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Greetings, hacks and hackers! The AP's weekly Local News AI Readiness Workshops have started, and will continue for the next several weeks.

Registration is still open for live panels, demos and how to videos on various Artificial Intelligence tools and topics.

Worth a read:

Over 71 digital media sites in the Latin American region have contributed to the publication of about 800 news stories in the past six months using the Google Web Stories format.
GIJN is publishing a new five-part guide to investigating elections around the world. The chapters will focus on topics like tools and databases for election digging and safety tips for preparing to cover an election.
A USA TODAY reporter and data journalist worked together on a paywalled investigation about evictions, released alongside a free “graphic novel” combining story and data elements into a comic-like narrative to humanize the story in a more accessible way.

Upcoming events:

April 13-May 18, Online, AP Local News AI Readiness Workshops
May 19-20, Chicago, US, Collaborative Journalism Summit
May 19-22, Mechelen, Belgium, Dataharvest
June 6-10, Online, RightsCon
June 20-21, Bonn, Germany, DW Global Media Forum
June 22-24, Minneapolis, US, SRCCON
June 22-25, Oslo, Norway, Global Fact Conference
June 23-26, Denver, US, IRE
June 27-30, Honolulu, US, EWC International Media Conference
June 27-July 1, Medellín, Colombia, World Conference of Science Journalists
July 8-13, Shanghai, China, World Journalism Education Congress
July 15-17, Couthures-sur-Garonne, France, Festival International de Journalisme
August 25-27, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Hacks/Hackers Media Party

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