Technology
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,...
Planning Chat for Scale by Predicting a Two-Way Conversation
- Emily Withrow
- Zach Seward
- Ariana Tobin
Chat apps and text messages are wonderful tools for starting a back-and-forth conversation with your audience. But as your audience grows into the thousands, how do you maintain...
Storytelling from the Smartphone Lock Screen
- Eric Bishop
- Adam Pasick
- Madeline Welsh
The Quartz app was only a few days old when it sent a push alert that gave us all goosebumps: Author Harper Lee has died at the age of 89. “Shoot all the blue jays you want, if...
Tools v. Snowflakes
- Chris Amico
- Priya Krishnakumar
If you build interactive news applications or graphics, you likely agonize over this question: “Can I reuse this, or is this a one-off?” If reusable, what uses cases will it...
Hang Time: How Long Does Your Audience Stay With Your Data?
- Moritz Klack
Do people actually interact with interactives? How do you make your audience feel emotionally connected with your data? The Berliner Morgenpost’s Moritz Klack will discuss how...
It Just Got Personal: Engagement via Chat Apps
- Sarah Marshall
Chat apps have emerged as a high-touch, high-engagement opportunity for newsrooms around the world. In particular, Snapchat has quickly risen to become an exciting tool for...
Reaching Unexpected Audiences With New Platforms
- Erica Berger
New platforms represent an opportunity to connect with your audience in innovative ways. But they also offer the opportunity to find audiences you didn’t expect. Although this...
What Journalists Can Learn from Game Designers About Engagement
- Lindsay Grace
Game designers know how to create immersive and transformational storytelling experiences, using rigorous user feedback testing and rapid iteration. Closing keynote speaker...
2015 Lightning Talks
ONA hosted another round of community-pitched lightning talks, wherein we ask speakers to present a big idea, but keep it short and sweet — five minutes, to be exact. Arielle...