CNN AAJA Workshop: Becoming a Digital Leader in the Age of AI
Today's newsrooms are evolving faster than ever. Are you equipped to lead the charge?
Designed for reporters, editors, newsroom managers, and coaches, this intensive workshop focuses on building the practical skills required to lead in a rapidly changing newsroom. Led by CNN’s award‑winning journalists, the experience centers around real newsroom challenges and equips you with actionable tools and frameworks which can be put into practice right away.
What you will walk away with…
Elevated Digital Storytelling: Deep-dive strategies for writing, editing, and producing stories with clarity, speed, and impact across digital platforms.
Video Strategy: Tools and frameworks for creating videos that support editorial goals and improve content impact while reaching and retaining new audiences.
AI-Powered Leadership: Practical instruction from CNN’s AI experts on applying AI tools to reporting, research, and interactive storytelling grounded in journalism standards and ethics. Build confidence using AI to improve newsroom workflows, sharpen editorial judgment, and lead innovation effectively.
Audience-Centered Mindset: Explore how evolving audience behaviors intersect with journalistic storytelling, and how to design stories that meet audiences where they are and keep them coming back. Learn new ways of thinking about relevance, engagement, and long‑term audience trust without compromising journalistic values.
Editors, reporters, video producers, and newsroom leaders from print and digital publications are encouraged to apply.