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August 17, 2023

Knight Center Webinar: Generative AI — What Journalists Need To Know About ChatGPT and Other Tools

The Knight Center’s Journalism Courses program is beginning a series of initiatives to help journalists understand the impact of generative AI on the news industry, as well as the opportunities and threats it creates. This brief webinar, at 12:00 p.m. ET,  will be followed next month by an online course on the same topic.

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"Opinion: Why Haven’t We Made It Safer to Breathe in Classrooms?"

"Two years ago, we got a chance to assure parents and teachers, in any future epidemic, that the air in classrooms was safer, making it easier for children to attend school in person and avoid learning loss and isolation."

Source: NYTimes, 08/11/2023

"The World’s Moving Closer To Deep-Sea Mining. There Are No Rules."

"With a Canadian company preparing a bid to mine the Pacific Ocean for minerals needed for electric vehicle batteries, an international oversight agency is meeting in Jamaica this month to come up with permitting rules."

Source: E&E News, 07/24/2023

"Cement Warms The Planet. This Green Version Just Got A Key Nod Of Approval."

"Companies are finding more environmentally friendly ways to make cement, which accounts for about a twelfth of global carbon dioxide emissions, making it worse for the climate than flying. Now they have to convince builders that their climate-friendly cement will hold just as well as the conventional stuff."

Source: Washington Post, 07/14/2023
July 14, 2023

AHCJ Webinar: How Journalists Can Put ChatGPT to Good Use

In this Association of Health Care Journalists webinar, Alex Mahadevan, director of the Poynter Institute's MediaWise digital media literacy program, will take ChatGPT for a spin, discuss what he's learned about the new technology and answer your questions. 1:00 p.m. ET.

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July 13, 2023

ICFJ Webinar: Threads for Journalists, Mathematics Solutions for Crises

ICFJ's second math webinar features mathematician and AI entrepreneur Dr. África Periáñez, on how math helps solve global crises, plus a discussion on how journalists can use Instagram's new app Threads. At the end of the series, participants are eligible for a USD500 story grant. 10:30am ET.

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