EDITORS/NEWS DIRECTORS:
With sweeping federal changes underway, AP has launched a new series to help you stay ahead. Localize It workshops offer practical support to AP customers covering the evolving impact of national policy on local communities. The next session is Tuesday, May 27 and will focus on the federal workforce, buildings and leases.
Other topics will include DEI, tariffs, immigration and environmental regulations. 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 TUESDAY
LOCALIZE IT: FEDERAL WORKERS AND BUILDINGS
Remaking the federal workforce is part of a larger Trump administration push to dramatically shrink the size of government and exert more control over it.
This workshop will address the impact of cuts enacted by Trump appointees and the Department of Government Efficiency and look at what’s ahead. We’ll offer local story angles and share avenues to find locally relevant data on federal employees and real estate holdings in your communities.
WHEN:
— Tuesday, May 27, at 2 p.m. ET. Register for the workshop here.
WHO:
— Steven Sloan, AP director, news strategy
— Chris Megerian, AP White House reporter
— Ryan Foley, AP correspondent
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UPCOMING
LOCALIZE IT: DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION
Monday, June 9, at 2 p.m. ET. Register for the workshop here.
President Donald Trump signed a pair of executive orders aimed at upending diversity, equity and inclusion policies in both the federal government and private sector within 48 hours of starting his second term.
The orders that carry the weight of law set off a scramble among many corporations, universities, law firms and major philanthropies to decide whether to amend or altogether abandon their own DEI policies to avoid losing federal funding.
Some institutions acted soon after the orders were signed, while others have responded at the administration’s demand. Several lawsuits allege Trump’s orders are too vague about what constitutes DEI.
This workshop will address the latest effects of these executive orders on diversity programs at schools and businesses, along with the administration’s overall effort to end DEI programs and purge related content across the U.S. government. We will offer local story angles, data resources, source recommendations and tips for tracking DEI litigation and the loss of federal funding.
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We will be sending the invites for each upcoming session 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 Katie Oyan, AP Deputy Director/Local News Success, at koyan@ap.org
