Technology

Case Study: How Hearst Newspapers built an AI-powered, Slack-based Tool to Help With Digital Content Production

AI in the Newsroom is a series of case studies from the Online News Association (ONA) that highlight specific ways journalists are building and using AI tools. Launched by Hearst...

Case Study: Djinn, an AI-powered Data Journalism Interface

AI in the Newsroom is a series of case studies from the Online News Association (ONA) that highlight specific ways journalists are building and using AI tools. iTromsø, a small...

ONA23

Powering Trusted News with AI: Navigating the Present and Shaping the Future

AI has arrived and will need to be adopted by newsrooms swiftly to keep up with audiences ever growing expectations when it comes to technology. There are many advantages of AI in...

ONA23

A Roundtable Discussion on the Latest in AI Innovation

  • Matt Masterson
  • Evan Young
  • Liz Danzico

  In September 2023, ONA hosted a redux of the popular ONA23: Philadelphia session, A Roundtable Discussion on the Latest in AI Innovation. Microsoft’s Liz Danzico and Matt...

ONA23 Screenshot from presentation featuring speaker Etan Horowitz and slide labeled "Pinpoint" with illustrations symbolizing marked-up data

Extract Structured Data with Google Pinpoint

  • Etan Horowitz

Learn more about the newest feature of Pinpoint, a tool that uses the best of AI and Search technology to help journalists easily go through large amounts of documents, audio...

A screenshot of a quote: "We are leaning into newsletters as a platform we have more control over. Social media engagement has really plummeted for us, so we are looking for ideas of how to stay present and continue serving audiences there given our limited capacity to adjust and adapt to social media changes."

Beyond Twitter and Meta: What’s next for social media

  • Shay Totten
  • Moderated by Hanaa Rifaey, Susan Gonzalez, Apryl Pilolli, Adriana Lacy, Meghan Murphy and Upasna Gautam

When Elon Musk completed his acquisition of Twitter at the end of October 2022, it signaled the end of the golden age of social media for news organizations. Meta had already...

ONA22 Clips or It Didn't Happen

Clips or It Didn’t Happen — Delivering the News with Viral Video

  • Aaron Rupar
  • Moderated by Rakesh Agrawal

Increasingly, members of the public are consuming news by engaging with video clips shared online. Video clips provide visual proof of what is happening and, when shared online,...

ONA22 An Editorial-AI Hybrid Approach to Journalism

An Editorial-AI Hybrid Approach to Journalism

After fighting a long and difficult battle for ad dollars against the big tech platforms, the journalism industry has undergone a serious transformation in the past 5 years –...

ONA22 Even if Web3 is Full of Scams, The Part That Isn't Might Just Change Everything

Even if Web3 Is Full of Scams, the Part That Isn’t Might Just Change Everything

  • Eric Mack
  • Keith Axline
  • John Miller

Web1 and Web2 both changed the world while arguably doing plenty of damage. Web3 adds a new layer to the internet that isn’t just about trading JPEGs and crypto; it also...