Join us for a training session with the Google News Initiative! MVJ will host Mary Nahorniak, GNI’s U.S. Teaching Fellow, to discuss the best ways to use Google tools when covering the upcoming election.

This session will cover the most relevant tools from Google’s suite that will equip journalists to cover the 2024 elections in the U.S., from local races to the national level. Mary will discuss covering campaigns, candidates and issues through the lens of helping you search smarter, understand your audience’s questions, and analyze large document sets.

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About the Speaker

Mary Nahorniak is Google News Initiative’s U.S. teaching fellow, focused on collaborating with journalists and entrepreneurs to drive innovation in news. She has trained 5,500+ journalists with the Google News Initiative team and also serves as a trainer for the Poynter Institute, focused on coaching newsrooms in digital strategy. Mary previously worked at USA TODAY, NewsTrust, The Baltimore Sun, The Richmond Times-Dispatch, and for a mobile Internet company in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She’s a graduate of the University of South Carolina honors program and has taught at the University of Maryland and in Russia. Mary is a recent transplant to the San Francisco Bay Area, and you can find her surfing, making pottery and exploring coffee shops and trails.