6 Free Webinars this week about AI, Journalism, Women in Media, & More
/Mon, March 25 - Inspiring women in media and journalism
Who: Anushka Joshi, a working journalist who is on the 2024 Forbes 30 under 30 list and founder of GEN-ZiNE and Nikki Walker,a video journalist at the Wall Street Journal.
When: 5 pm, Pacific
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: The Women's Leadership Society at USC Annenberg
Mon, March 25 - Sikhi & AI
What: We will explore both the potential benefits and challenges that AI presents within the context of Sikh philosophy and ethics.
Who: Arvinder Singh, technology leader with 15 years experience; Balwinder Kaur, Women in Tech Champion -CTO; Muntek Singh, CTO with 15 years experience; Tarsem Singh, Former Global Director of Software.
When: 6 pm, Pacific
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Khalis Foundation
Wed, March 27 - Follow the Money: Using HospitalFinances.org and other tools to tell important stories
What: This webinar will equip you with the tools you need to tell the story of the big business of health care. How to use AHCJ’s site and other tools to report stories about hospitals’ financial health.
Who: Longtime AHCJ member Karl Stark, Director of Content Strategy & Editor in Residence at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics at the University of Pennsylvania.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Association of Health Care Journalists (AHCJ), Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE)
Wed, March 27 - Revising The Media Literacy Critical Questions
What: The Media Literacy Smartphone is a teaching game, build on a long history of critical reflection of media messages. It has now been improved for practitioners of media literacy in K-12 and post-secondary education.
Who: Yonty Friesem is the Executive Director of Media Education Lab and an Associate Professor of Communication at Columbia College Chicago; Mark Davis is a digital literacy educator with over twenty years of K-12 public service. He advocates for inclusive practices supporting media education and computational thinking.
When: 12 noon, 7 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: The Media Education Lab
Thu, March 28 - AI, misinformation, and other threats in the 2024 elections
What: Topics: Tackling misinformation; The use of artificial intelligence to mislead voters; The effects of conspiracy theories on local elections; Security vulnerabilities and foreign interference; Threats faced by election workers.
Who: Christina A. Cassidy, national voting and elections reporter for AP; Ali Swenson, election misinformation reporter for AP; Christine Fernando, state and local misinformation reporter for AP
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: American Press Institute, Associated Press
Thu, March 28 - Empowering Journalists with AI and Tech Innovation
What: How you can best use AI for content creation and what pitfalls to avoid. Since González-Cotto is a lawyer, he’ll include some of the legal and ethical aspects of using AI.
Who: Rafelli González-Cotto, Digital Reporter, Lawyer and Professor, Universidad del Sagrado Corazón
When: 4 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: The National Association of Hispanic Journalists