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SUMMARY:Film Screening: American Coup: Wilmington 1898
DESCRIPTION:AMERICAN COUP: WILMINGTON 1898 tells the little-known story of a deadly race massacre and carefully orchestrated insurrection in North Carolina’s largest city in 1898 — the only coup d’état in the history of the US. Stoking fears of “Negro Rule\,” self-described white supremacists used intimidation and violence to destroy Black political and economic power and overthrow Wilmington’s democratically-elected\, multi-racial government. Black residents were murdered and thousands were banished. The story of what happened in Wilmington was suppressed for decades until descendants and scholars began to investigate. Today\, many of those descendants — Black and white — seek the truth about this intentionally buried history. \nJoin us for a film screening and conversation with the film’s directors\, Brad Lichtenstein and Newmark J-School Professor Yoruba Richen\, and executive producer Cameo George.
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/film-screening-american-coup-wilmington-1898/
LOCATION:Room 308
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SUMMARY:A Journalist's Guide to Using Perplexity for Search
DESCRIPTION:AI search tools like Perplexity are gaining popularity in newsrooms for their ability to search information across different topics and complexity levels. In this session for Newmark J-School students\, alumni\, faculty\, and staff\, you’ll learn about how to use Perplexity for citation-based searching. You’ll also learn some caveats and have a chance to practice searching related to your own interests. \nThis session is designed for those who have never used Perplexity and those who are familiar with it and want to learn more about how to use it thoughtfully. \nAs Perplexity’s Head of Publisher Partnerships\, Jessica Chan brings over a decade of expertise in forging strategic alliances across the digital content landscape. Her expertise spans across content strategy\, publisher relations\, and product partnerships where tech and media intersect. \nRSVP for this event
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/a-journalists-guide-to-using-perplexity-for-search/
LOCATION:Room 308
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SUMMARY:What Are the First Amendment Rights of Non-Citizen Journalists?
DESCRIPTION:Immigrant and non-citizen journalists face unique risks—visa denials\, border restrictions\, arrests\, and deportations. This panel will spotlight high-profile cases\, including Rümeysa Öztürk and Mario Guevara\, and examine how U.S. law is shaping press freedom. \n\nMazin Sidahmed – Executive Director and co-founder of Documented\nEsha Bhandari – Deputy Director\, ACLU’s Speech\, Privacy\, and Technology Project; represents Rümeysa Öztürk\, a Turkish doctoral student detained over an op-ed\, and Mario Guevara\, an immigrant journalist arrested in Georgia\nAlfredo Corchado – Executive Editor and Correspondent\, Puente News Collaborative in El Paso\, TX\nDana Green – Vice President and Assistant General Counsel at The New York Times\nModerated by Yemile Bucay\n\nThe Safety Series \nThis event is part of the Fall 2025 Safety Series\, a three-part program from the Newmark J-School’s Journalism Protection Initiative exploring the biggest threats to media safety and press freedom in the U.S. Covering topics including shifting immigration policy; global declines in press freedom; the precarity of safe havens; and dangers to trans and non-binary journalists\, each session highlights urgent issues while offering space to share experiences\, strategies and solutions.
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/what-are-the-first-amendment-rights-of-non-citizen-journalists/
LOCATION:Room 308
CATEGORIES:Journalism Protection Initiative
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SUMMARY:Building New Futures: How Can Farmers and Journalists Support Each Other?
DESCRIPTION:NOTE: THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT. \nFarms are facing unprecedented climate impacts\, swift funding cuts\, policy changes and a targeted agricultural labor force under the current administration. \nParalleling this\, journalists are overwhelmed with the plethora of news coverage to tackle. However\, amidst all of this\, food movements and small farmers here in New York are moving forward\, and newsrooms like NPQ and projects like The New Harvest are working to create civic space to help tell these stories of joy and resilience. \nThis is an interactive event\, with a brief panel then divided into smaller groups for story circles that bring together journalists\, farmers and policy experts to share how storytelling can help to showcase the solutions around our current political\, environmental\, and social challenges. \nHosts:  \n\nSara Hudson\, NPQ CEO and Interim Editor in Chief\nAngely Mercado\, Climate Reporter and Fact Checker\nIris Crawford\, Editor\, Climate Journalist and Creator of The New Harvest Project\n\nFarmers:  \n\nMonti Lawson\, Founder and Lead Land Steward of The Catalyst Collaborative Farm\nOlivia Fuller\, Farmer and New York Communications Manager\, American Farmland Trust  \nDK Kinard\, Farmer\, Educator\, and Director of Community Engagement\, New York Restoration Project\n\n 
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/building-new-futures-how-can-farmers-and-journalists-support-each-other/
LOCATION:Room 308
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SUMMARY:Book Talk: Empire of AI
DESCRIPTION:SOLD OUT\nJoin us for an exclusive evening with investigative journalist Karen Hao\, in conversation with Brandy Zadrozny (NBC News)\, as Hao unveils her groundbreaking book on OpenAI’s transformation from safety-focused nonprofit to industry titan: Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman’s OpenAI.\n 
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/book-talk-empire-of-ai/
LOCATION:Room 308
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SUMMARY:Centering Justice in the Climate Change Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, April 9: 6-7:30\nRoom 308 \nHow can we bring attention to the people most affected by climate change into our reporting on the climate? Join a conversation with community organizers and journalists who work at the heart of climate-justice solutions. \nFeaturing: \n\nDr. Brandon Dale\, New York Ambassador\, Hunters of Color\n\n\nSamantha Maldonado\, senior reporter\, THE CITY\n\n\n\nAngely Mercado\, Freelance journalist and researcher\n\nRebekah Morris-Gonzalez\, Director of Climate Initiatives\, Pratt Center for Community Development\n\nModerated by Justine Calma\, senior science reporter\, The Verge \n\n 
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/centering-justice-in-the-climate-change-conversation/
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SUMMARY:Screening: Bad Press and a Virtual Q&A
DESCRIPTION:The Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY invites you to a special screening of Bad Press on Wednesday\, April 2\, from 5:00–7:30 p.m. This gripping documentary\, winner of the Sundance Film Festival’s U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Freedom of Expression\, offers a powerful look at press freedom and Indigenous politics. \nFollowing the screening\, Professor Yoruba Richen will moderate a virtual Q&A with co-directors Rebecca Landsberry-Baker\, Joe Peeler\, and journalist Angel Ellis\, whose courageous fight for a free press is at the heart of the film. \nAbout the Documentary: In 2018\, the Muscogee Nation—one of only five federally recognized tribes with a free and independent press—suddenly repealed its landmark Free Press Act\, turning its primary news source into government-controlled media. Bad Press follows journalist Angel Ellis as she takes on a historic battle against censorship and corruption in her tribal government. \nDon’t miss this thought-provoking film and conversation on the vital role of journalism in democracy. \nTo secure a ticket below\, registrants must provide their full first and last name(s)\, including for any guests. Incomplete or partial information will result in the cancellation of the ticket reservation.
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/screening-bad-press-and-a-virtual-qa/
LOCATION:Room 308
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250204T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250204T193000
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SUMMARY:“Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza”: A Book Talk with Peter Beinart
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a conversation with Peter Beinart about his new book\, Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza. A frequent contributor to The New York Times and an MSNBC analyst\, Beinart is a professor of journalism at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY and a professor of political science at the CUNY Graduate Center. He is also the editor at large of Jewish Currents and writes The Beinart Notebook\, a weekly newsletter. On February 4\, he will be joined by journalist and distinguished lecturer\, Alia Malek\, who leads Newmark J-School’s program for international reporting. Together\, they will explore the themes of the book and discuss its broader implications. \nIn Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza\, Beinart considers how a story of persecution and victimhood has come to dominate contemporary Jewish life\, even as Israel is decimating the conditions of life for millions. That narrative\, Beinart argues\, both warps our understanding of Israel and Palestine and erases much of the nuance of Jewish religious tradition. After more than a year of Israel’s bombardment of Gaza—and the deployment of Jewish text and history to justify mass slaughter and starvation—Beinart insists that Jews must tell a new story. After this war\, whose horror will echo for generations\, they must offer a new answer to the question: What does it mean to be a Jew? \nA book signing will follow the discussion.
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/being-jewish-after-the-destruction-of-gaza-a-book-talk-with-peter-beinart/
LOCATION:Room 308
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SUMMARY:2024 Newmark Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:Come join us for the 2024 Newmark Film Festival at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Newmark J-School’s 2024 Short Docs Screening showcases the work of graduating students’ capstone films. Come and watch a compelling array of short documentaries that highlight diverse stories\, powerful voices\, and pressing issues. This annual event takes place at Newmark and provides an opportunity to witness how these emerging journalists and filmmakers harness their storytelling skills to create deeply researched and visually engaging films. Each documentary reflects the filmmaker’s unique perspective\, spotlighting untold narratives and featuring local communities\, global issues\, or stories of resilience and change. The screenings will be followed by Q&As with the filmmakers and a reception in the cafe.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease note\, the 40th St entrance to the building is closed on Saturday. All attendees must enter at 230 W. 41st St. \n\nRSVP here.
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/2024-newmark-film-festival/
LOCATION:Room 308
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241029T120000
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SUMMARY:Screening: The Night Won't End
DESCRIPTION:This event is only open to Newmark J-School alumni\, faculty\, staff and students.  \nAs Israel’s bombing campaign continues in Gaza and the humanitarian crisis deepens to catastrophic levels\, the Biden administration has not wavered in their support for Israel. US weapons transfers — from 2\,000 pound bombs to artillery shells and tanks — have been a crucial part of the Israeli military campaign. From airstrikes to field executions\, Fault Lines investigates alleged war crimes by the Israeli military in Gaza and the United States’ role in the war. \nGuests: \nLaila Al-Arian\, executive producer of Fault Lines \nSharif Abdel Kouddous\, correspondent and independent journalist \nKavitha Chekuru\, director and producer “The Night Won’t End.”
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/screening-the-night-wont-end/
LOCATION:Room 308
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SUMMARY:Midday Q&A with Masha Gessen and Janine di Giovanni of the Reckoning Project
DESCRIPTION:A Q&A with Masha Gessen and Janine di Giovanni\, CEO of the Reckoning Project. The Project is a team of multimedia journalists\, documentary filmmakers\, academics\, lawyers\, and war crimes researchers who have worked around the world to eradicate impunity and fight for justice.
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/lunchtime-qa-with-masha-gessen/
LOCATION:Room 308
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241022T180000
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SUMMARY:Good Conflict: How Journalists Can Cover Conflict\, Better - Students & Alumni
DESCRIPTION:All students and alumni are invited to join a workshop designed specifically for journalists who want to cover conflict in new ways. In this fast-paced\, practical workshop\, Amanda and Hélène help reporters\, editors\, and producers develop the skills of Good Conflict journalism\, including proven ways to investigate underneath the usual narratives and to rebuild trust with audiences and sources. They use humor\, multimedia content\, role-play scenarios\, and storytelling\, to equip you to analyze complexities\, and listen more attentively. \nJoin the workshop to develop practical skills\, including how to: \n\nDistinguish between ‘High Conflict’ and ‘Good Conflict’ and recognize the value of having ‘Good Conflict’.\n\n\nLocate what the conflict is really about rather than what it appears to be about.\nFind the most interesting\, unexplored parts of a conflict\, referred to by Amanda and Hélène as the ‘Understory.’\nMake sense of behaviors and patterns that seem to be inexplicable.\nFind and tell stories that reveal the dimensions of a particular conflict to the communities you serve.\n\nAmanda Ripley and Hélène Biandudi Hofer\, Co-Founders of Good Conflict\, are journalists who have brought their trainings on conflict to newsrooms and journalism schools around the U.S.\, including Medill\, Scripps\, Poynter\, the Solutions Journalism Network and more. \nAbout the Speakers: \nAmanda Ripley\nCo-Founder\, Good Conflict \nAmanda Ripley is a New York Times bestselling author and an investigative journalist. Her projects combine storytelling with data to help illuminate hard problems—and solutions. Her books include High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out\, The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way\, and The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes—and Why. Ripley also spent a decade writing about human behavior for Time magazine in New York\, Washington\, and Paris\, helping Time win two National Magazine Awards. She has reported from Colombia\, South Korea\, Finland\, Poland\, the United Kingdom\, Israel\, Jordan\, Oman\, and France. Ripley is also a trained conflict mediator and a (less well-trained) soccer coach. She lives with her family in Washington\, DC. \nHélène Biandudi Hofer\nCo-Founder\, Good Conflict \nHélène Biandudi Hofer is a journalist and documentary filmmaker. For nearly a decade\, she led an award-winning TV news magazine program focused on exploring remedies to societal challenges. Her work spans investigating police reform in the United States to examining education in South Sudan. Most recently\, Hélène developed and managed the Solutions Journalism Network’s Complicating the Narratives (CTN) project. CTN is a journalistic practice that can transform news coverage about controversial issues. She trained more than 1\,500 journalists across 125 newsrooms throughout the world. Hélène has worked with CBS\, NPR\, and PBS. She credits her passion for journalism to her Nkoko [great-grandmother]\, who was the oral historian of the Biandudi family in Kinshasa\, DRC. \nLearn more about the Good Conflict Workshop here.
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/good-conflict-how-journalists-can-cover-conflict-better-2/
LOCATION:Room 308
CATEGORIES:Alumni,Current Students
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SUMMARY:Covering Elections Series: Part 3
DESCRIPTION:In a year in which four billion people are scheduled to vote in 25 elections\, the world already looks very different. \nThis three-part series on Covering Elections from the Journalism Protection Initiative at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism will focus on press freedom and the safety challenges of reporting on the U.S. election. The series is co-sponsored by the Center for Community Media. \n“Covering Elections” is part of a range of public programming from the Newmark J-School which will examine the media’s role from every angle. \n\n\nCan We Stop Online Harassment? \nCo-sponsored by Freedom of the Press Foundation and the Kettering Foundation \nCampaigns of online harassment have become a key election tool\, used to intimidate and punish critical reporters. Female\, queer journalists and journalists of color are particularly vulnerable. News organizations initially responded to online harassment by encouraging social media platforms to remove harmful content and implement policies to protect users from abuse. Now\, more journalists and news organizations are providing journalists with tools to manage their online profiles\, suppress hate on their timelines\, and prepare themselves emotionally for the inevitable onslaught. This session\, featuring a panel of experts and journalists\, will look at how the strategies and tactics of self defense have evolved\, and what journalists can do in this shifting landscape to protect themselves online. \n\nPanelists \nHarlo Holmes: Holmes\, chief information security officer at the Freedom of the Press Foundation\, is an expert on both personal defense against online harassment and tech policy. \nSara Rafsky: Rafsky is an information security analyst at The New York Times. She has been leading the organization’s work on providing digital security guidance and support for the newsroom’s 2024 election coverage. \nViktorya Vilk: Vilk is the director for digital safety and free expression at PEN America. She has worked with newsrooms across the country. \nMacollvie Neel\, Special Projects Editor\, The Haitian Times.
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/covering-elections-series-part-3/
LOCATION:Room 308
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SUMMARY:Covering Elections Series: Part 2
DESCRIPTION:In a year in which four billion people are scheduled to vote in 25 elections\, the world already looks very different. \nThis three-part series on Covering Elections from the Journalism Protection Initiative at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism will focus on press freedom and the safety challenges of reporting on the U.S. election. The series is co-sponsored by the Center for Community Media. \n“Covering Elections” is part of a range of public programming from the Newmark J-School which will examine the media’s role from every angle. \n\n\nOn the Skirmish Line\nCo-sponsored by the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University and Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (RCFP) \nProtests have become part of the political and electoral landscape in the United States\, and will likely feature in the fall\, from college campuses to campaign rallies. But covering protests safely represents an enormous challenge for the press. During the 2020 nationwide protests that followed the murder of George Floyd\, hundreds of journalists were arrested and assaulted by law enforcement. Journalists\, like protesters\, have a legal right to be present in public spaces and document police activities\, but the ability of journalists to remain on the scene — when a dispersal order is given or a curfew imposed — is more circumscribed. \nThis panel discussion will open with a presentation from Gabe Rottman\, director of RCFP’s Press Freedom and Technology Project\, on a settlement agreement with the NYPD and a soon-to-be-released report from the Justice Department that could strengthen protections for the press. The conversation — moderated by Joel Simon\, founding director of the Journalism Protection Initiative — will also cover the evolving climate for protest coverage from a legal and practical perspective. \n\nPanelists  \nKaty Glenn Bass: As the program director of the Knight First Amendment Institute\, Glenn Bass oversaw the production of Simon’s 2023 report on policing\, Covering Democracy\, and participated in an accompanying documentary\, Flashpoint. She also authored a report on press freedom and policing in her previous role at PEN America.  \nMolly Biklen: Associate Legal Director of NYCLU was the lead counsel on the historic settlement with the NYPD that bans “kettling” and increases legal protections for journalists and protesters alike.  \nKatie Nelson: Nelson is a freelance photojournalist who was attacked by police while covering protests in Minneapolis following the murder of George Floyd\, and received a legal settlement. She has covered protests around the world\, most recently in Kenya. \nWesley Lowery: A Pulitzer-prize winning journalist\, Lowery was arrested in 2014 while reporting on unrest in Ferguson\, Missouri and is a leading authority on the issue of press freedom and policing. He is an associate professor of investigative journalism at American University.
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/covering-elections-series-part-2/
LOCATION:Room 308
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240930T180000
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SUMMARY:Going Deep on Covering Campaign Finance
DESCRIPTION:RSVP at the bottom of the page. \nJoin us to learn the latest on covering crucial campaign finance issues. The session will be co-led by OpenSecrets\, a leading journalism nonprofit focused on covering federal and state campaign finance issues as well as following dark money\, and Newmark J-School’s Andy Lehren and Ben Lesser. \nThis hands-on workshop will cover how to: \n\nDetermine which candidates in your coverage area are raking in the most donations and whether their fundraising operations are working well.\nFind out whether candidates in your coverage region are dependent on out-of-state donations.\nUncover the largest donors to campaigns and whether they are relying on a few wealthy contributors.\nReveal connections between donations and special interest lobbying and government contracting. \n\nYou will need to bring a laptop. \nThis event is co-sponsored by the Center for Community Media.  \n\nInstructors \nAnna Massoglia is the editorial and investigations manager at OpenSecrets. Her research areas also include foreign influence and investigations into opaque spending networks. Anna holds degrees in political science and psychology from North Carolina State University and a J.D. from the University of the District of Columbia School of Law. \n  \nBrendan Glavin is Deputy Research Director at OpenSecrets\, which he joined from the former Campaign Finance Institute (CFI)/National Institute on Money in Politics (NIMP). He started work in the money in politics space with CFI in 2001. He has worked extensively with federal campaign data\, including congressional and presidential campaign donor data\, modeling public financing proposals\, and analyzing state and federal independent expenditures. He also worked on creating CFI’s database of state laws. Brendan graduated from Colgate University with degrees in political science and history. \nAndy Lehren is a veteran investigative reporter and long-time adjunct at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY and Editorial Director for the Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism. This summer he has been conducting extensive workshops for Stanford University’s Big Local News\, working with independent newsrooms around the country on covering elections. He is also doing work for Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism and Inside Climate News. He is formerly a long-time investigative reporter and editor for The New York Times and NBC News Investigations\, and a Pulitzer Center senior fellow. New York Times investigative reporter. His numerous honors include the Peabody\, Polk\, Emmy\, two Columbia-duPont awards and four Investigative Reporters & Editors awards. He contributed to a Pulitzer-winning investigation and was part of a Pulitzer finalist collaboration.  \nBen Lesser is an award-winning investigative reporter and editor for Reuters\, and teaches investigative reporting at the CUNY Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. He previously worked for The New York Daily News and The (Bergen County\, NJ) Record.
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/going-deep-on-covering-campaign-finance/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240930T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240930T113000
DTSTAMP:20260825T114415
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LAST-MODIFIED:20240911T230815Z
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SUMMARY:Sharpen Your Election Fact-Checking with New Tools and Tactics
DESCRIPTION:In this RTDNA/Google News Initiative training\, we’ll explore ways to combat misinformation and disinformation during election coverage. \n\nWe’ll use tools such as Google Fact-Check Explorer to track fact-checked images and stories.\nWe’ll use Google Scholar to background candidates and claims.\nWe’ll break down doctored videos with WatchFramebyFrame and Deepware.\nWe’ll also look at the innovative Rolliapp.com to track disinformation spreaders on social channels.\n\nParticipants get a handout with links to tools and exercise materials you can take to your newsroom. \nJoin special guest and trainer\, Mike Reilley. Reilley is a senior lecturer at the University of Illinois\, Chicago\, and founder of JournalistsToolbox.ai.
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/sharpen-your-election-fact-checking-with-new-tools-and-tactics/
LOCATION:Room 308
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240927T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240927T163000
DTSTAMP:20260825T114415
CREATED:20240826T210119Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240917T123958Z
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SUMMARY:AI and Ice Cream Jam
DESCRIPTION:This event is open to students\, faculty\, staff\, alums and all other members of the Newmark J-School community.   \nJoin us to explore AI and its impact on the new era of news.  \nSee the latest AI tools journalists can use to work smarter\, demonstrating new ways to use AI not just for transcription\, summarization and translation\, but also for ideation\, analyzing data for investigative stories\, and exploring our journalistic blind spots.  \nAgenda: \n1. Beyond ChatGPT: How journalists across the world make professional use of AI\n2. Exploring Image & Video Generation Tools and Unpacking AI Ethics\n4. Building Your AI Toolkit: From coding to data analysis\, assemble your AI resource kit to strengthen your work\, with caveats about AI’s limitations \nEthics: Along the way\, we’ll discuss tough ethical questions as we consider AI’s potential impacts on journalism’s core mission.\nIce-Cream: Enjoy an ice cream snack during the session!\nGoal: Walk away with practical tips and a useful handout. \nThis event is led by Nikita Roy\, host of the Newsroom Robots podcast\, and the Newmark J-School’s Director of Teaching & Learning Jeremy Caplan.
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/ai-and-ice-cream-jam/
LOCATION:Room 308
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240924T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240924T193000
DTSTAMP:20260825T114415
CREATED:20240826T201844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240923T204521Z
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SUMMARY:Covering Reproductive Justice: Where We Get It Right\, and Wrong
DESCRIPTION:From the right to abortion to the right to raise a child safely\, to issues of maternal\, infant\, and child mortality\, reproductive justice is a critical issue for voters this election season. \n\n\n\n\n\nPhoto (Left to Right): Linda Villarosa; Terry McGovern; and Chanel Porchia-Albert. \nPulitzer-prize finalist and Newmark J-School Professor Linda Villarosa will host a conversation about how reproductive justice is covered\, and how it can be done better. She’ll be joined by Terry McGovern\, J.D.\, a longtime reproductive justice advocate and the Senior Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs at CUNY’s Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy\, and Chanel Porchia-Albert\, founder and executive director of Ancient Song\, a national birth justice organization. \nCo-sponsored by CUNY’s Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy.
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/covering-reproductive-justice-where-we-get-it-right-and-wrong/
LOCATION:Room 308
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