Be sure to register to secure your spot
SPJ DC chapter members and other journalism colleagues are invited to participate in the Google News Initiative training session on “Covering and Protecting Your Elections.” The event is on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Google office at 25 Massachusetts Ave. NW in D.C. Register here, and be sure to verify your registration once Google sends you an email to verify it after you sign up.
Here’s what SPJ says will be covered:
Verification & Fact Checking
This workshop will show you time-saving methods to verify the authenticity and accuracy of images, videos and reports that you find in social media and elsewhere online. With content developed in collaboration with First Draft News, this workshop will assist in tools and workflows to help verify questionable content, so that you don’t fall for hoaxes, rumors and misinformation — especially in the important election periods.
Safety & Security
Safety and security online is important for all users, but especially for journalists in the field conducting sensitive, difficult, and sometimes dangerous reporting. According to a recent study of more than 2,700 newsroom managers and journalists from 130 countries, at least half of those surveyed don’t use any tools or methods to protect their data and information online. Attend this workshop to learn how to protect yourself and your news organization from hacking, phishing, malware, other digital attacks and censorship — for the upcoming election season and beyond.
Data Journalism
This workshop will help you unlock the powerful world of data journalism to tell deep, insightful stories. You’ll learn to find, analyze, interpret and visualize data in compelling new ways — and help your audience gain a deeper understanding of election data and campaigns.
Journalism Ethics
The Society of Professional Journalists believes ethical journalism ensures the free exchange of information that is accurate and fair. This workshop will highlight important principles that are the foundation of ethical journalism while encouraging their use by all people in all media — during election season and every day:
– Seek Truth and Report It
– Minimize Harm
– Act Independently
– Be Accountable and Transparent
Questions?
Contact Monica Williams via email or by phone at 317-920-4786.
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Protecting Journalists
On Tuesday, Oct. 23, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Morgan State University in Baltimore, MDDC and the School of Global Journalism at Morgan State present “Protecting Journalists.” There is a charge, but registration includes a buffet lunch and keynote speaker. And a portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Capital Gazette Memorial Internship Fund, “established in response to the tragic shooting in the Capital Gazette offices that killed editors Rob Hiaasen, Wendi Winters, Gerald Fischman, and John McNamara, and sales assistant Rebecca Smith and shook the entire community. This fund supports interns in the MDDC internship program.”
MDDC says of the seminar:
Increasingly, journalists find themselves and their profession under attack, both figuratively and literally. Join MDDC for lively panels on how journalists can gather information in this current climate, and how newsrooms can assess threats and safety to their reporters.
Register here.