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Listed below are upcoming webinars and live events to help both your editorial and business departments. If you are aware of additional resources not listed here, please let us know so we can add them
What You’ll Learn
Pinpoint: How to use this investigative powerhouse to search thousands of PDFs, handwritten notes, and audio files in seconds to identify key patterns and entities. NotebookLM: How to create a “grounded” AI assistant using your own trusted sources to generate summaries, brainstorm story angles, and create audio briefings. Gemini: Techniques for mastering prompts to assist with SEO headlines, social media copy, and organizing unstructured data.Who Should Attend?
Reporters & Investigators: Anyone managing large document sets or complex beats. Editors & Producers: Professionals looking to streamline workflows and newsroom efficiency. Freelancers & Students: Storytellers at any stage seeking high-powered research and organization tools.Technical Requirements
These tools are free-of-cost with a Google account. Note: Because of its specialized investigative capabilities, Pinpoint requires users to request access. We highly recommend requesting your account here at least 24 hours before the session.Presented by Colleen Kimmett
Colleen is a journalist and educator who worked in independent media for 15 years before joining the Google News Initiative. She started her career at The Tyee, played a founding role in The Discourse, and helped launch the Institute for Investigative Journalism at Concordia University. She’s passionate about supporting journalists and the journalism industry.This session will not be recorded. Please plan to attend the session on the date and time.
Massachusetts has the oldest statewide probation system in the country. In November 2023, Pamerson Ifill became the first Black person appointed to lead the Massachusetts Probation Service.
Join BABJ for an important conversation about his historic role in the criminal justice system, the changes he has implemented in his first two years, and his vision for the future of probation in Massachusetts.
The discussion will be moderated by BABJ’s Melanie Morris, host of the “Yellow Jacket Lady” podcast.
Wednesday, February 25
7:00 p.m. (ET)
Zoom (link will be emailed the day before the event)
Please RSVP here to receive the Zoom link.
The GOP’s signature budget bill — OBBBA — cut taxes but also safety net programs, particularly SNAP and Medicaid. Learn to track how new work requirements affect your community with county and state-level data. Join Poynter Beat Academy for a webinar on Feb. 26 at 1 p.m. ET to get localized story ideas that explore where data makes a difference and boost your midterm coverage. Webinar offered free of charge thanks to the support of The Joyce Foundation.
Learning Outcomes
- Quantify SNAP and Medicaid impacts in your coverage area.
- Transform abstract policy into tangible effects on local communities.
- Navigate America’s Essential Data web tool to discover story ideas.
- Grasp how data sets contribute to everyday challenges in business and consumer life.
- Name withdrawn or degraded federal data sets and describe the local consequences.
- Identify data loss workarounds where they exist.
Traditional advertising may get impressions, but promotions win on engagement and truly measurable results for your advertisers. Pairing interactive promotions with branded content creates high‑value audience engagement that translates into leads, richer audience data, and repeatable revenue.
We’ll explore why advertisers are shifting budgets toward interactive experiences—sweepstakes, quizzes, native storytelling—and how you can turn these formats into recurring revenue streams. We’ll break down campaign ideas, real-world success stories, and strategies to boost advertiser ROI, deliver measurable results, and grow your advertising revenue.
Previously Aired
Previously aired Editor & Publisher Reports Podcasts
America’s Newspapers Previously Aired Webinars – Download recordings, PowerPoints and key takeaways:
- Meeting Employer Challenges to the Pandemic
- What Advertisers Need Right Now … and How You Can Help
- Promotions to Run Now … and Who Should Run Them
- A Remote Sales Team May be the Future: Is it Here Now?
- Digital and Print Subscription Benchmarks, Best Practices During COVID-19 Pandemic
- Managing Remote Workers: The Legal and Productivity Best Practices
- Understanding Paycheck Protection Program Loans and Other SBA Stimulus Programs for COVID-19 Impacted Businesses
Small Business Impacts and Resources from the CARES Act – Register
This free webinar presented by NENPA University and Online Media Campus was recorded on April 3. It provides an overview of the impacts and resources available to small businesses from the three phased congressional relief packages in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. A NENPA member code is required to register for the recording at no cost. Members that are interested in receiving the access code for this webinar should email c.panek@nenpa.com.
Audio interview with infectious disease experts from The New England Journal of Medicine – conducted on March 25, 2020, the editors discuss transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and how to prevent it, particularly in at-risk health care workers.
Covering Coronavirus: Expert Tips for Journalists & Communicators – National Press Club
Get the Story on the Coronavirus Crisis – Center for Health Journalism