18 Webinars this week about AI, Journalism & Media
/Tue, Aug 25 - Inside the AI Factory
What: We’ll show you a prototype AI literacy mini-module designed for high school and early college students.
Who: David Foster, associate professor of multimedia and photojournalism at Kent State University.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Media Education Lab
Tue, Aug 25 - How collaboratives can gather data from newsroom partners
What: This webinar will showcase how a regional collaborative newsroom worked with three partners to identify, collect and analyze audience data. The goals of the initiative were to provide baseline information for discussions with funders and to gain insight into content that drove engagement across the collaborative. You will learn how The Midwest Newsroom achieved buy-in for the initiative, identified key metrics and reported back to the partners. You will also hear about the challenges inherent in this kind of undertaking.
Who: Holly Edgell and the Collaborative Journalism Resource Hub.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Event Brite
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Center for Cooperative Media
Tue, Aug 25 - 2026 AI Predictions: The Midyear Report Card
What: The panel will audit this year’s biggest AI predictions against what’s happening inside agencies and brand marketing teams right now. They’ll discuss what’s working, what’s not, and how accountability is quietly shifting as AI takes on more of the work. They’ll grade five predictions against the data and what marketers are actually seeing on the ground.
Who: Kendra Barnett Senior Tech Reporter; Tejas Manohar, Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Hightouch; Ojas Rege, SVP, Emerging Products & Technologies, OneTrust; Maria Givens, VP, Head of Media & Digital Platforms; Alex Sherman, CEO & Co-Founder, Bluefish.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: OneTrust
Tue, Aug 25 - What We’re Seeing Across Nonprofits: AI Trends That Actually Matter
What: We will explore the AI trends that actually matter for nonprofits today. Topics include patterns across real organizations, what’s working versus what’s overhyped, and where nonprofits should focus next. Attendees will gain clarity on how to prioritize AI efforts that drive practical value and long-term impact.
Who: Joe DiGiovanni & Kyle Barkins, Tapp Network.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: TechSoup
Tue, Aug 25 - AI Speech-to-Text in Practice: Lessons for Library Workflows, Testing, and Evaluation
What: This webinar explores the practical applications, opportunities, and challenges of implementing AI-powered speech-to-text tools, drawing on real-world insights.
Who: Meghan Xu, Kari D. Weaver, Rachel Wang & Gabby Crowley, Ontario Council of University Libraries; Harpinder Singh, University of Toronto.
When: 2 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Ontario Council of University Libraries
Tue, Aug 25 - Build a Personal Brand That Opens Doors for Professional Influence
What: Drawing from more than two decades of experience building trusted brands, communities, and customer loyalty, we’ll shares a practical five-step framework that helps professionals become the people others remember, trust, and recommend.
Who: Lauren V. Davis, Founder and Personal Brand Strategist, Lauren Davis Creative.
When: 3 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Training Magazine Network
Tue, Aug 25 - AI and assistive technology: Opportunities, limitations, and practical uses
What: Join us for this workshop and explore how AI is being incorporated into tools that support reading, writing, communication, organization, access to information, and more. You'll learn about the potential benefits, current limitations, and important considerations for determining when AI may—or may not—be an appropriate solution.
When: 3 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Pacer Center
Wed, Aug 26 - Can the United States Win the AI Race if Americans Oppose Data Centers?
What: A discussion on what new polling reveals about Americans' views on data centers and the implications for U.S. AI policy. Panelists will unpack the motivations behind public opinion, examine what widespread resistance to new data center development could mean for America's AI competitiveness, and explore policy approaches that address legitimate community concerns without sacrificing the infrastructure needed to support long-term U.S. leadership in AI.
Who: Jarrett Catlin, Policy Advisor, TechNet; Daniel Castro, President, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation; Paul Lekas, Executive VP for Global Public Policy & Government Affairs Software & Information Industry Association; Seb Wride, Partner Public First.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Information Technology & Innovation Foundation
Wed, Aug 26 - Builder Bootcamp: Agents
What: In this session, you’ll learn how production-grade agents are structured by walking through a customer support agent built with the OpenAI Agents SDK. We’ll cover how agents use tools to look up orders, answer FAQs, cancel orders, start complaints, route requests, apply guardrails, and generate outputs that can be evaluated.
Who: Gaurav Kaila, AI Deployment Manager, OpenAI; Tanner Wride, Builder ADM, OpenAI; Sean Lubbers, Technical Success, OpenAI.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: OpenAI Academy
Wed, Aug 26 - AI, Privacy, and Employees: Understanding Legal Risks and Liabilities for Employers
What: This webinar examines how AI is reshaping the workplace, from employee data collection to decision-making and monitoring practices. Attendees will gain insight into this evolving legal landscape, including risks related to bias, data protection, and transparency, along with strategies to use AI responsibly while safeguarding employee rights and minimizing liability.
Who: Nichole Atallah, PilieroMazza PLLC; Corey Bohn, PilieroMazza PLLC.
When: 2 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: PilieroMazza
Wed, Aug 26 - Prompt, Build, Play: Vibe Coding for Learning Designers
What: This webinar shows how vibe coding can help you move from idea to interactive prototype using AI as a practical build partner. Through three scenario and game driven examples, you will see how prompting, testing, and iteration can support faster ideation, interaction design, feedback writing, branching logic, and simple game mechanics.
Who: Destery Hildenbrand, Learning Technology Consultant.
When: 3 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Training Magazine Network
Thu, Aug 27 - How Searchable uses Searchable to win Al search
What: See how we run AI search on our own brand: what we track, how we decide what to work on, how an insight becomes an action, and what we report.
Who: JP Garbaccio, Head of AEO & SEO, Searchable
When: 11 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Searchable
Thu, Aug 27 - From Prompting to Delegating: What Agentic AI Actually Changes for L&D
What: In this webinar, you'll see what truly separates generative AI from agentic, and why that difference changes how you design learning and performance experiences. We'll decompose an L&D workflow into tasks, and understand what remains human, what goes to the machine, and what you collaborate on. You'll leave with a decision scale you can use whether you're building a course, leading a team, or rethinking a workflow.
Who: Josh Cavalier, CEO, Josh Cavalier.ai, CSO, Talent Rewire
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Open Sesame
Thu, Aug 27 - Creators Aren’t Just Making Content Anymore
What: Creators will hear directly from peers who’ve turned their platforms into full-blown businesses. They’ll discuss what they built, what they’d do differently, and where they’re headed next. This conversation is also for brand marketers. Brands will get a clear-eyed look at what’s changed: the new models for working with creators, and how to show up as a real partner instead of just another logo in someone’s sponsored post.
Who: Will Lee, Chief Executive Officer, Adweek; Jayde I. Powell, Founder & Head of Creative, The Em Dash; Lana Ivory, Content Creator & Co-Founder, C2C Network.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Adweek
Thu, Aug 27 - Building a Safety Mindset Into Your Newsroom: A Practical Planning Session
What: This webinar will help participants build practical, personalized approaches to newsroom safety. You’ll learn how to identify your newsroom’s specific risks, ask the right questions before assignments, and develop safety plans that reflect your reporting environment, staff, and workflows.
Who: Kate Parkinson, Risk and Safety Manager, Journalism Protection Initiative.
When: 2 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, CUNY
Thu, Aug 27 - Take the Mystery Out of AI: Practical Tools for Nonprofit Impact
What: We will start by making the case for why nonprofits can't afford to sit out the AI conversation, sharing real-world examples of organizations already putting it to work. From there, we'll break AI down into simplified, everyday terms — showing you how to start using it right now to save time, stretch your resources, and increase your impact, no technical background required.
Who: Wayne Elsey, founder and CEO of Elsey Enterprises.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: TechSoup
Fri, Aug 28 - AI Got Me Here, But My Editor Got Me Published
What: We’ll review an AI-assisted manuscript from title to conclusion, highlighting where AI performs well and where expert intervention makes the biggest difference. Learn how editors strengthen scientific storytelling, improve logical flow, refine arguments, and enhance clarity to create a manuscript that is truly submission-ready. You’ll leave with practical strategies to bridge the gap between an AI-generated draft and a publishable paper.
Who: Snezana Levic, Associate Professor in Physiology, Neuroscientist.
When: 8 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Editage
Fri, Aug 28 - 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