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The Media Copilot

AI Quick Start

1-Hour Live AI Workshop for Media Pros

A fast, practical introduction to AI for journalists, PR pros, and communicators. In just 60 minutes, you’ll learn how to plug AI into your day-to-day work—safely, ethically, and without losing your voice.

Next Class: Friday, Nov. 13 @ 1 p.m. ET. Reserve your spot now!

$49.00 USD

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A 1-hour live AI workshop for journalists, PR pros, and communicators. Learn structured prompting, deep research, and how to build your own assistant.

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What You’ll Learn in 1 Hour

In this live AI workshop for media professionals, you’ll learn how to:

  • Understand what today’s AI tools actually do (and don’t) in plain language.

  • Use a simple prompting framework to get better drafts, ideas, and edits.

  • Apply privacy and safety basics so you don’t expose sources, clients, or internal docs.

  • Run “deep research” queries to find experts, angles, and background fast.

  • Start building a reusable AI writing assistant that sounds like you.

Every session is updated with the latest tools and features, so the examples you see actually reflect how AI works this month.


Who This AI Workshop Is For

AI Quick Start is designed for anyone who works with words and stories:

  • Journalists & editors who need faster research and better first drafts.

  • PR & communications pros who write pitches, briefing docs, and exec comms.

  • Content creators & marketers who juggle blogs, newsletters, and social.

  • Media leaders & executives who need a clear, non-hyped view of AI’s role.

No technical background required. If you can use a browser, you can use this.


Led by a Media-Native AI Expert

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Pete Pachal

AI Quick Start is taught by Pete Pachal, founder of The Media Copilot and a veteran tech journalist (Mashable, CoinDesk, NBC Universal). He spends his days living at the intersection of AI and media, helping newsrooms and comms teams use these tools responsibly and effectively.

Stop dabbling. Start using AI effectively.

Everyone has used a chatbot. Very few have build custom assistants with structured prompting or collaborated with AI on a research project. Start using AI smarter.

This isn’t theory. You’ll be able to put AI to work the same day on real assignments.

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Perfect as a standalone AI skills boost or as an on-ramp to our 6-week AI programs for journalists and PR/communicators.

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