Webinars
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How Public Media Stations Are Building AI Policies
July 16, 2026
Watch NowPractitioners from Chicago Public Media, Detroit PBS, Little Rock Public Radio, and Oregon Public Broadcasting walk through how they developed their AI policies, what drove the decision, how they structured the process, and what they learned along the way.
Presented by Current and Public Media Innovators.
The panelists’ AI policies are available on our AI Resources page, along with a growing collection of AI use cases from stations across the system. We’d love to add yours — submit your AI policy or use case through the form on the page or reach out through our contact form.
Upcoming Webinar
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After the Feed: AI and the Future of Community
August 20, 2026 1:00 pm EST
RegisterAs AI rapidly becomes the new way people find and make sense of information, AI systems are disrupting social platforms and news providers alike. For public media stations that are built around community and trust, that shift raises the question: will people still come to us, or chat with AI instead? And what happens to the relationships we’ve built with our audience and our members?
Angelica Quicksey, Managing Director of New_ Public, will share her organization’s latest research on how “agentic interfaces” are becoming the new gatekeepers of what people see and trust online. She’ll walk through why audiences are shifting away from public conversation and algorithmic feeds toward smaller spaces and trust-based relationships with creators and journalists.
This session is aimed at station leadership, community engagement, and development teams thinking through what this shift means for our audience relationships. Read New_ Public’s full report at newpublic.org/afterthefeed
Past Webinars
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The 50+ Gaming Audience You’re Overlooking
June 19, 2025
Join Dr. Brittne Kakulla, Senior Insights Manager at AARP, as she shares groundbreaking research on the 50+ gaming community – a rapidly growing, highly engaged audience that public media can’t afford to overlook. Learn why older gamers are an untapped opportunity, what they want from game experiences, and how public media organizations can think differently about intergenerational play, content, engagement, and innovation for this key demographic.
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Applied AI for Public Media: Marketing, Social, and Digital Strategy
May 13, 2025
Explore practical, hands-on ways public media marketing, communications, and digital strategy teams are using AI to work faster and create stronger content. You’ll learn how to generate SEO-friendly descriptions, draft on-brand social posts, and write accessible alt text, then leave with downloadable prompts, links to custom GPTs, and practical ideas you can use right away.
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AI for Journalists and Content Creators
April 17, 2025
Discover how KQED is putting AI to work in real newsroom and content workflows while maintaining editorial values. This webinar shares practical examples from transcription and metadata tools to a headline ideation bot, along with guidance on experimentation, governance, and responsible adoption for teams of any size.
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Ed Tech Innovations: Highlights from SXSW EDU 2025
March 20, 2025
Join this conversation on the standout themes from SXSW EDU 2025 and how they’re influencing education and EdTech. You’ll hear what’s emerging next in AI, accessibility, creativity, and student voice, plus ways public media can stay ahead of the curve.
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Innovate with Current: The Secret History of Public Media
February 20, 2025
Public media’s story didn’t start with Lyndon Johnson or the Public Broadcasting Act. In this conversation, historians Josh Shepperd and Allison Perlman, sociologist Laura Garbes, and Black Public Media Executive Director Leslie Fields-Cruz trace the roots of public media back more than a century, exploring how early innovators navigated new technologies, shifting audiences, and questions about who public media is meant to serve. It’s a history that has a lot to say about where we are now.
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Innovate with Current: Visions for Public Media’s Future
January 16, 2025
What does public media need to become to remain relevant and sustainable through the rest of this decade? Five leaders from across the field share their thinking on where the system is headed and what it will take to get there, covering everything from audience strategy and membership models to organizational culture and the role of local stations in a shifting media landscape.