AI Spotlight Series: An Editor's Guide to Reporting on AI

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Join us for a 90-minute workshop for editors of all kinds as part of the Pulitzer Center's AI Spotlight Series. The workshop will take place on Wednesday, October 9 at 11:00am ET, and is geared towards journalists in North America, South America, Africa, and Europe time zones. (What time is that in my city?)

This course is designed for managing editors, executive editors, desk editors, social media editors—anyone in charge of directing coverage, commissioning stories, or packaging and producing them for public consumption. We will identify different types of AI stories and dissect what sets apart the best coverage, including its framing, headline, and artwork. You’ll learn how to assess both pitches and filed stories, and avoid common pitfalls that can mislead or confuse an audience (or an editor). There will be opportunities to ask questions, trade tips, and have a lively discussion among fellow newsroom decision-makers. View the course syllabus.

The course will offer live translation in Spanish. El curso tendrá traducción al español. 

Please note that these trainings will be conducted live in order to allow for interaction between attendees and coaches. A recording will not be shared with registrants afterwards (but registrants will receive resources!). If you are interested in attending the training, please show up online at the time specified. If this time does not work for you, please see our full list of upcoming trainings here. 

Apply to join the course here. All applications are due by September 25, 2024 at 11:59pm ET.

Meet our coaches:

• Gideon Lichfield began his career as a science and technology writer at The Economist. He then took foreign postings in Mexico City, Moscow, and Jerusalem before moving to New York City in 2009. He was one of the founding editors at Quartz, then editor-in-chief of MIT Technology Review and, most recently, of WIRED. While at MIT, he also edited post-pandemic speculative fiction for MIT Press. 
• Tom Simonite is the Washington Post's Tech Companies editor where he drives coverage of some of the biggest players in Silicon Valley and their vast impact on society.  He previously was senior editor at WIRED and also spent six years reporting on artificial intelligence. He has written and edited technology coverage while on staff at MIT Technology Review and New Scientist magazine in London.

We are proud to team up with EL CLIP as our outreach partner in Latin America.