Resume Formatting Options

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Formats for Resumes:

1. Chronological
Possible Headings: Experience, Education, Activities and Skills (computer, language)

2. Functional or Skills
Possible Headings: Experience, Education, Skills (computer, language)

Professional Experience

  • A resume should begin with the job candidate’s experience in the field in which they are applying including jobs, internships or work for student media or the college attended.

  • All experience that reflects career goals, whether paid or unpaid.

  • Internships and assigned responsibilities.

  • Paid volunteer positions that reflect interests and skills, especially when it included a title.

Education

  • GPA only if 3.5 or above or not at all.

  • Coursework and papers can be highlighted as a special subsection under “Education.” For instance, one candidate was helped getting a position at CNN by taking classes in media ethics and law. For formal academic papers related to the field, include a one-sentence description of the length, focus, and scope of the paper or project.

  • Awards and scholarships including the Dean’s List, etc.

  • If your education was self-financed or you paid a large percentage of your college expenses.

  • Conferences or special meetings you've attended having to do with the area of the job for which you are applying.

  • If you worked while attending college.

International Experience

International experience, including semesters abroad and other significant travel. Living in another country or having spent time overseas shows a broad range of life experiences and the ability to adapt and interact with diverse groups.

Skills

Include a list of computer programs the applicant is proficient using. For instance, an ability to use Microsoft Word or Google Docs would be assumed but not experience with Adobe Premiere Pro.

Activities (or interests)

If you have any unusual skills or abilities, consider placing these under "interests" or a similar title. For instance, winning a chess tournament suggests the candidate is smart and possesses self-discipline.

References

The cliché "references available upon request" is not worth including. If a prospective employer wants references, they will ask. Just be ready to present them. Placing a list of references on a resume takes up vital real estate, especially when it's only one page. When a prospective employer asks for references, it's an alert that you are being seriously considered for the position.

If you include someone in your list of references, ask for permission to use them as a reference. Tell them who might be calling and which of your skills you’d like them to emphasize.

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18 Webinars this week about AI, Journalism & Media

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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AI Definitions: Attribution Decay

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Attribution Decay - The more data a generative model is trained on, the harder it becomes to trace a generated image to a single image from the training data. AN AI-generated image might still resemble a masterpiece even when that artist’s work is removed from the training data. Individual inputs matter less the more data that a model is trained on. This suggests models are “creative” in a sense that goes beyond their training data. Attribution decay might motivate AI companies to make their models large enough that no output can be attributed to any specific input in an attempt to avoid liability, as this is likely to impact copyright infringement concerns.

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16 Articles about the Impact of AI on Health Care

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The benefits of medical AI assistance vary based on user expertise – MIT

The administration’s biodefense team has dwindled amid growing concern over AI-enabled pathogens – Washington Post

A.I. Is Finding Sperm Where Doctors Couldn’t – New York Times

What happens when medical students rely on AI – and never develop their own judgment? – The Guardian  

AI could bring Mayo-quality health care to everyone - Axios

From policing authors to stewarding science: Governing artificial intelligence across the scientific publishing pipeline in medical journals – Science Policy Review

Company Offering ‘100% Human-Written, Never AI’ Medical Research Is Entirely AI – 404 Media

AI brings savings to clinical trials: study – Axios

Healthcare Investing Is Now an AI Short in Disguise – Wall Street Journal

What AI’s usurping of the peer-reviewed publications means for medicine and pharmaceutical industry - The London School of Economics

Doctors Don’t Want Patients to Read Test Results With AI. They’re Doing It Anyway. – Wall Street Journal

OpenAI makes ChatGPT Health available to all US users – Tech Crunch

Medical ethics journal retracts paper by high school student for AI, peer review manipulation – Retraction Watch

How A.I. Might Change the Way Doctors Think – New York Times

Medical students are using a popular research tool (aided by AI) to pump out misleading studies – Science.org

Survey finds 3 in 10 adults using social media, AI for health information and advice – AHA

Humans in the Loop

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Human oversight of AI does not mean manually reviewing every output. It means designing controls proportional to risk. A proposed email subject line does not require the same validation as a medical diagnosis, a credit decision, or an instruction affecting an industrial plant. Expertise establishes that threshold, identifies when a model moves beyond its reliable range, and determines when automation must stop. -Eduardo Perez

43 Articles about Resumes

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3 resume mistakes that can sabotage your job application - Fast Company

3 tips for a ‘hyper-focused’ resume to grab recruiters’ attention at a job fair, according to a career coach - CNBC

4 things Bill Gates did wrong on his 1974 Harvard student resume, from experts - CNBC

4 websites to help you create a clean, attractive resume - The Next Web

6 million job listings asked for 'communication skills': Here's how to include them on your resume - CNBC

6 Tips to Write a Winning Resume Summary (With Examples) - MakeUseOf

7 common resume mistakes to avoid - Fast Company

7 Mistakes that Doom a College Journalist's Resume - Michael Koretzky

13 Must-Have Words to Include in Your Resume - Glassdoor

50 Action Verbs You Can Use For A More Dynamic Resume - Refinery29

20+ LinkedIn Profile Tips (Guaranteed Ways to Stand Out) - Buffer

AI is screening your resume. Here's how to make it past the bots - NPR

Attractive women should not include a photo with a job application - The Economist

'Avoid these 2 resume words at all costs,' says career coach—here are 35 'power verbs' to use instead - CNBC

Best and Worst Terms for Resumes - Huffington Post

FontPair (Helps you pick font combinations for your resume. so you stand out from the typical Times New Roman)

Gen Z is rewriting the rulebook on 'résumé gaps' - Business Insider

Google recruiters explain how to demonstrate 'past experience' on your resume-even if you've never had a job - Business Insider

How to format your resume if you don't have a degree - CNBC

How to include your personality in your resume, says a Deloitte exec: It will give you ‘the edge’ - CNBC

How to get your résumé past the robot reading it - Vox

How to Make Sure Your Résumé Passes Muster With an AI Reader - Wall Street Journal ($)

How to use ChatGPT to build your resume - ZDnet

How to Write a Data Scientist Resume in 2026: Complete Guide - Analytics Insights

How to Write a Great Resume - Matthew Hale (video)

How to Write a Resume - Glassdoor

Questions about resume gaps are expected. Here’s how job seekers can address them - AP

Looking for a new job? These best online resume services can help you stand out - New York Post

Meet the New Boss, Big Data - Wall Street Journal 

The Most Efficient Way to Keep Your Resume Up to Date - LifeHacker

Over 55% of people admit to lying on their resume at least once—here are the 8 most common lies - CNBC

Resume advice from an internship supervisor

The résumé is dying, and AI is holding the smoking gun - ArsTechnica

Resumes that impress no matter your background - Glassdoor Blog

This is how often you should update your resume—whether or not you’re looking for a new job - CNBC

Steps you can take to modernize your resume - Boston Herald

Stop Saying You 'Helped' on Your Resume (and Use These Verbs Instead) - Lifehacker

This Google Executive Reviewed More Than 20,000 Resumes--He Found These 5 Stunning Mistakes Over and Over - Inc

Tiny Typos Can Add Up To a Big X - Washington Post

To get a job, write your story instead of a resume - Quartz

Want a new journalism job? 'Crawl' your resume first - Poynter

Why I tossed your Resume - Chronicle of Higher Ed

Your Résumé Might Be Getting Tossed by AI. How to Push Back. - Wall Street Journal

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Scaling a Flawed Assumption

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The same technology that scales knowledge can scale a flawed assumption. A well-written answer can be false; a historical pattern can reproduce bias; efficient automation can accelerate a process that should never have existed. The greatest risk is not that AI will be wrong, but that it will be wrong fluently enough for someone without domain expertise to trust it. -Eduardo Perez

14 Articles about AI & Coding

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AI Definitions: Tokens

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Tokens – A token can be thought of as the basic unit used by AI to process language, similar to the root of a word. “Creat” would represent words like create, creative, creator, creating, and creation. An LLM looks for correlations between words that go together like giraffe and neck. A single word might fall into many tokens since it might have multiple meanings and its subword might correlate to many other subwords. One token generally corresponds to ~4 characters of text for common English text. Examples: https://platform.openai.com/tokenizer

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AI Definitions: The Measurement Trap

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Frontier models can detect that they are being evaluated and will shift outcomes to meet the goals of a test. These so-called measurement traps are not unique to AI models. They show up in standardized testing (when instructors begin to “teaching to the test”) as well as in business when bonuses and promotions are tied to revenue measures. This leads to short-term sales being prioritized over long-term profitability. The problem is this: when a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.   

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AI Mathematical Misconduct

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OpenAI’s latest math breakthroughs commit research misconduct, experts say. Two of the most exciting results, the experts say, incorporate preexisting ideas from the recent mathematical literature without properly citing them. Like a number of recent AI breakthroughs, it pasted together ideas from the mathematical literature to build a new theorem. Once again, the LLM’s trick is its superhuman patience for assembling puzzle pieces, not the ability to make some profound intellectual leap. -Scientific American

19 Webinars this week about AI, Journalism & Media

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Mon, Aug 17 - Leading Through AI Transformation

What: Industry experts will explore how organizations are equipping leaders to guide teams through AI-driven change. Learn practical approaches for strengthening communication, supporting employees through disruption and using AI to enhance collaboration, learning and business performance. This session will provide actionable insights for leaders working to build adaptable, resilient and future-ready teams.

Who: Alan Nelson, Co-Managing Partner CRA, Admired Leadership; Brittany Podolak, Chief Human Resources Officer, athenahealth; Danielle Silver, Solution Architect, SweetRush; Josh Cardoz, Chief Creative & Learning Officer, Sponge; Tom Kupetis Partner and Executive Vice President, St. Charles Consulting Group NIIT.

When: 11 am – 3 pm, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free                                                   

Sponsor: Training Industry

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Tue, Aug 18 - Framing Public Health Stories for Impact: From local to national

What: How to anchor local reporting in national data, policy, and trends without losing nuance; advice on localizing national health issues with reporting that centers people, place, and lived experience; and tips for engaging complex public health and healthcare topics into clear, engaging stories for broad audiences.

Who: Tracy Jan, a senior editor for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network.

When: 11 am, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free                                                   

Sponsor: The National Press Club Journalism Institute,

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Tue, Aug 18 - Keep that research off the shelf: Operationalizing audience research in your newsroom

What: Learn practical ways to turn audience research into real newsroom action. How to design research around real business challenges, integrate it into your newsroom's workflow, and measure its impact.

Who: Ariel Zirulnick, an entrepreneurial journalist and consultant who works at the intersection of editorial, audience, and product strategy to help news organizations build more sustainable, community-centered futures.

When: 12 pm, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free                                                   

Sponsor: Indiegraf

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Tue, Aug 18 - The AI Paradox: The More Technology Advances, the More human Influence Matters

What: Discover practical, research-based strategies that will help you strengthen your influence and succeed in a world where technology continues to evolve— but lasting success still depends on human Influence.

Who: Elaina Zuker President, Elaina Zuker Associates.

When: 12 pm, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free                                                   

Sponsor: Training Magazine Network

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Tue, Aug 18 - Covering “Teen Takeovers”

What: Go beyond police reports and breaking-news narratives. Learn to cover so-called “teen takeovers” with context, accuracy and care.

Who: Fernanda Camarena, an award-winning journalist with more than 20 years of experience; Liz Ryan, a policy expert, advocate and investigative journalist; Kevin Beckford, Advisor for Partnerships at Pretrial Justice Institute; Justin Garcia, State and Local Accountability Reporter, Tampa Bay Times

When: 1 pm, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free                                                   

Sponsor: Poynter

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Tue, Aug 18 - SPJ Code of Ethics Listening Session No. 2

What: The second of three listening sessions. Learn about the work that has gone into the recommended Code revisions, the revisions being considered and ask your questions. Registration required.

Who: The SPJ Code of Ethics revision committee.

When: 7 pm, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free                                                   

Sponsor: Society of Professional Journalists

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Wed, Aug 19 - How to get your brand recommended in Claude

What: Learn how Claude finds, evaluates and recommends brands: what influences its answers, where SEO still matters, and what you can do to improve your chances of being recommended.

Who: JP Garbaccio Head of AEO & SEO, Searchable.

When: 11 am, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free                                                   

Sponsor: Searchable

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Wed, Aug 19 - Builder Bootcamp: API Foundations

What: In this session, you’ll build a practical foundation for developing with the OpenAI API. We’ll cover core building blocks, model selection, prompting, structured outputs, and the key concepts that help teams move from an initial use case to a working prototype.

Who: Peter Diamond, Builder ADM, OpenAI; Allie Lei, AI Deployment Manager, OpenAI.

When: 1 pm, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free                                                   

Sponsor: OpenAI Academy

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Tue, Aug 19 - Covering health care affordability: A big story with major impact

What: Join us for a conversation and Q&A about a topic that applies to every town, city and state as small businesses struggle with rising insurance costs and employees face daunting financial decisions.

Who: Joseph Burns, AHCJ Health Beat Leader for Health Policy, Insurance; Bob Herman, Business of Health Care Reporter, STAT.

When: 1 pm, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free                                                   

Sponsor: Association of Health Care Journalists

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Wed, Aug 19 - How to Actually Use AI in Virtual Training

What: We’ll cut through the noise and share three specific ways you can incorporate AI into your virtual classes. You'll explore how to use AI to create an engaging learning experience, as a facilitation support tool to stay present with learners during delivery, and as a tech backup to handle platform issues without derailing your session.

Who: Cindy Huggett, CPTD Principal, Cindy Huggett Consulting.

When: 3 pm, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free                                                   

Sponsor: OpenSesame

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Wed, Aug 19 - 15 AI Tools Every Professional Needs in 2026 Share

What: No technical background needed. What You'll Walk Away With: AI Productivity Checklist; 50 Ready-to-Use AI Prompts; AI Tools Resource Guide; Webinar Presentation; Certificate of Participation; Exclusive discount on advanced training.

When: 8 pm, Eastern

Where: Humanitix

Cost: Free                                                   

Sponsor: Mangates

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Thu, Aug 20 - Intro to ChatGPT Work for News Organizations

What: How ChatGPT Work can support the teams that help news organizations grow and operate. We’ll explore the shift from AI that answers questions to AI that can carry work forward across multiple steps, using the tools and context around you.

When: 10 am, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free                                                   

Sponsor: OpenAI Academy

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Thu, Aug 20 - AI in Action: What’s Working in the Field

What: You’ll hear directly from district leaders who are putting AI into practice as they share lessons learned, successful use cases, and the leadership decisions helping them build thoughtful, sustainable approaches that support educators and improve outcomes for students.

Who: Jared Bloom, Superintendent, Franklin Square Union Free School District (NY); Shaylia McRae, Deputy Superintendent, Academics and Transformation, Hillsborough County Public Schools (FL); Debbie Durrence, Interim Chief Accountability Officer, Gwinnett County Public Schools (GA); Dan Bridges, Superintendent, Naperville Community Unit School District 203 (IL); Jennifer Ferrari, Chief Executive Officer, ERDI; and Jeff McCoy, Chief Education Officer, ERDI.

When: 12 pm, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free                                                   

Sponsor: Education Research and Development Institute

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Thu, Aug 20 - AI for Government Admin, Executive Secretaries, and Critical Support Roles

What: A practical session exploring how administrative professionals, executive secretaries, and critical support teams can use AI to strengthen their everyday work.

Who: Amanda Bullock, AI Deployment Manager, OpenAI; Hillary Washington, Executive Ops, OpenAI.

When: 1 pm, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free                                                   

Sponsor: OpenAI Academy

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Thu, Aug 20 - Data Made Simple: Google Sheets for Journalists 

What: Designed for journalists with little or no spreadsheet experience, the workshop will cover the building blocks of Google Sheets, including sorting and filtering data, creating simple calculations and cleaning information for analysis. Participants will learn practical techniques they can immediately use to improve their reporting and workflow.

Who: Mónica Cordero is an award-winning investigative data reporter.

When: 1 pm, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: $35                                                    

Sponsor: iMediaCampus

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Thu, Aug 20 - ChatGPT Work for data analytics teams

What: Learn how data analytics 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

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Thu, Aug 20 - AI Governance for the Public Sector: Balancing Innovation, Security and Trust

What: You'll learn: Where AI adoption is creating new risks across state and local government environments, and why many organizations lack full visibility. How to identify and manage shadow AI, and what steps can help improve oversight of tools and usage across your organization. What it takes to establish practical governance frameworks, and how to balance innovation with security and compliance.

Who: Jim Bergen, Vice President, State Local and Education, CrowdStrike; Matt Singleton Executive Public Sector Strategist, CrowdStrike and Former State of Oklahoma CISO; Adam Zoller Chief Information Security Officer, CrowdStrike.

When: 2:30 pm, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free                                                   

Sponsor: GovLoop

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Thu, Aug 20 - The FāVS Model: What One Newsroom Can Teach Us About Building a Sustainable Journalism Community

What: A conversation about the organization's evolution, the lessons learned along the way, and what other journalists, editors, and publishers can apply to their own work. From recruiting contributors to building community and adapting to a changing media landscape, this webinar offers practical insights for anyone interested in strengthening local journalism.

Who: Tracy Simmons, executive director of FāVS News; FāVS News associate editor Cassy Benefield; FāVS News reporter Emma Maple.

When: 3 pm, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free                                                   

Sponsor: Religion News Association

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Sat, Aug 22 - 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 these tools, drawing on real-world insights from recent evaluations of speech-to-text technologies.

Who: Meghan Xu Programmer/Analyst, DevOps, Scholars Portal, OCUL; Rachel Wang Systems Administrator, DevOps, Scholars Portal, OCUL.

When: 2:00 pm, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free                                                   

Sponsor: Ontario Council of University Libraries

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