18 Webinars this week about AI, Journalism & Media
/Mon, Aug 31 - Introduction to the AI Equity Framework: Evaluating AI Use Cases with Care
What: Participants will be introduced to an AI Equity Framework designed to help nonprofit teams evaluate whether an AI use case is responsible, equitable, and aligned with their mission. We’ll explore the foundations of AI equity, discuss common risks, and learn to apply the framework. Participants will leave with a clearer way to assess AI ideas before moving from curiosity to implementation.
Who: Meena Das, NamasteData.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Nonprofit Learning Lab
Tue, Sept 1 - What Journalists Need to Know About Solar Geoengineering
What: The session will provide an accessible introduction to solar geoengineering: what it is and isn't, where research stands today, and what remains uncertain.
When: 10 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Society of Environmental Journalists
Tue, Sept 1 - How to Assess AI Security
What: This presentation offers a framework for assessing security from an AI perspective and AI system development from a security perspective. It then goes deeper, presenting assessment programs for 12 aspects of AI security, including access controls, recoverability, ethics and robustness.
Who: Steven Ross, Executive Principal, Risk Masters International.
When: 11 am, Eastern
Where: BrightTALK
Cost: Free
Sponsor: TechTarget
Tue, Sept 1 - From AI Experimentation to Execution: Building Capability at Scale
What: The panel will separate practical progress from inflated promises and explore what learning leaders can build, deploy, and scale today.
Who: Karl Kapp, Director, Institute for Interactive Technologies, Bloomsburg University; Ellen Wagner Managing Partner, North Coast EduVisory; David Metcalf Director, Mixed Emerging Technology Integration Lab (METIL), University of Central Florida; Anders Gronstedt President, The Gronstedt Group.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: OpenSesame
Tue, Sept 1 - The Mission – enabling AI Adoption in a Confident and Secure Manner
What: In this session, we will examine the key risks and challenges of Agentic AI and discuss best practices for secure and scalable deployment.
Who: Dror Zelber, VP, Product Management; Simon Ratcliffe, Independent Management & Technology Consultant.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: TechTarget
Tue, Sept 1 - AI + Automation for Nonprofits: Solving 3 Everyday Fundraising Challenges
What: We’ll show you how AI can help your nonprofit overcome common fundraising pitfalls — even with limited time and resources. Explore common AI use cases and see how AI can free up time and boost your organization’s impact.
Who: Morgan Ziontz, Senior Product Education Manager, Jotform
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: TechSoup
Tue, Sept 1 - Navigating AI for Grading and Assessment
What: You’ll walk away with: A clear-eyed look at where AI-assisted grading is already working, and where it’s raising red flags for faculty and students alike. Perspective on how to build assessment policy that keeps pace with a landscape where AI adoption is climbing but institutional guidance often isn’t. Practical framing for weighing efficiency against sound pedagogy — without losing sight of what good assessment is meant to do.
Who: Beth McMurtrie, Senior Writer The Chronicle of Higher Education.
When: 2 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Chronicle of Higher Ed
Tue, Sept 1 - AI Access Is Not AI Readiness: How to Stop Your Employees Wasting Time with AI
What: In this interactive session, you’ll discover how L&D can move beyond AI access and awareness to build the judgment, skills, and confidence people need to use AI effectively and responsibly.
Who: Zena Collins Author and Director of Business Development at Grand Strategy Consulting LLC.
When: 3 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Training Magazine Network
Tue, Sept 1 - AI Access Is Not AI Readiness: How to Stop Your Employees Wasting Time with AI
What: You’ll discover how L&D can move beyond AI access and awareness to build the judgment, skills, and confidence people need to use AI effectively and responsibly.
Who: Zena Collins, Author and Director of Business Development at Grand Strategy Consulting LLC.
When: 3 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Training Magazine Network
Tue, Sept 1 - Source Power: Free community workshop
What: We will teach you how to engage with journalists safely, confidently, and on your own terms. No prior media experience is needed.
When: 6 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: National Press Club
Wed, Sept 2 - The AI Compliance Gap: Why Existing Controls Are Not Enough
What: This session explores the compliance gap senior leaders are now facing: existing cloud, SaaS, and data governance practices can cover some AI risks, but not the full set of issues created by generative systems, autonomous workflows, and changing model behavior. The practical challenge is not whether to govern AI, but how to govern it without pretending yesterday’s control framework still fits today’s risk profile.
Who: Obuks Akpede, Data Governance Consultant, Adastra Corporation.
When: 3 am, Eastern
Where: BrightTALK
Cost: Free
Sponsor: TechTarget
Wed, Sept 2 - Ensuring AI Compliance
What: In this session, we'll provide actionable guidance for ensuring that security and compliance are an AI enabler, and not an adoption barrier.
Who: Irwin Lazar, President & Principal Analyst.
When: 11 am, Eastern
Where: BrightTALK
Cost: Free
Sponsor: TechTarget
Wed, Sept 2 - AI for Government Legal Professionals - Move Faster Without Losing Precision
What: Join us to explore practical ways government legal professionals can use AI to accelerate research, review documents, draft more efficiently, and strengthen their work without compromising accuracy or judgment.
Who: Kareem Primo, Public Sector, ASE, OpenAI.
When: 11:30 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: OpenAI Academy
Wed, Sept 2 - AI Systems for Journalism: Is your newsroom ready?
What: This session will provide a foundation for understanding the AI systems shaping journalism today and identifying where to begin.
Who: Aimee Rinehart
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: The Knight Center at the University of Texas at Austin
Wed, Sept 2 - Bringing Readers Back: Real-World Tactics for Combating News Fatigue
What: A look at timely case studies that will address news avoidance in an era of unending content, offering attendees tactics and strategies to make their offerings more friendly and relatable, including creating entire new beats, broadening the scope of alerts, and re-thinking what makes an audience-first story mix.
Who: Angela Pacienza, the Executive Editor at The Globe and Mail; Jennifer Kho, journalism consultant specializing in newsroom innovation and transformation.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Online News Association
Wed, Sept 2 - New AI Search & SEO KPIs: 4 Signals That Guide Real Decisions
What: Join us to explore practical ways government legal professionals can use AI to accelerate research, review documents, draft more efficiently, and strengthen their work without compromising accuracy or judgment.
Who: Stas Levitan, Founder of LightSite AI.
When: 2 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: OpenAI Academy
Thu, Sept 3 - Build your AI search workflow with prompts, skills and agents.
What: Learn how to use prompts, skills and agents to turn repetitive AI search work into workflows your team can run every week, then watch us build them live.
Who: Chris Donnelly, Co-Founder, Searchable; JP Garbaccio, Head of AEO & SEO,Searchable
When: 11 am, Easatern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Searchable
Thu, Sept 3 - ChatGPT Work for marketing teams
What: Learn how marketing 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