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SUMMARY:Image and Video Creation Using AI
DESCRIPTION:Instructor: Mike Reilley\, Senior Lecturer at University of Illinois Chicago and founder of JournalistsToolbox.ai \nAI is transforming how journalists create and verify visual content\, making it an important skill in the art of storytelling in the changing media landscape. Tools like DALL·E\, Midjourney\, Sora\, and Adobe Firefly allow reporters to generate images and videos that illustrate complex ideas\, visualize data\, or enhance stories when traditional visuals aren’t available. \nAt the same time\, understanding how to identify AI-generated media helps journalists maintain credibility\, combat misinformation\, and ensure ethical use of emerging technologies in the newsroom. \nThis 90-minute training will cover the following: \n\nPrompt crafting: Learn how to write and refine prompts to create compelling AI-generated images and videos.\nFact-checking visuals: Practice using the newest tools and techniques to detect whether an image or video was created by AI.\nTool deep dive: Explore major platforms – including Sora\, Google Veo\, DALL·E\, Midjourney\, and Adobe Firefly – and see how their quality has evolved.\nHands-on practice: Experiment directly with AI tools and walk away with new skills for ethical\, creative visual storytelling.\n\nRegister for the AI training \nIf you have any questions\, contact ccm@journalism.cuny.edu. \n\nInstructor \nMike Reilley is the author of two books\, “Data + Journalism: A Story-Driven Approach to Learning Data Reporting” and “Journalist’s Toolbox: A Guide to Digital Reporting and AI”. Mike teaches data and digital journalism courses at the University of Illinois Chicago. He is also a digital tools trainer who has taught Google News Initiative tools to more than 12\,500 journalists and educators in the past seven years. He also is the founder of Penny Press Digital LLC\, a digital consulting and training company that works with media outlets such as USA Today. A former reporter and copy editor at the LA Times and a founding editor of ChicagoTribune.com\, Mike served for 13 years as a full-time faculty member at Northwestern\, Arizona State University and DePaul University. He holds journalism degrees from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northwestern University. Mike founded the research site The Journalist’s Toolbox AI.
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/image-and-video-creation-using-ai/
LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Center for Community Media
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SUMMARY:How to Run an Indie Podcast
DESCRIPTION:Want to learn what it really takes to run a successful independent narrative podcast in the post-boom era of podcasting? Join Newmark J-Schools Audio Journalism program for a candid discussion about independent podcasting. Panelists will share a behind the scenes look at what it’s like to run your own show\, the transition from being a host/producer to a boss/owner and share real insights on what it takes to make independently produced narrative podcasts in 2025. \nPanelists:  \n\nBrian Reed\, host and creator of Question Everything and formerly host and co-creator of S-Town\, The Trojan Horse Affair for Serial Productions. \nYowei Shaw\, host and creator of Proxy\, formerly co-host and producer of Invisibilia on NPR.\nEvan Ratliff\, host and creator of Shell Game\, award-winning investigative journalist and author\, and former co-host of Longform Podcast. \n\nModerated by Newmark J-School Director of Audio Journalism\, Kalli Anderson.  \nThe panel will be held at the School: 219 West 40th Street\, 3rd floor.
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/how-to-run-an-indie-podcast/
LOCATION:Room 308
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SUMMARY:Smart Fact-Checking: Tools\, Techniques\, and AI Methods for Journalists
DESCRIPTION:Instructor: Mike Reilley\, Senior Lecturer at University of Illinois Chicago and founder of JournalistsToolbox.ai \nIn a fast-changing media and AI-driven landscape\, it is critical to empower community journalists to fight misinformation while building their skills in using digital investigation tools and techniques. This training will equip participants with techniques to verify content\, authenticate sources\, and conduct in-depth online research using both traditional and AI-powered methods. \nThis 90-minute session combines fact-checking exercises with advanced methods for finding and validating online information. It’s designed for journalists looking to sharpen their verification skills and enhance their digital literacy in an era of deepfakes\, social media manipulation\, and hidden online networks. \nParticipants will learn to: \n\nUse Google Fact-Check Explorer\, reverse image search\, and other tools to verify election-related claims\nAnalyze doctored videos and audio using WatchFramebyFrame and Deepfake-o-meter\nApply advanced search and geolocation techniques for digital investigations\nExamine disinformation spread across Discord\, Reddit\, Telegram\, and VKontakte using Rolliapp.com\n\nRegister for the AI training \nIf you have any questions\, contact ccm@journalism.cuny.edu. \n\nInstructor \nMike Reilley is the author of two books\, “Data + Journalism: A Story-Driven Approach to Learning Data Reporting” and “Journalist’s Toolbox: A Guide to Digital Reporting and AI”. Mike teaches data and digital journalism courses at the University of Illinois Chicago. He is also a digital tools trainer who has taught Google News Initiative tools to more than 12\,500 journalists and educators in the past seven years. He also is the founder of Penny Press Digital LLC\, a digital consulting and training company that works with media outlets such as USA Today. A former reporter and copy editor at the LA Times and a founding editor of ChicagoTribune.com\, Mike served for 13 years as a full-time faculty member at Northwestern\, Arizona State University and DePaul University. He holds journalism degrees from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northwestern University. Mike founded the research site The Journalist’s Toolbox AI.
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/smart-fact-checking-tools-techniques-and-ai-methods-for-journalists/
LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Center for Community Media
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SUMMARY:Film Screening: Drop Dead City 
DESCRIPTION:Student Affairs invites the community to watch the documentary “Drop Dead City”. In 1975\, New York City is minutes away from bankruptcy when an unlikely alliance of rookies\, rivals\, fixers\, and flexers find common ground — and a way out. This documentary explores NYC’s 1975 fiscal crisis and what life was like for New Yorkers in the 1970s\, blending archival footage with firsthand accounts. \nJoin directors and producers Michael Rohatyn and Peter Yost for a Q&A following the screening. \nWatch the trailer here. \nRSVP for the event here
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/film-screening-drop-dead-city/
LOCATION:Room 308
CATEGORIES:Student Affairs
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