Free Google News + SPJ Training on Election Coverage (in English)

Free training from the Google News Initiative and Society of Professional Journalists. RSVP HERE: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSehNZn11LfqnISmNEYD1_s_vn0NqXWJylIZ6IOoK5yAln6ZRw/viewform

OVERVIEW

Tools to detect misinformation, protect yourself and your data online, and connect with voters.

MEETING ROOM

Hospitality Management Room 135

SCHEDULE

8 a.m. Introduction, Agenda & Overview
8:20 a.m. Data Journalism
9:45 p.m. Safety & Security
10:30 a.m. Verification & Fact Checking
11:35 p.m. Ethics & Elections
12 p.m. Online Resources & Wrap-up

BRING A LAPTOP
The training will be hands-on, so bringing a fully-charged laptop or tablet is recommended, but not required.

MEET THE TRAINERS

Nicholas Whitaker
Nicholas Whitaker (@nickdigital) is the Training and Development Manager at the Google News Lab — a global team dedicated to working with journalists to provide training, collaborate on industry challenges, and support innovation in the newsroom. The News Lab forms part of the Google News Initiative, an effort to work with the news industry to help journalism thrive in the digital age. Nicholas has been at Google for over 7 years, providing in-person training and educational programs, as well as adult-online learning initiatives, reaching more than half a million journalists worldwide.

Samaruddin (Sam) Stewart
Sam Stewart (@samsends ) is a journalist and media technologist based in California and is a program manager for the SPJ Training Program in partnership with the Google News Initiative which has trained over 17,000 US journalists since 2016. Prior, he was awarded a Knight Foundation Prototype Grant for his innovative work in verification of visual content for journalism and was also selected as a Stanford University John S. Knight Journalism Fellow where his research focused on countering misinformation through technology. His prior work includes senior managing and editing roles at Aol News, Agence France-Presse, The Arizona Republic, and he was also selected as the US Department of State’s 189th Franklin Fellow, serving as a media expert providing strategic advising on media outreach and audience engagement. He holds an MBA from Central European University and both a Master’s and Bachelor’s degree from Arizona State University’s Cronkite School of Journalism.

Jorge Luis Sierra
Jorge Luis Sierra (@latinointx ) focuses on the intersection of digital technology, investigative journalism and cybersecurity. Sierra develops risk assessment tools and crowd-sourced maps to track crime, corruption and attacks on journalists. An award-winning Mexican investigative reporter and editor, he has covered a range of conflict-related topics such as drug trafficking, organized crime, counterinsurgency and gangs.

LEARN MORE
https://www.spj.org/election18-miami.asp