NLGJA 2026 National Convention

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9:45am PDT

A Toolkit for Intersex Inclusion Seacliff CSara Bonisteel Bi and Trans: The Intersections Seacliff AAmber Dodd ChatGPT For Real Newsroom Work Seacliff DEvan Hirsch • OpenAI Sound Like Yourself: Using Your Voice Across Audio and Video Seacliff BGeorge Bodarky

11:00am PDT

Covering A Divided Nation: Lessons from Black and Brown Media Seacliff BDa'Shaun Harrison • Sonali Kohli • Anajana Nagarajan-Butaney • Mariana Duran Flores Follow the Money: AI and the Cross-Platform Global Newsroom Seacliff CJosh Eidelson • Rakshita Saluja • Todd Gillespie • Lynn Doan • Ben Steverman • Bloomberg Radical, Unreasonable Queer Hospitality Now Seacliff D The Reality of Freelance Journalism Today Seacliff AK Petrin • Soleil Ho • Katherine Lewis

3:00pm PDT

Expanding the Frame: Including Trans and Gender-Expansive Communities in Your Coverage Seacliff BK Petrin • Drew Costley • Jireh Deng • Lex McMenamin Navigating Risk: Practical Safety for LGBTQ+ Journalists covering ICE in the US Seacliff CJennifer Nelson • Tat Bellamy Walker • Clara-Sophia Daly Optimizing Your Résumé for AI Seacliff AJahna Berry • Sonali Kohli We Still Drive at 55: The Bay Area Reporter's More Than Half a Century Seacliff DMichael Flanagan • Cynthia Laird • Jim Provenzano • Michael Yamashita

4:15pm PDT

Diversity is More Than Staffing, It’s News Coverage: Ensuring More Missing People of Color Make the Headlines Seacliff CJonathan Franklin Inside Scoop: Building Sources Inside an Administration in Upheaval Seacliff DK Petrin • Martin Shelton • Claire Savage Primary Sources First: How to Build Custom AI Tooling for Investigations Seacliff A PRSA Presents Connecting Comms and Journalism: Advancing Accurate Representation in Media Seacliff BCurtis Sparrer • Heide Harrell • Matt Marcial • Public Relations Society of America