Skip to main content
College of Creative Arts and Media
Apply Upcoming Events Give

Media Disrupted: How AI is Transforming Creative Arts and Journalism Practice

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2025

WVU Media Innovation Center
4th Floor Evansdale Crossing | 62 Morrill Way | Morgantown, WV 26506

The keynote presentation and panel discussion are free and open to the public. The workshops are also free, but registration is required; space is limited.

This event is sponsored by the Ogden Newspapers Seminar Series.

About the Event

AI is revolutionizing decades of practice in the arts, media and society, with disruptions impacting every aspect of practice. This panel will provide a provocative overview of some of the latest disruptions across our fields and pose new questions about how we will create, produce and disseminate creative arts, media and journalism in the future.

The event is hosted at the Media Innovation Center and is designed to serve the full WVU College of Creative Arts and Media community of faculty and students, the larger WVU community and local/regional practitioners in journalism, media and creative arts.

The keynote presentation and panel discussion are free and open to the public. The workshops are also free, but registration is required; space is limited.

Register for a Workshop

  1. 4 p.m.

    Keynote and Panel Discussion

    Our keynote introduction by Larry Irving will set the stage for disruption across creative arts and media as well as moderate a panel that includes thought leaders, practitioners and legal experts with provocations that engage each other and the audience with imagining future implications from law and ethics, industry scenario planning, content creation and more.

  2. 5:15 p.m.

    Intermission and Reception

    Studio B and Hacker Space

  3. 5:45 p.m.

    Workshops

    Digital Storytelling and Strategic Communications Hubs

    Pre-registered participants will have the opportunity to attend one of two separate, hands-on workshop sessions designed to provide practical skills on current real-world applications.

Keynote Speaker and Panelists

Larry Irving

Larry Irving

President of the Irving Group

Larry Irving is the President of the Irving Group, a consulting firm providing strategic planning and consulting services to international telecommunications, media and technology companies, non-profit organizations, and philanthropies. Irving is also an operating partner and chief public policy, ESG and DEI advisor to ZMC, a private equity firm.

Read More
Amy Beth Cyphert

Amy Beth Cyphert

Associate Professor at the West Virginia University College of Law

Amy Beth Cyphert is an Associate Professor at the West Virginia University College of Law. At WVU, she developed and teaches courses on Artificial Intelligence and the Law, including a course on Regulating AI. Her recent research explores the impact of generative artificial intelligence on the legal profession, copyright law, and broader regulatory challenges.

Read More
Joe Amditis

Joe Amditis

Associate Director of Operations at the Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair State University

Joe Amditis is the associate director of operations at the Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair State University and an adjunct professor in the School of Communication and Media. He is the former producer and host of the WTF Just Happened Today podcast.

Read More
Chris Weathers

Chris Weathers

Attorney serving media, entertainment, advertising and sports industries

Chris Weathers is an attorney serving the media, entertainment, advertising, and sports industries with content-related legal needs. Chris has substantial experience advising and assisting companies in financing, developing, producing, and distributing a variety of content, including film, television, podcasts, experiential and metaverse activations, museum exhibitions, video games, and virtual, holographic, and augmented reality content.

Read More

Stay Connected with the College of Creative Arts and Media
Update your contact information and sign up to receive news and event information from the WVU College of Creative Arts and Media.

Stay Connected