ONA16
It’s Raining Bots
- Stephanie Clary
- Andrew Pinzler
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Moderated by Sarah Squire
From Messenger to Slack, bots are suddenly all the rage. They offer a bold new world of distribution that makes Facebook Instant Articles look old-fashioned. Bots can go anywhere,...
[Unconference] How to Solve Local Journalism's Money Problem
Tell us what we've missed! The unconference is a chance for registered attendees to propose conversations on topics we may not have covered elsewhere. The advertising model...
Designing More Emotionally Intelligent Digital Experiences
- Anjali Mullany
A range of companies — from social networking startups to media organizations to tech titans like Facebook — have been boldly experimenting to allow audiences to express their...
Quick Guide to Your Basic 360 / VR Toolkit
- Shaheryar Popalzai
- Lakshmi Sarah
- Kevin Tsukii
- Nicholas Whitaker
The number of tools for making 360 video and virtual reality projects has exploded over the past year or two. We’ll do a quick overview of affordable cameras, audio equipment...
ONA16 Lightning Talks
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Moderated by Greg Linch
ONA is hosting another round of community-pitched lightning talks this year, wherein registered conference attendees can present a big idea. But keep it short and sweet — five...
Fitting in the News: Creating Personalized Interactives
- Jere Hester
- Sandeep Junnarkar
- Kristen Lee
It’s a developing art: creating mobile-friendly news interactives that deliver personalized info to users — often on complex issues — by guiding them through a series of...
VR Technical Workshop: Introduction to Unity
- Daniel Pacheco
True virtual reality is more than 360 video; it also contains computer-designed graphic elements. We’ll do a quick crash course on the Unity game engine, one of the most common...
[Unconference] Collaboration is a Messy Necessity
Tell us what we've missed! The unconference is a chance for registered attendees to propose conversations on topics we may not have covered elsewhere. Collaboration is a...
Change Up Your 2016 Election Coverage. Create a Computational Campaign.
- Meredith Broussard
- Andreas Graefe
- Jennifer Stromer-Galley
Computational journalism — the use of computation to facilitate or even automate reporting, data and display — is showing up in more newsrooms as a highly effective tool. This ...