Nebraska’s College of Journalism and Mass Communications will host a free Google News Initiative training session, in partnership with the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA), on Thursday, Sept. 12, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Nebraska Union Swanson Auditorium.
The Google News initiative will cover digital tools for election coverage in broadcast and digital newsrooms, conferences and events. Learn to identify misinformation and disinformation and strengthen fact-checking and source verification skills.
The training will be led by Google News Initiative lead trainer and CoJMC alum Mike Reilley (‘89). He’s also the lead trainer for the Online News Association’s Microsoft AI in Journalism training program.
Reilley is a senior lecturer at the University of Illinois-Chicago; founder of JournalistsToolbox.ai, a free website featuring AI tools and training videos and co-founder of Penny Press Digital LLC, a consulting and training company.
Reilly is one of the 11 founding editors of ChicagoTribune.com, a former web editor for the Tribune and a former reporter at the LA Times. For 13 years, he served as a faculty member at Northwestern, Arizona State University and DePaul University, teaching digital journalism to hundreds of students and professional journalists.
For more information on the training, visit the digital tools training website. This event is open to all UNL faculty, staff and students. Registration is not required to attend.
Questions? Contact Zac Franzen at zfranzen2@unl.edu
About RTDNA
The Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) is the world's largest professional organization devoted exclusively to broadcast and digital journalism. Founded as a grassroots organization in 1946, RTDNA's mission is to promote and protect responsible journalism. RTDNA defends the First Amendment rights of electronic journalists throughout the country, honors outstanding work in the profession through the Edward R. Murrow Awards and provides members with training to encourage ethical standards, newsroom leadership and industry innovation.
About the Google News Initiative
The Google News Initiative works side-by-side with publishers and journalists to build a more sustainable, diverse and innovative news ecosystem. GNI offers training, products and funding to journalists and newsrooms to help strengthen their work in the digital age, working to bring together industry leaders around the world, cultivating a diverse news community to spur innovation and tackle pressing issues like media literacy and misinformation.
