New England Newspaper & Press Association

Have you ever had an idea for a journalism app but lacked the coding chops or budget to bring it to life? Or maybe you thought about creating a community news website, but couldn’t stomach the thought of wrestling with WordPress? Thanks to artificial intelligence, building an app or spinning up a new website is now almost as easy as writing a few lines of text.

Vibe coding as a “thing” has been around since March, but innovators have been working on it for a while. There are several platforms to choose from and are designed for complete novices and experts alike.

Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism Professor Emerita Retha Hill will walk you through how to vibe code using a simple tool. She will also introduce you to others you might want to check out.

By attending this lesson, you’ll learn:

• How vibe coding works and how it is being utilized by journalists and non-journalists alike.
• How vibe coding can help support your own journalistic work.
• What vibe coding platforms can be used to help accomplish for your goals.

Audience behavior is shifting faster than newsrooms can keep up. Research from Chartbeat, Medill, and others shows a clear pattern: publishers increasing their output are gaining audience, while those publishing less are losing visibility, habit, and revenue. The problem? Most local newsrooms can’t produce 2–5× more stories — but your competitors are already doing it with AI.

Register to hear from Anntao Diaz, one of the industry’s most influential voices on audience growth. After 15 years at Google leading News Consumer Insights and Realtime Content Insights, he helped hundreds of newsrooms understand what truly drives loyalty and engagement. Now at Nota, he’s applying that expertise to next-generation AI — and will explain why publishing “more — and smarter” is now essential.

New AI-powered tools can turn raw video into publishable stories, generate clean drafts in minutes and rapidly produce briefs, explainers, rewrites and updates — without adding staff. This webinar will show how early adopters are doing it, what they’re gaining and why increasing your publishing volume may be the most important move you make in 2025. Don’t get left behind.

WHY ATTEND

• Learn why publishing more, more often is now the strongest driver of audience growth
• See new AI tools that turn raw video into publish-ready stories in minutes
• Watch how AI can multiply your newsroom’s daily output — without adding staff
• Discover which story types (briefs, recaps, explainers, updates) build habit and loyalty fastest
• Leave with a clear, actionable plan to grow audience and revenue in 2026

To help journalists report on the U.S. childhood vaccine schedule with clarity, context and accuracy, the National Press Foundation will hold an online briefing Dec. 11, 1-2 p.m. ET. This webinar, Making Sense of the Childhood Vaccine Schedule, will feature experts in medicine and science, as well as a veteran health journalist, to help improve coverage.

NPF’s panel of experts will address key questions and misconceptions about childhood vaccines, including how the schedule is developed, the timing of vaccines, the role of combination vaccines and the role and safety of vaccine ingredients, like aluminum. Experts will also answer questions from webinar attendees during the Q&A.

This webinar is sponsored by Vaccinate Your Family, a nonprofit that for more than 30 years has championed vaccine access, education and advocacy. NPF is solely responsible for its content.

It’s important to remember that as journalists, we possess a wealth of transferable skills that are in demand outside of the news world. In this webinar, meet a panel of professionals working in communications and content marketing, who can provide practical guidance on finding clients in these spaces. Learn how to break in, determine your rates and protect yourself from conflicts of interest. Leave with fresh contacts for flexing your freelancing in new directions.

Speakers:

Kim Howard, Director of Communications and Marketing at EMDR International Association
David Rynecki, Founder of Blue Heron Research Partners
Candace White, Deputy Director of Communications and Digital Strategy at the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University

Moderator: Benét J. Wilson, Financial Journalist