How Black Media Archives Black History
Virtual via ZoomJoin us for a public conversation with three community leaders who will share how they built and organized their archives, how they monetize them, and some of their favorite stories and images.
Events for September 9, 2026 - September 9, 2026
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Canceled Long Live the Group Chat: How Reporters Can Practice Self and Community Care
Here’s what it takes to be a good, relatively stable reporter these days: a really good group chat. In this session, we’ll walk through some best practices and offer real-life examples of how reporters can make the most of their connections with one another to commiserate when it’s necessary and celebrate when it’s time. Every day we’re bombarded with terrible…
Free
Past & Future: How the Latino news media is serving its communities
Virtual via ZoomThe Center for Community Media's Latino Media Initiative invites news leaders to a 60-minute virtual forum exploring how Latino media organizations are evolving and adapting to today's challenges. This forum will showcase journalism produced in the last past year and examine the challenges and emerging opportunities in the field. Publishers, editors, and independent journalists: your voices and experiences are crucial to this conversation.
Cancelled: What’s the Future of News? Part 1 with Darryl Holliday
Room 444THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. While reporting remains essential to journalism, today's information ecosystem demands a broader toolkit. How can we create learning networks where journalists and communities work together to solve local problems? In this lunch workshop, journalist and strategist Darryl Holliday will share practical approaches to building action-oriented communities of practice to enhance learning and public participation throughout…
Free
The Feminist Press: Countering the Broligarchy
Room 308 219 West 40th Street, New York, NY, United StatesAs calls for "masculine energy" dominate tech, politics, and social media, how should feminist outlets respond? Join Newmark’s Kovie Biakolo for a conversation with leading editors and reporters at feminist publications about covering the intersection of culture, gender, and politics. Guests include Editor-in-Chief of Jezebel Lauren Tousignant, journalist Kelly Kimball, Anna Lind-Guzik, founder and executive director of the Anti-Nihilist Foundation,…
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What’s the Future of News?
Room 330John Thornton, co-founder of the Texas Tribune and co-founder of the American Journalism Project, and Sarabeth Berman, CEO of the American Journalism Project, will discuss the rise of nonprofit local news, the innovations reshaping the industry, and what the future holds for communities across the country. Lunch will be provided. To secure a ticket below, registrants must provide their full…
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Black Media Futures
Virtual via ZoomBlack Media Futures is a half-day virtual conference exploring the current state and future prospects of Black media, in celebration of the 198th birthday of the Black press. The event features expert speakers and panelists sharing insights on the past, present, and future of Black media.
AI for Community Media: Fact-Checking Tools | Data Journalism
Virtual via ZoomIn the first of three AI for Community Media sessions, we'll look at ways to fight against misinformation and disinformation; and explore data scraping and analysis, and building graphics.
AI for Community Media: AI Tools | Prompt Writing
Virtual via ZoomIn the second of three AI for Community Media sessions, we'll approach AI with "cautious curiosity" and learn to harness tools to save time and work; and look at how to write prompts that prevent hallucinations and biases.
AI for Community Media: AI Tools for Journalists | Image Creation
Virtual via ZoomIn the third of three AI for Community Media sessions, we'll explore what tools can do well and what they do poorly for journalists, and discuss the legal and ethical ramifications; and we'll work with prompts to create images and look at how to fact-check images.