Events

Citizen journalism has become a defining force in how information travels. Smartphones, social platforms, and community networks allow ordinary people to document events in real time. At the same time, traditional media increasingly collaborates with audiences, using shared editorial content to expand coverage and diversify perspectives. While it is beneficial for newsrooms to have a…

Elections generate enormous amounts of structured and unstructured data—voter rolls, precinct results, turnout patterns, campaign finance disclosures, and misinformation trends. Data journalists help the public understand what’s real, what’s misleading and what’s missing. In an era of distrust, transparency backed by verifiable data is one of the strongest tools for public confidence. Data journalism is…

This session is postponed. Check back soon for a rescheduled date. Journalism shapes public understanding, influences decisions, and holds power to account. Ethical lapses—fabrication, bias, conflicts of interest—can erode trust quickly. This session explores the principles that guide responsible reporting and the gray areas journalists navigate daily. Core principles include: Accuracy & verification with priorities…

This session is postponed. Check back soon for a rescheduled date. The Pennsylvania Constitution guarantees that “all courts shall be open” and the U.S. Supreme Court has long recognized that the First Amendment mandates open courts as essential to democratic accountability. This right applies to both the press and the public, and it covers many—though…

This session is postponed. Check back soon for a rescheduled date. The First Amendment protects freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and the right to receive information. Journalists have the same access as any member of the public: public streets and sidewalks, public meetings (subject to open-meeting laws) and public records (subject to FOIA).…

Trauma, Burnout, and Safety: A Survival Toolkit for Journalists Join us on Monday, May 11, at Point Park University’s Center for Media Innovation in Pittsburgh, for our first in-person “Meet the Moment” session, which includes editors on the front lines of America’s current civil unrest. As part of a new series of training led by…