Webinars & Trainings

LARC x AGVR: An Evening On Journalism & Safety

Date: Monday, October 19, 2026

6:30 – 6:40 PM: Opening remarks from AGVR & LARC
6:40 – 6:50 PM: “Flock Walk” screening (with Ben Camcho & Jayrol San Jose)
6:50 – 7:20 PM: In Conversation with Jin Ding (PEN America) & Adam Rose (Freedom of the Press Foundation)
7:20 – 8:20 PM: Public Safety Reporting Panel feat. Abené Clayton (The Guardian), Ryanne Mena (Southern California News Group), Aaron Mendelson (The Trace) and LaMonica Peters (The LA Local)
8:20 – 8:30 PM: Audience Q&A

Los Angeles Reporting Collective (LARC) and the Association of Gun Violence Reporters (AGVR) invite you to join us at the LA Press Club for an evening program about the intersection of journalism and safety. In collaboration with our friends from PEN America, Freedom Of The Press Foundation, IWMF & CPJ.

Title: Protecting your digital and mental safety

Date: September 23, 2026

Time: 11 am PT/ 1 pm CT/ 2 pm ET

Panel:

– Abené Clayton, Moderator

– Tat Bellamy-Walker

– Rosem Morton

Reporters who cover traumatic topics like gun violence, extremism and gender-based violence can often face mental health challenges that are compounded by the threat or harassment and doxxing. This webinar will introduce journalists to the different ways they can protect themselves digitally and emotionally

Title: Covering gun violence in rural communities

Date: July 16, 2026

Time: 2:00 p.m. ET

Panel:

Abené Clayton – Moderator
Dene Dryden
Ali Rowhani-Rahbar
Paige Pfleger

Covering gun violence in rural communities poses a different set of challenges and factors to consider than gun violence in major urban areas. This webinar will highlight the lessons experienced journalists and researchers have uncovered in their work and offer insights for journalists and newsroom leaders covering these underreported-on communities.