Local Journalism

ONA16

Local Newscasts: Adapt or Die?

  • Emily Dresslar
  • Adriano Farano
  • Katie Larson
  • Andrew Pergam

If you’re a local TV news broadcaster, chances are you’re busy honing your approach to web video. Help is on the way. Hear strategies and outcomes from a top local broadcast...

London16

Knocking Down the Language Barrier

  • Stijn Aelbers
  • Moderated by Eliza Anyangwe

Whether we’re talking about the migrant routes in Europe, countries where multiple languages are spoken or conversations around terrorism and extremism, hot-button topics in the...

ONA15

Yik Yak, Swamp Juice and the Importance of the Hyperlocal Conversation

  • Brooks Buffington
  • Moderated by Erica Hernandez and Matt Sheehan

Yik Yak, the hyperlocal short-form social network, has been taking college campuses by storm since its founding a little more than a year ago, and is poised to emerge as a...