Culture and Career

ONA Local

Coping With The New Normal

  • Benét Wilson
  • Kari Cobham
  • James Rodriguez
  • Moderated by Emma Cillekens

It’s impossible to deny that things have changed—a lot. Much of the world’s media is operating from their living rooms, beds and makeshift home offices. Some are...

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....

ONA19

A Game for Imagining the Next Generation of News

  • Andrew Losowsky
  • Heather Chaplin

Join Coral’s Andrew Losowsky and the New School’s Heather Chaplin for some Saturday afternoon gameplay! Through a guided, participatory process, you’ll create a futuristic...

ONA19

Are You Having a Journalism Midlife Crisis?

  • Kim Fox
  • Sharon Chan
  • Paul Cheung

Want to cheat on journalism? Quit your job and escape the daily content grind? Feel like you have no control over your career? You might be having a midlife crisis with...

ONA19

Bearing Witness: Vicarious Trauma and Living With A PTSD Diagnosis

  • Andy Carvin

After years of exposure to graphic imagery, social reporting pioneer Andy Carvin confronted the consequences of his PTSD diagnosis, radically changing how he approached reporting...

ONA19

Early-Career Tips from our 2019 MJ Bear Fellows

  • Moderated by Benét Wilson

The 2019 MJ Bear Fellows will discuss their innovative projects such as providing live election results in 11 languages simultaneously, creating a virtual learning environment for...

ONA19

Founders and Firsts: 20 Years of ONA

  • Moderated by Sara Catania

This year, ONA celebrates 20 years of training, networking and honoring excellence in journalism. We’ve organized a Featured session super-group of ONA all-stars: some of our...

ONA19

How to Approach Difficult Conversations: A Guide to Improve Your Newsroom Culture, Your Coverage and Your Life

  • Destinée-Charisse Royal
  • Lu Ortiz

Difficult conversations are, by definition, challenging. This session will provide tactics to handle tough and tricky newsroom talks that will help turn uncomfortable conflicts...

ONA19

How to Get Sh** Done in a Remote Workplace and Beyond

  • Anna Perling
  • Kaitlyn Wells
  • Adam Schweigert

How can you work well while working remotely? In this presentation, we’ll introduce you to the basics and beyond of a few powerful tools to help you manage projects, communicate ...