ONA17

ONA17

We’re ~Journalists~ Too: Embracing Your New(ish) Newsroom Role

  • Kim Bui
  • Laura Davis
  • Elana Zak
  • Moderated by Timothy Wong

“I’m not a service department. Sorry-not-sorry!” If you’ve been tempted to utter that phrase, chances are you don’t have the words reporter or editor in your title....

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Expert Interview Advice from David A. Fahrenthold

  • David A. Fahrenthold
  • Moderated by Megan H. Chan

David A. Fahrenthold will walk through how he mixed good ol’ shoe leather reporting and social media to write some of the most impactful stories of the 2016 presidential...

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2017 Lightning Talks

  • Moderated by Sara Catania

It’s electric! ONA is hosting an energetic round of community-pitched lightning talks, wherein registered conference attendees compete to present their Big Idea in Journalism....

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2017’s Tech Trends in Journalism

  • Amy Webb

This perennially packed session brings the future-think to ONA17. Amy Webb will demo never-before-seen tech prototypes … and this year, she has a few extra surprises in store in ...

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Building Great Newsletters and Email Tools

  • Megan Hess
  • Jacqueline Boltik
  • Matt Kiser

It’s easy to send an email, but how do you build an audience when you’re inside someone’s inbox? Learn how to keep a newsletter going on the fly, and get editorial and...

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Building Trust in Online Communities

  • Kim Bode
  • Rubina Madan Fillion
  • Adam Smith

How can old and new media organizations build on their strengths to engender trust in the age of endless online soapboxing, media pluralism and fake news? What can they learn from ...

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Creating the Next Generation of Product Thinkers

  • Marie Gilot
  • Aron Pilhofer
  • Hong Qu
  • Angela Wong

Media companies — both startups and legacy organizations — are hiring people who can design, develop and manage news products, such as mobile apps, email newsletters, SMS...

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Digital Journalism Insights: Lightning Talks from 2017 ONA Board Candidates

  • Moderated by Mindy McAdams

We’ll hear from key leaders in the digital journalism community — candidates for ONA’s Board of Directors — about how they approach the balance of innovation, engagement,...

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Dos and Don’ts for Facebook Live

  • Geoff Dietrich
  • Brodie Fenlon
  • Irene Thomaidis

Veteran Facebook Live producers will discuss innovative approaches to creating content — efforts that have gone right, as well as at times comical examples of lessons learned...