ONA24 Schedule

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM EDT

Early Badge Pickup

8:00 AM – 5:00 PM EDT

Help Desk + App Support

8:00 AM – 5:00 PM EDT

Registration

8:00 AM – 10:00 PM EDT

The ONA24 Lounge

9:00 AM – 2:00 PM EDT

AI Executive Summit: Operationalizing AI (RSVP)

Moderator: – Hacks/Hackers

Moderator: – CalMatters & The Markup

Speaker: – Reddit

Speaker: – Hacks/Hackers

Speaker: – The Associated Press

Speaker: – Thomson Reuters

Speaker: – The New York Times

Speaker: – Poynter Institute

Speaker: – Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Oxford University

Speaker: – The New York Times

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM EDT

Help Stations

9:30 AM – 2:00 PM EDT

First-Time Managers Training (RSVP)

Moderator: – The Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education

Speaker: – Texas Christian University

Speaker: – Self

Speaker: – Maynard Institute for Journalism Education

Speaker: – The Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education

Leadership + Strategy + Culture

10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EDT

Effective Intermediaries (RSVP)

Moderator: – Atlanta Civic Circle

Speaker: – Four Points Press

Speaker: – The Pivot Fund, Inc.

Speaker: – Internews/Listening Post Collective

Leadership + Strategy + Culture

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT

Master Multi-Platform Strategies and Elevate Your Newsroom's Impact with Canva

Speaker: – Canva

Moderator: – Flourish, part of Canva

Practical Insights + Tools

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10:00 AM – 1:00 PM EDT

Finding Your Mid-Career Groove Workshop (RSVP)

Speaker: – Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY

Leadership + Strategy + Culture

11:00 AM – 1:00 PM EDT

ONA Traffic Summit

Moderator: – Microsoft

Speaker: – The 19th*

Speaker: – CNN

Speaker: – Canopy Atlanta

Leadership + Strategy + Culture

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM EDT

A Journalist’s Guide To Using Perplexity For Research

Speaker: – CUNY Newmark Graduate School of Journalism

Speaker: – Perplexity

AI + Emerging Technology

12:30 PM – 2:30 PM EDT

Doubling Down On Community: How to Build a Loyal and Known Audience

Speaker: – Viafoura

Moderator: – Viafoura

Audience Development

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1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT

Using Parse.ly: New Features and Top Workflows

Speaker: – Parse.ly

Audience Development

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2:00 PM – 2:45 PM EDT

First-Timer's Orientation

Moderator: – Online News Association

Moderator: – Capital B

Leadership + Strategy + Culture

3:00 PM – 4:30 PM EDT

Official Conference Kickoff: Opening Remarks and Featured Session: It’s Time For A Different Lens on Election Coverage

Moderator: – Teen Vogue

Speaker: – NPR

Speaker: – The 19th

Speaker: – Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Leadership + Strategy + Culture

5:00 PM – 6:30 PM EDT

ONA24 Welcome Reception

8:00 AM – 5:00 PM EDT

Help Desk + App Support

8:00 AM – 5:00 PM EDT

Registration

8:00 AM – 10:00 PM EDT

The ONA24 Lounge

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT

Featured Session: In Conversation With Jonathan Flesher, VP of Business Development, Reddit

Moderator: – Hacks/Hackers

Speaker: – Reddit

Leadership + Strategy + Culture

10:00 AM – 5:00 PM EDT

Visit the Midway

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM EDT

Calling All Change-Makers! (RSVP)

Moderator: – News Revenue Hub

This session brought to you by

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM EDT

Staying Connected: How Text-Based News Services Can Broaden Rural Reporting

Speaker: – Microsoft

Speaker: – Mississippi Free Press

Speaker: – Institute for Nonprofit News

Speaker: – The Current GA

Moderator: – Rough Draft Atlanta

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10:30 AM – 11:30 AM EDT

What Does the Public Think of How You Will (and Won’t) Use AI?

Speaker: – The Associated Press

Speaker: – Texas Tribune

Speaker: – American City Business Journals

Speaker: – Trusting News

Speaker: – KXAN

Audience Development

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM EDT

What Smaller Orgs Can Teach Everyone About AI and Trust

Moderator: – AI in Journalism

Speaker: – The Haitian Times

Speaker: – Baltimore Times

Speaker: – El Toque

AI + Emerging Technology

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM EDT

Diversity is More than Staffing, It’s News Coverage: Ensuring More Missing People of Color Make the Headlines

Moderator: – Louisville Public Media

Speaker: – NPR

Speaker: – Black and Missing Foundation

Practical Insights + Tools

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM EDT

Engage & Earn: How to Launch Your Audience and Revenue Building Events

Speaker: – Blue Engine Collaborative

Speaker: – Jackson Advocate

Speaker: – Hy-Lo News

Revenue + Sustainability

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM EDT

Early + Mid-Career Advice Sessions

Leadership + Strategy + Culture

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT

Wonder Tools: 24 Surprisingly Useful New Sites, Apps and Services to Boost Your Productivity and Creativity

Speaker: – CUNY Newmark Graduate School of Journalism

Practical Insights + Tools

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT

Leadership in the Age of AI

Speaker: – The Haitian Times

Speaker: – The Associated Press

Speaker: – International Center for Journalists

Speaker: – Better Leaders Lab

Leadership + Strategy + Culture

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT

It’s Never Not Election Season: Developing a Strategy for During and In-Between Local Elections

Speaker: – Independent

Speaker: – Hearken

Audience Development

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT

How to Communicate Audience Insights to the Newsroom

Speaker: – Financial Times

Speaker: – The Wall Street Journal

Audience Development

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT

The Key to Context: How Listening to Online Communities Can Transform Your Approach to Audience Engagement

Moderator: – reddit

Speaker: – The Associated Press

Speaker: – NBC News

Speaker: – The Hill

Speaker: – MLive.com

Audience Development

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT

Upcharge Your Food Coverage

Speaker: – Gravy

Speaker: – The Bitter Southerner

Speaker: – Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Speaker: – The Food Section

Practical Insights + Tools

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT

Weaving Community Threads

Speaker: – Mississippi Free Press

Speaker: – Free Press

Speaker: – Borealis Philanthropy,

Speaker: – Hy-Lo News

Speaker: – Canopy Atlanta

Practical Insights + Tools

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT

ONA Legal Panel: You Might Want To Loop In Legal

Moderator: – Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Speaker: – Knight Foundation

Speaker: – Atlanta Community Press Collective

Speaker: – Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Leadership + Strategy + Culture

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT

What Do We Make, Again? Helpful Product Strategies For Busy Newsrooms

Speaker: – The Boston Globe

Speaker: – The Chronicle of Higher Education

Speaker: – Oregon Public Broadcasting

Practical Insights + Tools

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT

Early + Mid-Career Advice Sessions

Leadership + Strategy + Culture

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT

[BLANK] Is the Future of Journalism

Moderator: – USC Annenberg / JOVRNALISM

Speaker: – The Marshall Project

Speaker: – Snopes

Speaker: – Canopy Atlanta

Speaker: – The Pivot Fund, Inc.

Leadership + Strategy + Culture

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT

Redefining News In The Age Of Social Media

Moderator: – Knight Foundation

Speaker: – Smarter in Seconds

Speaker: – Pew Research Center

Speaker: – Mo News

Leadership + Strategy + Culture

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1:15 PM – 2:15 PM EDT

Luncheon — Beyond Hype & Alarmism: Elevating AI Coverage in the Newsroom

Moderator: – The Associated Press

Speaker: – Independent

Speaker: – Documented / Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY

Speaker: – Independent

AI + Emerging Technology

This luncheon is hosted by

1:15 PM – 2:15 PM EDT

Luncheon - 12 Lessons in 12 Months: Transforming the Wall Street Journal Into a Truly Audience-First Newsroom

Speaker: – The Wall Street Journal

Leadership + Strategy + Culture

Hosted by

1:15 PM – 2:15 PM EDT

Luncheon — Fact Check This: One Nonprofit’s Audacious Goal To Combat Misinformation

Moderator: – Epicenter-NYC

Speaker: – Meedan

Leadership + Strategy + Culture

This luncheon is hosted by

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM EDT

"A Human Condition" – A Play

Speaker: – Vita-Activa.Org

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM EDT

From Generic to Genius: Elevating Engagement with Personalized Newsletters

Speaker: – Echobox

Audience Development

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM EDT

Trusted Messengers: Journalism In The Age Of Chat Apps

Moderator: – Meedan

Speaker: – Meedan

Speaker: – International Center for Journalists

Speaker: – El Tímpano

Speaker: – Epicenter-NYC

Speaker: – Documented NY

AI + Emerging Technology

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM EDT

Early + Mid-Career Advice Sessions

Leadership + Strategy + Culture

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM EDT

What Are the Pillars for Healthy Product Operations in Local News? Lessons From the NPA Community

Speaker: – News Product Alliance

Speaker: – News Product Alliance & CNN

Speaker: – The Baltimore Banner

Leadership + Strategy + Culture

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM EDT

Ethical Journalism Across Every Beat in the Era of AI

Speaker: – The Associated Press

AI + Emerging Technology

Sponsored By

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM EDT

How To Win on Search and Social As Platforms Deprioritize News

Moderator: – Chartbeat

Speaker: – The Hill

Speaker: – BBC Studios

Speaker: – Newsday

Leadership + Strategy + Culture

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM EDT

Recruiting and Managing a Diverse Cohort of Freelancers

Speaker: – The Institute for Independent Journalists

Leadership + Strategy + Culture

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM EDT

Educators Meetup

Leadership + Strategy + Culture

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM EDT

Youth Reporting Meetup

Leadership + Strategy + Culture

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM EDT

Charting The News: Mastering Data Storytelling In The Newsroom

Moderator: – Flourish (Canva)

Speaker: – The Associated Press

Speaker: – Yahoo Finance

Speaker: – Flourish/Canva

Speaker: – The Associated Press

Practical Insights + Tools

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4:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT

Southern Journalists Meetup

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT

Early + Mid-Career Advice Sessions

Leadership + Strategy + Culture

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT

News Product Meetup

Leadership + Strategy + Culture

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT

AI Innovators Collaborative IRL Meetup

Leadership + Strategy + Culture

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT

Newsletter Professionals Meetup

Leadership + Strategy + Culture

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT

Early Career Meetup

Leadership + Strategy + Culture

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT

Audience Engagement Professionals Meetup

Leadership + Strategy + Culture

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT

Freelancers Meetup

Leadership + Strategy + Culture

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT

Consumer Revenue in News Meetup

Leadership + Strategy + Culture

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT

Coverage Planners in Newsrooms Meetup

Leadership + Strategy + Culture

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT

Local News Researchers Meetup

Leadership + Strategy + Culture

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT

New Tools For Reporting

Speaker: – Google News Initiative

Practical Insights + Tools

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5:15 PM – 6:15 PM EDT

Are you a know it all? Join trivia night to find out

Networking

Hosted by

6:30 PM – 7:30 PM EDT

Experience the Substance and Soul of the South with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Networking

Hosted by

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM EDT

Friday Kickstart: Lenfest Institute CoP Breakfast

Networking

Hosted by

8:00 AM – 5:00 PM EDT

Help Desk + App Support

8:00 AM – 5:00 PM EDT

Registration

8:00 AM – 10:00 PM EDT

The ONA24 Lounge

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT

Featured Session: Fighting For What's Real: What's Now And Next For Digital Provenance

Moderator: – Harvard University

Speaker: – OpenOrigins

Speaker: – Content Authenticity Initiative

Speaker: – CBS News Confirmed

Leadership + Strategy + Culture

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM EDT

Help Stations

10:00 AM – 5:00 PM EDT

Visit the Midway

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM EDT

Conserving Local News: Revive a Legacy Brand, or Start Something New

Moderator: – The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Speaker: – National Trust for Local News

Revenue + Sustainability

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM EDT

A Journalist’s Guide to Ethical Generative AI Use

Speaker: – Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY

Speaker: – International Center for Journalists

AI + Emerging Technology

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM EDT

Planning for Breaking News

Speaker: – CNN

Speaker: – Axios

Speaker: – The Associated Press

Speaker: – The Kansas City Star

Practical Insights + Tools

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM EDT

How to Use Empathy to Build Better Editors and Newsroom Leaders

Speaker: – Prison Journalism Project

Speaker: – Poynter Institute

Leadership + Strategy + Culture

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM EDT

A Revenue Strategy Rooted in Service: Engaging Hard-To-Reach Communities IRL and Digitally

Speaker: – Epicenter-NYC

Speaker: – Epicenter NYC

Speaker: – URL Media

Speaker: – Trenton Journal

Revenue + Sustainability

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM EDT

Early + Mid-Career Advice Sessions

Leadership + Strategy + Culture

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM EDT

Election 2024: What Could Possibly Go Wrong? We’ll Tell You Where To Start Looking

Moderator: – The 19th

Speaker: – Center for Tech and Civic Life

Speaker: – States United Democracy Center

Speaker: – Institute for Responsive Government

Leadership + Strategy + Culture

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT

Behind the Curtain: Insights on Using Data Storytelling in Investigative Journalism

Moderator: – University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications

Speaker: – ProPublica-Texas Tribune Investigative Team

Speaker: – Grist

Speaker: – Las Vegas Review-Journal

Practical Insights + Tools

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT

How Strong Is Your AI Spidey Sense? Skills for Detecting AI in Imagery and Sound

Speaker: – TEGNA

Speaker: – VERIFY

AI + Emerging Technology

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT

Trailblazing Women Leaders of Color: Harnessing the Power of Being the ”Only One”

Speaker: – Healthline Media, RVO Health

Speaker: – Axios Atlanta

Speaker: – McClatchy

Speaker: – Warner Bros. Discovery Digital News & Sports

Leadership + Strategy + Culture

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT

Lessons From the AI Journalism Lab

Moderator: – International Center for Journalists

Speaker: – Advance Local

Speaker: – National Trust for Local News

Speaker: – Reuters News Agency

Speaker: – SAOViVO

Speaker: – Freelance

AI + Emerging Technology

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12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT

Pivot to Thoughtfulness: Taking a Measured Approach to Launching New Tools in Your Newsroom

Speaker: – The New York Times

Speaker: – The Chicago Sun-Times

Leadership + Strategy + Culture

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT

How to Find and Navigate the Internet’s Darkest Corners

Speaker: – Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Speaker: – Independent

Practical Insights + Tools

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT

Strategies, Tools and Templates for When Disasters Hit

Speaker: – News Go Bag Project and RJI Innovation Fellow 23-24

Speaker: – Reynolds Journalism Institute at the University of Missouri

Practical Insights + Tools

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT

Speed Skillsharing

Speaker: – NPR

Practical Insights + Tools

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT

Finding Stories in Weather Data

Speaker: – The New York Times

AI + Emerging Technology

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT

Early + Mid-Career Advice Sessions

Leadership + Strategy + Culture

1:00 PM – 3:00 PM EDT

Online Journalism Awards Luncheon and Ceremony

Host: – CNN

1:15 PM – 2:15 PM EDT

Luncheon - Unlocking the AI-Editorial Hybrid Approach to Journalistic Curation

Speaker: – Taboola

AI + Emerging Technology

Hosted by

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM EDT

Yes, And: How Improv Skills Can Help Your Newsroom Earn Trust

Speaker: – Stanford University

Speaker: – StoryCraft

Speaker: – Verso

Speaker: – Coda Story

Moderator: – News Revenue Hub

This session brought to you by

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EDT

Launching on YouTube as a News Creator

Speaker: – YouTube

Audience Development

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3:30 PM – 4:30 PM EDT

Climate Journalists Meetup

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM EDT

LGBTQ+ Journalists Meetup

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM EDT

Early + Mid-Career Advice Sessions

Leadership + Strategy + Culture

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM EDT

European Attendee Meetup

Leadership + Strategy + Culture

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM EDT

Journalists of Color Meetup

Leadership + Strategy + Culture

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM EDT

Digital in TV Broadcast Newsrooms Meetup

Leadership + Strategy + Culture

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM EDT

Founders and Entrepreneurs Meetup

Leadership + Strategy + Culture

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM EDT

Student Meetup

Leadership + Strategy + Culture

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM EDT

Audio Makers Meetup

Leadership + Strategy + Culture

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM EDT

Project Managers Meetup

Leadership + Strategy + Culture

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM EDT

Visual Journalists Meetup

Leadership + Strategy + Culture

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM EDT

Safety Meetup

Leadership + Strategy + Culture

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT

Local News Renaissance

Moderator: – Knight Foundation

Speaker: – Press Forward

Speaker: – Steinman Institute

Speaker: – Georgia Trust for Local News

Leadership + Strategy + Culture

This session brought to you by

5:15 PM – 6:15 PM EDT

ONA24 Diversity Celebration

Hosted by

8:30 AM – 11:00 AM EDT

Registration/Helpdesk

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EDT

Safety Workshop Series (1/4): Risk Assessment with IWMF (RSVP)

Speaker: – International Women Media Foundation

Leadership + Strategy + Culture

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT

Newsletter Workshop: Case Studies and Actionable Steps for Success (RSVP)

Speaker: – Letterhead

Audience Development

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10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EDT

Taking It Home: Distilling Your ONA24 Experience Into Next Steps

Speaker: – CUNY Newmark Graduate School of Journalism

Leadership + Strategy + Culture

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT

Building & Maintaining A Local News Business (Morning Session) (RSVP)

Speaker: – LION Publishers

Leadership + Strategy + Culture

10:00 AM – 1:00 PM EDT

Grad Ready Workshop (RSVP)

Moderator: – WFYI

Moderator: – Harvard Business Review

Speaker: – The Click News, New York University

Speaker: – Northwestern University

Speaker: – The Associated Press

Speaker: – CNN International

Speaker: – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Speaker: – The Diversity Pledge Institute

Speaker: – The Xylom

Speaker: – Digiday

Speaker: – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Speaker: – Independent

Speaker: – Teen Vogue

Leadership + Strategy + Culture

10:00 AM – 1:00 PM EDT

Going Solo: Creator Journalist Workshop (By Application)

Speaker: – Harvard University

Speaker: – Project C

Speaker: – Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends

Speaker: – Ida Media

Practical Insights + Tools

10:00 AM – 3:00 PM EDT

Slay Your Dragon: Deliver Your Most-Important Performance Challenge with MTC @ ONA (By Application)

Speaker: – The Associated Press

Speaker: – Media Transformation Challenge

Leadership + Strategy + Culture

10:00 AM – 3:30 PM EDT

Designing the Future Newsroom Workshop: AI in 2030 (RSVP)

Speaker: – Hacks/Hackers

AI + Emerging Technology

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT

AI Tools Workshop (RSVP)

Speaker: – University of Illinois Chicago

AI + Emerging Technology

11:15 AM – 12:15 PM EDT

Safety Workshop Series (2/4): Secure Communications with Freedom of the Press Foundation (RSVP)

Speaker: – Freedom of the Press Foundation

1:00 PM – 3:00 PM EDT

Building & Maintaining A Local News Business (Afternoon Session: Repeat) (RSVP)

Speaker: – LION Publishers

Leadership + Strategy + Culture

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM EDT

Safety Workshop Series (3/4): Exploring the State of Cybersecurity with Center for News, Technology and Innovation (RSVP)

Speaker: – Center for News, Technology & Innovation

1:30 PM – 3:30 PM EDT

AI for Educators Workshop (RSVP)

Speaker: – University of Illinois Chicago

2:45 PM – 3:45 PM EDT

Safety Workshop Series (4/4): Peer Support and Community Building with PEN America (RSVP)

Speaker: – PEN America

Speaker: – Aegis Safety Alliance