faculty; Caryn Baird, Poynter news researcher; Amy Sherman PolitiFact senior correspondent.
When: Not provided
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Poynter
Wed, July 15 - AI foundations for legal aid professionals
What: This session is built for those who want to understand what the tools can do, how to prompt clearly, and where AI can help with day-to-day work while keeping professional responsibility and client trust front and center.
Who: Bright Kellog Program Manager, OpenAI; Kath Kennelly Program Manager, OpenAI.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsors: OpenAI Academy, Everlaw, the Legal Services National Technology Assistance Project
Wed, July 15 - AI for Compliance: What Teams Are Using Today
What: How legal and compliance teams are putting AI to work today, the governance principles required to use it responsibly, and the emerging opportunities that will define the future of compliance programs. Attendees will gain practical insights into real-world AI workflows, learn what separates effective compliance-focused AI from generic solutions, and explore how organizations can improve efficiency while maintaining accountability, consistency, and oversight.
Who: Jeremy Hui, Kara Rayburn.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: NAVEX
Wed, July 15 - Winning Brand Trust in the Age of AI: The IRL Media Advantage
What: We’ll explore new research on how IRL (in-real-life) media helps brands build credibility and connection in an increasingly synthetic world. From shared, real-world experiences that create collective validation, to the “proof of presence” that signals accountability, IRL offers a powerful counterbalance to growing digital distrust.
Who: Christina Radigan, Chief Research Officer, OUTFRONT Media; Stacy Lamkin, Partner Kantar Consulting.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Association of National Advertisers
Wed, July 15 - Understanding the media: A starter guide for scientists
What: This webinar is designed specifically for media-curious scientists with little or no media experience—teaches the basics scientists need to know as they consider dipping their toes or diving deeper into media engagement. We provide an overview of the U.S. news landscape, including the different types of media outlets and reporters a scientist might encounter (and what each is looking for), professional similarities and differences between journalists and scientists, and the risks and benefits of participating in interviews.
When: 2 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsors: SciLine Media & the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Thu, July 16 - Strategy First: How Micro-Enterprises Should Really Be Using AI
What: You’ll walk away with a practical framework for evaluating where AI can genuinely move the needle in your business — and where it can’t. We’ll work through how to translate big-picture goals into specific operational problems, how to audit your workflows for the bottlenecks that are actually costing you, and how to apply a simple decision filter before adopting any new tool.
Who: Isabel Krome, Temple Small Business Development Center.
When: 9 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Temple Small Business Development Center
Thu, July 16 - Virtual Panel: AI in Practice for Small Business
What: Insights on how AI is shaping the future of work, business operations, marketing, customer engagement, and decision-making. Panelists will discuss current trends, real-world use cases, opportunities for growth, and important considerations as AI tools become increasingly accessible to organizations of all sizes.
Who: Experts from academia, business, and technology.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Bucknell Small Business Development Center
Thu, July 16 - Practical Uses of AI in Your Small Business
What: Join us as we walk through examples for your small business to utilize AI, including: Starting a Business, Marketing Your Business, Creating Content, Responding to Prompts, and more.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Widener University Small Business Development Center
Thu, July 16 - Introduction to Digital Marketing with AI
What: This beginner-friendly webinar is designed specifically for small business owners, solo entrepreneurs, and local service providers. You’ll learn the essentials of digital marketing, from setting up a Google Business Profile to boost local SEO, to using social media platforms
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: University of Pittsburgh Small Business Development Center
Thu, July 16 - AI for Media Sales Professionals Overview: Working Smarter, not Harder
What: An overview of how AI can increase your productivity and sales at every step of the sales cycle including prospecting, pre-meeting research, audit to identify opportunity, industry trends and competitive intelligence, campaign ideas and value-added insights, proposal context and storytelling, objection handling and closing. We’ll look at a couple of tools that can really make a difference and how to maximize your use with SMART prompts.
Who: Shannon Kinney, a seasoned startup Founder and Executive with over 30 years of experience in digital marketing.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: $35
Sponsor: Online Media Campus
Thu, July 16 - Builder Bootcamp: RAG
What: You’ll learn how to build a retrieval-augmented generation pipeline using OpenAI’s File Search, Responses, and Evals APIs. We’ll walk through how to structure source content, create a vector store, retrieve relevant context, and generate grounded answers. You’ll also learn how to evaluate answer quality, tune retrieval behavior, and use evals to understand whether your system is returning accurate, useful responses. This session is geared toward builders working on knowledge assistants, support workflows, or any application that needs to ground answers in trusted content.
Who: Benedict Kerres, AI Deployment Engineer, OpenAI; Lakshya Dhar, Builder AI Deployment Manager, OpenAI; Marcus Stallworth, Builder ADM, OpenAI.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: OpenAI Academy
Thu, July 16 - AI Coding Assistants vs Cybersecurity Reality
What: We’ll share what we learned from building and testing a real application with AI—and explain why security is more important than ever. You’ll learn: Why AI-generated code can still have many security gaps; New risks like prompt injection and fake packages; Simple ways to use AI safely with security checks in place.
Who: Steve R. Smith, CISSP, Black Duck.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: BlackDuck
Thu, July 16 - Building Websites with Codex Sites
What: Learn how Codex Sites can help you create a website for a personal project, small business, community group, portfolio, or anything else you're passionate about. This session is open to everyone and does not require any previous experience with coding or web design. We'll walk through the process together and show how AI can help make building and publishing a website more accessible than ever.
Who: Keelan Schule, Education Solutions Engineer, OpenAI.
When: 3 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: OpenAI Academy
Thu, July 16 - Reimagining News Audiences: The Role of Visuals in Developing Connection, Trust, and Growth with your Community
What: In this interactive webinar, we’ll explore how nonprofit newsrooms can use visuals to strengthen audience engagement and support growth, even with limited staff and budgets. Attendees will leave with practical ideas for integrating visual storytelling into their audience development efforts.
When: 4 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: New England Newspaper & Press Association
Fri, July 17 - Improving engagement with new models and AI-formatted content
What: We will demonstrate an innovative, AI-supported “Smart Story Suite" designed to engage users across varying environments, time constraints and levels of interest — a model that’s already showing signs of success.
Who: Ronald Yaros, an associate professor of digital engagement at Merrill College, director of the Digital Engagement Lab; Reid Williams, Co-founder and Secretary, The Local Journalism Foundation.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: University of Maryland