11 Webinars this week about AI, Journalism & Media
/Tue, Aug 4 - Climate Blueprint: Don’t Underestimate the Impact of Climate Stories
What: We'll discuss the importance of understanding your journalism's impact, how to track impact and report it back to audiences, and why this work is so critical for ensuring that climate journalism becomes more of a priority within newsrooms.
Who: Nina Ignaczak, Planet Detroit; Heather May; Great Salt Lake Collaborative.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Solutions Journalism
Tue, Aug 4 - ChatGPT Work for Newsrooms
What: A virtual session on moving from one-off prompts to practical tools built around the work journalists already do. See how reporters and editors can use ChatGPT Work to research stories, analyze documents and data, prepare interviews, develop coverage plans, and turn dense source material into clear, sourced briefs. We’ll demonstrate how agents, skills, and custom apps can transform a useful workflow into something an entire newsroom can reuse.
Who: Evan Hirsch OpenAI for News, OpenAI.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: OpenAI Academy
Tue, Aug 4 - 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
Wed, Aug 5 - The Fundamentals of Digital Marketing
What: Whether you’re a small business owner, entrepreneur, or want to grow your marketing strategies, this session will equip you with the tools and strategies to elevate your online presence.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Small Business Development Center, Widener University
Thu, Aug 6 - The Formula for Social Media Success
What: This workshop will help you learn how to prioritize things and give you a clear formula to be successful on social media.
Who: Ray-Sidney Smith, Digital Marketing Strategist, Hootsuite Global Brand Ambassador.
When: 10 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: $45
Sponsor: Small Business Development Center, Duquesne University
Thu, Aug 6 - AI and Local Ad Planning, Buying & Selling
What: Media buying agencies increasingly use AI to plan and execute their campaigns, while media sellers use AI to create proposals, design creative and manage assets. How are AI tools enhancing the planning, buying and selling process? Industry leaders from both sides of the transaction talk about this rising trend.
Who: Raj Khare, Founder, Chairman and Managing Director, SureWaves; Evan Rutchik, President & Chief Strategy Officer; Viamedia; Jennifer Hungerbuhler, EVP, Head of Local Video and Audio Investment Denstu Media U.S.; Christopher Martinez, VP, Advanced Advertising, Hearst Television; Nicole Madtes, Senior Director National Sales, The E.W. Scripps Company; Joe Cerone, Founder, Cerone Advisory Group.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: TVNewsCheck
Thu, Aug 6 - Codex bootcamp 201: Team workflows
What: Build on the Codex fundamentals by learning how to configure Codex for consistent, repeatable team workflows. We’ll cover shared context and repository guidance, approvals and sandboxing defaults, MCP and tool connections, reusable skills, automations, and worktrees.
Who: Sean Lubbers Technical Success, OpenAI; Marcus Stallworth Builder ADM, OpenAI; Palash Sushil, Matey AI Deployment Manager, OpenAI.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: OpenAI Academy
Thu, Aug 6 - Measuring Impact for Civic Discourse: Ask Me Anything for News Leaders
What: An interactive briefing to learn about how dozens of local media are actively measuring journalism’s civic impact — and examining ways to build trust across audiences and geographies.
Who: American Press Institute Senior Vice President Samantha Ragland; American Press Institute Senior Director of Partnerships and Development Kevin Loker.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: American Press Institute
Thu, Aug 6 - Analyzing data
What: In this hands-on lab, you will practice turning that messy starting point into an operating plan your team can actually use. We will use AI to clarify the project goal, identify milestones, assign responsibilities, surface dependencies, name risks, and define the decisions that need owner input. You will also learn how to ask for a plan that stays reviewable, with assumptions, unresolved questions, and next steps clearly separated from confirmed information.
When: 2 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: OpenAI Academy
Thu, Aug 6 - ChatGPT Work for sales teams
What: Learn how sales teams can start using ChatGPT Work for common workflows. This session will focus on practical ways newly enabled users can begin exploring Work with the tools and context they already use.
When: 2 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: OpenAI Academy
Fri, Aug 7 – Meet Sisi Wei
What: IRE's Investigative Editors and Managers of Color Community is holding free ongoing webinars aimed at helping professionals connect. Please register below to sign-up! We will send you a link.
Who: Sisi Wei is the Chief Impact Officer of The Markup and CalMatters.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Investigative Reporters and Editors