Register now: Localize It federal changes workshop series (next event is Monday, July 14, 2 p.m. ET)
EDITORS/NEWS DIRECTORS:
With sweeping federal changes underway, AP launched a series to help you stay ahead. That series is now winding down — don’t miss the last two sessions. These Localize It workshops offer practical support to AP customers covering the evolving impact of national policy on local communities. The next session, the second to last in the series, is Monday, July 14, and will focus on religion.
Our final workshop will take place in August and will cover immigration. Workshop content is tailored for our U.S. members.
Here’s what to expect from the series:
— Help interpreting and navigating data
— Ideas for local storylines
— Source recommendations
— Help tracking lawsuits over federal actions
— Guest experts (for some sessions) with on-the-record comment
— Q&A with AP reporters and editors
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COMING MONDAY
LOCALIZE IT: RELIGION
AP’s next workshop on federal actions will cover the impacts on religious organizations across the country and how you can report this from a local angle. AP religion reporters will discuss the effects of federal aid reduction and the Trump administration’s suspension of the federal refugee program and what that means for religious communities that care for these groups.
We’ll also touch on the the upcoming anniversary of the Scopes trial, the new pope and discuss the responses of local religious leaders to ICE raids.
WHEN:
— Monday, July 14, at 2 p.m. ET. Register for the workshop here to attend live or receive the recording.
WHO:
— David Crary, global religion news director
— Tiffany Stanley, reporter and editor, global religion team
— Giovanna Dell’Orto, religion reporter
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UPCOMING — FINAL WORKSHOP IN THIS SERIES
LOCALIZE IT: IMMIGRATION
The date for the workshop has yet to be announced, but it will be held in August. If you register for the religion workshop, you will be invited to this one. If you want others in your newsroom to be added to the mailing list for the event, have them register for Monday’s workshop or please contact us at localizeit@ap.org.
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We will be sending the invites for each upcoming session about a week in advance.
You may share these invitations with anyone in your newsroom who would like to attend. If your schedule prevents you from attending, we still encourage you to register, as we will share a recording link with everyone who registers.
Questions can be directed to the Local News Success team, at localizeit@ap.org.
