Research shows large and growing disparities between rural and urban communities in their access to quality and consistent health care — especially in treatment for cancer maternal health. Covering these inequities, as well as solutions to them, comes with challenges.

Join the National Press Club Journalism Institute for an instructional session focused on solutions-journalism approaches to covering rural health issues.

This program is part of the Institute’s inaugural Public Health Reporting Fellowship, funded by the Common Health Coalition. It’s being opened to the public at no cost.

At its core, trauma-informed leadership recognizes and respects human experiences. Post-pandemic news organizations require us to re-order our skillset, moving “soft” skills to the top. While the soft skills of leadership are hard, API believes these skills will help retain critical perspectives and pivotal voices – those from journalists of color and women.

In this workshop — led by Sam Ragland, API’s vice president of journalism strategy — we’ll check the editing, producing and managing at the (Zoom) door, and instead invite caring, coaching and connecting to the table. Participants will contribute anonymously to set of interactive slide and receive real-time coaching and context as their responses come in.Join this event to:

• Learn a framework for understanding the core needs necessary to support the psychological safety of your team
• Build a 30-day plan that outlines a series of behaviors to practice in order to model the values of either care, coaching or connection

To support journalists and their well-being during Mental Health Awareness Month, API has offered this free, interactive webinar since May 2024. If you attended this session last year and found it helpful, please encourage your colleagues and friends in news to join this year.

Join NENPA University and bestselling author and New York Times Business Investigations Editor David Enrich for a compelling conversation on the escalating threats to press freedom in the United States. Drawing from his latest book, Murder the Truth: Fear, the First Amendment, and a Secret Campaign to Protect the Powerful, Enrich will explore how powerful individuals and institutions are increasingly using legal intimidation to suppress investigative reporting, challenge critical journalism, and silence dissent.

In this session, you’ll learn about:

• The history and significance of the landmark New York Times v. Sullivan case and why it’s now under threat.
• The tactics being used to stifle journalists from aggressive lawsuits to legal loopholes.
• How editors and journalists can prepare for and push back against these efforts to chill free speech.
• Real-world examples of journalists facing these pressures today.

Who Should Attend: Whether you’re a reporter, editor, or media advocate, this webinar will provide you with critical insights into the ongoing battle for truth and the future of the free press in America.

Cost: Free to Press Association Members, $15 for Non-members, $45 for Non-member Group (4 or more)

YESEO app founder Ryan Restivo will debut what he’s learned building and rolling out the Slack app he’s built as a 2022-23 Reynolds Journalism Institute fellow. Drawing from over 60,000 headlines, this session will engage the audience with the ultimate task: can you spot an AI headline from a real headline?

Ryan will reveal what he has seen in over two years worth of data, what words indicate the likelihood of headlines that come from Large Language Models and teach you a thing or two on how to spot them. This promises to be a participatory session and welcome to anyone who is new to AI or is an expert level. Hopefully everyone can learn something new when Ryan reveals this never before seen data.

Funding for ONA’s AI in Journalism Initiative is generously provided by Microsoft, the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation and The Joyce Foundation. To learn more about supporting ONA’s AI programming, contact Hanaa Rifaey, Head of Strategic Partnerships, at hanaa@journalists.org.