Almost two years after ONA last visited the old Inquirer building to hear about major plans from our city’s biggest media company, Join editors from Philly.com, the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News to discuss the role that all three of their web presences play in parent company’s Interstate General Media’s digital future.

Leah Kauffman, executive producer for entertainment and lifestyle at Philly.com, Frank Wiese, senior editor for multimedia projects at the Inquirer, and Josh Cornfield, digital editor at the Daily News, will discuss their individual websites and how they’re working together to expand the reach of the region’s largest website and daily newspapers.

Wiese and Cornfield will discuss the recent launches of their respective members-only websites, which seek to improve the newspapers’ relationship with their audience, while Kaufmann will discuss Philly.com’s move toward becoming more of a portal site with its own distinct voice.

Come around 6:30pm, we’ll get started at 7pm and wrap up by 8pm for a Happy Hour. Details to follow.

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Raleigh’s online hometown newspaper has a new home on Glenwood Avenue. Come tour the office, located in a historic building in one of Raleigh’s most scenic neighborhoods, and meet the staff of this growing nonprofit news organization. Refreshments will be provided.

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Dear Journalist Friends,

Want to reboot, recharge, retool?

Come to:

SPRING TRAINING FOR JOURNALISTS

Sponsored by Center for Integration and Improvement of Journalism at SFSU and

Pacific Media Workers Guild Freelancers Unit

Saturday, May 4

at SFSU

Admission is $20 in advance, $25 at the door (Students $10/15, Guild and CWA members free).

The conference runs 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and includes sessions on:

Breaking into radio with Ben Trefny (KALW), Raul Ramirez (KQED), Queena Kim (Marketplace)
Advanced FOIA and public records, with Seth Rosenfeld (“Subversives”)
Creating great visuals, with Carrie Ching, recently of the Center for Investigative Reporting
Cell phone videojournalism with Ken Kobre
Getting work into magazines with editors of California, Afar, San Francisco and California Lawyer
Multimedia on the cheap with Pulitzer Prize winner Kim Komenich
Covering technology with tech writers Harry McCracken and Chris Null
Digital storytelling on deadline with Mike Kepka of the San Francisco Chronicle
Niche reporting with writers who cover technology, healthcare and music/culture
Making the most of internships with Yumi Wilson
The business of freelancing with Dan Fost and Bill Snyder
Smartphone photography with Len Cook
Carol Pogash will keynote: “The Unscripted Life,” how a long-time Examiner staffer surprised herself and became a successful freelancer.
Click here to learn more details and to register.

Lunch and a post-conference reception is included.

Hope to see you there.

For questions, please email freelance@mediaworkers.org

https://www.facebook.com/SpringTrainingForJournalists?fref=ts

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What is the role for humor in journalism, from hard news to politics to tech and pop culture? When does it work better than being straightforward? When should journalists strictly avoid it? What does its prevalence in new media reporting and social media say about where the media industry is heading? We’re bringing together a panel of funny journalists to tackle these questions and others, and hope you’ll join us. We may have one more name to add to the panel soon, so stay tuned.

Panelists:

Tom Gara, WSJ (@tomgara)

Brian Ries, Daily Beast (@moneyries)

John Herrman, Buzzfeed (@jwherrman)

Amy Odell, Buzzfeed (@amyodell)

Moderator: Liz Heron, WSJ (@Lheron)

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Polls are common currency in Washington debates, and journalists are the primary referees of which polls pass muster and what stories they tell.

But how do they actually work? What makes a poll reliable, and how can you find out?

Scott Clement of the polling firm Capital Insight and the American Association for Public Opinion Research’s journalist education program will pull the curtain back on modern polling. Topics include the key questions to ask when judging a poll’s legitimacy, the role of new technologies, the role of the Internet and new technologies in polling, and strategies for writing and presenting survey data.

While the talk will cover the basics, be sure to check out the Poynter NewsU and AAPOR’s free self-directed course on Understanding and Interpreting Polls for a complete tutorial.

Schedule

6 p.m. — Doors open

6-6:30 p.m. — Mingling and networking

6:30-7:30 p.m. — Polling presentation

7:30 p.m. — Final networking at a nearby bar (location TBA)

We hope you will join us at The Washington Post auditorium for this event. The $5 entry fee covers your first drink at the bar after the presentation!

See you in April!

— Matt and Tiffany

WANT TO HELP?

Volunteer to work the door, photograph or blog the event by emailing Matt (matt@northwestern.edu). Volunteers receive complimentary entry even if the event sells out.

Have an idea for future ONADC topics, speakers and events? We are always looking for cool suggestions, as well as places to hold meetups. Let us know if you have thoughts about topics or if you want to host!

NOT AN ONA MEMBER YET?

We hope you will consider joining ONA soon. It’s a great organization!

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Ben Jones of Tableau will join us for this month’s Hacks/Hackers and ONA-Austin meetup to demonstrate their free data visualization tool, Tableau Public, and show how journalists and others can use it to explore data and make visualizations that help tell stories.

You can learn more about Tableau Public here.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for hors d’oeuvres and socializing, with the presentation at 7 p.m. Tableau will host a social afterward at a nearby bar venue to be determined.

The meeting will be in the first floor conference room of the Austin American-Statesman office building at 305 S. Congress Ave.

(For those interested in a more in-depth look at Tableau, they are hosting a 4-hour workshop during Data Day Texas on March 30th. Austin Hacks/Hackers can get a 20% discount by using the code “hacks-hackers-20″ at http://datadaytexas.com.)

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We are looking to bring to content creators and web developers/coders/programmers together for a hack day, the challenge – create an app or website to promote/advance open government. This challenge will give us the chance to create something new and innovative. Just example to get you thinking, Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom’s new book highlights some great apps that promote open government. Check them out here.

Friday – April 26, 2013

1 p.m. – Check in/Registration

2 p.m. Journalism Crash Course – Programmers learn the basics of journalism. Learn what makes a story, how to keep your audience engaged, and what people are interested in.

2 p.m. Programming Crash Course – Journalists learn the basics of programming. At the end of this class you will be familiar with how coding works, the amazing things you can create, and what elements you need to create a successful program.

7 p.m. – Mixer/Meet & Greet, Teams Announced
Elbow Room Bar & Grill – 5225 Kearny Villa Rd, San Diego, CA.

Saturday – April 27, 2013

8:00am – Welcome

8:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. — Challenge begins

12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. – Lunch – TED-Style Talks

12:05 p.m. – 12:20 p.m. Talk #1 – Tom Mallory, HomepageEditor, UTSanDiego.com

12:25 p.m. – 12:40 p.m. Talk #2

1:15 p.m. – 6:15 p.m. — Challenge continues

Break

7:00 p.m. Group Presentations

More information to come!! If you are interested in helping, or know of a potential sponsor, or have some ideas, please let us know…

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The News Game Workshop is Friday, March 22 in the First Amendment Forum at the Cronkite School of Journalism, co-sponsored by ONA Phoenix.

For more information contact retha.hill@asu.edu. Click on link to RSVP.

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Interested in serving as a student leader for ONA Mizzou? Email onamizzou@gmail.com for an application. Available positions are president, vice-president/treasurer, secretary and social media coordinator.

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Dan Oshinsky, a convergence and Reynolds Journalism Institute fellow alum, is joining to talk about creating content that makes people want to share it. Oshinksy is the founder of Stry.us and currently works for BuzzFeed and will be join us by Skype to answer your questions.

Read a “letter home” from Oshinsky to students at Mizzou.

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