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  • Tuesday, August 22, 2023
  • 6:30pm – 8:30pm EDT
    Help Desk + App Support
  • 6:30pm – 8:30pm EDT
    Registration Open for Early Badge Pick Up
  • Wednesday, August 23, 2023
  • 8:30am – 5:00pm EDT
    Help Desk + App Support
  • 8:30am – 5:00pm EDT
    Registration Open
  • 9:30am – 5:00pm EDT
    First-Time Managers Training (RSVP Required)
  • 10:00am – 10:45am EDT
    Small Group Career Advice: Early-Career (Sign-Up Required)
  • 10:00am – 10:45am EDT
    Small Group Career Advice: Mid-Career (Sign-Up Required)
  • 10:00am – 11:00am EDT
    Career Building: Valuing Yourself, Your Time, Your Ideas (RSVP Encouraged)
  • 10:00am – 12:00pm EDT
    Transform Your Storytelling and Workflows: The Comprehensive Guide to Canva for Newsroom Teams (RSVP Encouraged)
  • 11:00am – 11:45am EDT
    Small Group Career Advice: Early-Career (Sign-Up Required)
  • 11:00am – 11:45am EDT
    Small Group Career Advice: Mid-Career (Sign-Up Required)
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
    Career Building: Wonder Tools: 23 Ways To Boost Your Productivity and Creativity (RSVP Encouraged)
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm EDT
    Transforming Local Journalism: A Guide to Next-Generation Approaches to Rebuild Capacity (RSVP Encouraged)
  • 2:30pm – 3:15pm EDT
    Small Group Career Advice: Early-Career (Sign-Up Required)
  • 2:30pm – 3:15pm EDT
    Small Group Career Advice: Mid-Career (Sign-Up Required)
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm EDT
    Career Building: Early Career Tips From ONA’s MJ Bear Fellows (RSVP Encouraged)
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm EDT
    Management Training For Small (But Mighty) News Orgs (RSVP Encouraged)
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm EDT
    Parse.ly How-To: Top Analytics Workflows and New Features (RSVP Encouraged)
  • 2:30pm – 4:30pm EDT
    Engaging Emergence Advancing the Future of Journalism for All (RSVP Encouraged)
  • 2:30pm – 4:30pm EDT
    Workshop — Beyond Words: Mastering Data Storytelling for Impactful Reporting (RSVP Encouraged)
  • 3:30pm – 4:15pm EDT
    Small Group Career Advice: Early-Career (Sign-Up Required)
  • 3:30pm – 4:15pm EDT
    Small Group Career Advice: Mid-Career (Sign-Up Required)
  • 4:00pm – 5:00pm EDT
    ONA23 Orientation: Successfully Navigating a Conference (RSVP Encouraged)
  • 4:00pm – 5:30pm EDT
    Career Building: Leadership Skill Mapping (RSVP Encouraged)
  • 5:15pm – 6:15pm EDT
    NBC Networking Reception (RSVP Required for Beverage Ticket)
  • 6:00pm – 8:00pm EDT
    Welcome to Philly Reception
  • Thursday, August 24, 2023
  • 8:30am – 9:30am EDT
    Breakfast: Covering Presidential Elections and (Possible) Former-President Indictments From the Center of the Political Universe (RSVP Required)
  • 8:30am – 9:30am EDT
    Breakfast: Hedging the Hedge Fund (RSVP Required)
  • 8:30am – 5:00pm EDT
    Registration Open
  • 8:30am – 6:00pm EDT
    Help Desk + App Support
  • 9:30am – 11:00am EDT
    Opening Remarks and Featured Session: The Promise and Peril of Artificial Intelligence
  • 11:00am – 6:00pm EDT
    Help Stations
  • 11:00am – 6:30pm EDT
    Midway Open
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
    Countering News Avoidance: Drawing Audiences Back To Our Journalism
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
    Every Voice, Every Vote: Lessons On Collaborative Elections Coverage From Philadelphia
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
    Experiencing Risk: An Innovative Approach to Journalist Safety Training (RSVP Required)
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
    From Clicks to Connections: Mastering Traffic for Publishers
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
    From Statehouse to Newsroom: The Role Public Policy Can Play in Rebuilding Local News
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
    Hey, Boss: It's Your Job To Promote A Healthy Team Culture
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
    How Philanthropy is Changing the Journalism Landscape
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
    Incorporating Disabled Voices Across News Coverage
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
    Rooted: Community Powered Solutions Journalism
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
    The Perils Of Ignoring AI In Your Newsroom
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
    Finding Your Voice On Vertical Video
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm EDT
    Luncheon — Elections, Engagement and Efficiency: Create Unbeatable Multi-Platform Coverage (RSVP Required - by Invitation)
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm EDT
    Ready, Set, Goal! Turn Your Audience and Revenue Ambitions Into Reality Through Smart Goal Setting and Project Planning (Midway Programming)
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm EDT
    YouTube News Shorts Workshop
  • 1:00pm – 3:00pm EDT
    Ice Cream Social!
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm EDT
    AI Tools Showcase (Midway Programming)
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm EDT
    Build Your Newsroom Strategy For Dealing With Difference
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm EDT
    Encore: Transform Your Storytelling and Workflows: The Comprehensive Guide to Canva for Newsroom Teams
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm EDT
    Experiencing Risk: An Innovative Approach to Journalist Safety Training (Repeated) (RSVP Required)
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm EDT
    Hacks, Leaks, And Revelations
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm EDT
    High Stakes, Measured Takes: Making Sense Of The Latest Developments In Technology And The Law
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm EDT
    Leading With Confidence When You’re Not The Subject Matter Expert
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm EDT
    REPEAT: Career Building: Wonder Tools: 23 Ways To Boost Your Productivity and Creativity (RSVP Encouraged)
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm EDT
    You Have All This Video, Why Isn’t It On TikTok?
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm EDT
    Partnerships, Community Engagement, Service, and Trust: What’s Working in Public Media
  • 2:30pm – 4:00pm EDT
    From Streaming to Space to South Philly: What Can News Leaders Learn From Leaders in Other Fields?
  • 4:00pm – 5:00pm EDT
    ONA Women's Leadership Accelerator Office Hour
  • 4:00pm – 5:00pm EDT
    The Transformative Impact of BIPOC Media Collaborations: How to Build True Power and Sustainability for Black and Brown Communities
  • 4:00pm – 5:00pm EDT
    Table Talks: Strategies for Serving Audiences in Tough Economic Times – Recession or Not
  • 4:00pm – 5:00pm EDT
    Table Talks: BINGO Beat Mapping For Yourself And Others
  • 4:00pm – 5:00pm EDT
    Table Talks: Building Trust in Times of Uncertainty: Strategies for Fostering Employee Engagement
  • 4:00pm – 5:00pm EDT
    Table Talks: Fuck You, Go Away: How Newsrooms Should Interact With Outside Vendors
  • 4:00pm – 5:00pm EDT
    Table Talks: Rooted: Community-Powered Solutions Journalism
  • 4:00pm – 5:00pm EDT
    Table Talks: Technology And The Law
  • 4:00pm – 5:00pm EDT
    Table Talks: Words Mean Things: Stripping Journalism Jargon of Its White Supremacy
  • 5:30pm – 6:00pm EDT
    ONA Board Candidate Meet-and-Greet
  • 5:30pm – 7:30pm EDT
    ONA23 Welcome Party!
  • Friday, August 25, 2023
  • 8:00am – 9:30am EDT
    Diversity Mentorship Breakfast (by Invitation Only)
  • 8:00am – 7:00pm EDT
    Help Desk + App Support
  • 8:00am – 7:00pm EDT
    Help Stations
  • 8:30am – 9:30am EDT
    A Roundtable Discussion on the Latest in AI Innovation (RSVP required)
  • 9:30am – 4:30pm EDT
    Registration Open
  • 10:00am – 11:00am EDT
    The Role of News in Combating Extremism Recruiting
  • 11:00am – 5:00pm EDT
    Visit the Midway
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
    AI Tools From Before – And Beyond – ChatGPT
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
    Building A Pipeline Of Future Subscribers In A World Of Tightening Paywalls
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
    How to Think Like a Change Agent: Building Your Skills to Spur Innovation with a Journalism Fellowship
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
    Present Your Audience With Breaking News Updates On Your Terms
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
    Real Talk About The Status Of DEI In Journalism
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
    The Power of Collaboration
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
    When They Zig, You Zag: Disrupting The Framework For More Inclusive, Empowered Reporting
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
    Covering Tribal Government and Federal Government Elections Across the U.S.
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
    The New Era Of Audience Engagement: Evolution, Trends And Strategies
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
    How To Win In Newsroom Middle Management
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
    Countering Trauma for Everyone in the Newsroom
  • 12:30pm – 1:00pm EDT
    In Conversation: Nikole Hannah-Jones
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm EDT
    Do’s and Don’t’s When Working with Whistleblowers in the Digital Age
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm EDT
    Luncheon: Give Your Audience a Voice (RSVP Required - by Invitation)
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm EDT
    Maximizing Your Conversion Rate: Tips from LA Times, NPR and Reuters (Midway Programming)
  • 2:00pm – 3:00pm EDT
    Visit the Start-Up Alley
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm EDT
    Better Gun Violence Reporting: Lessons from the Ground in Philly
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm EDT
    Beyond The Newsletter Boom: Robust Strategies For Genuine Engagement
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm EDT
    Beyond Trans 101: How to Plan and Manage Better Trans Coverage
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm EDT
    Five Diplomacy Tactics To Drive Change
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm EDT
    In a Post-Platform Media World, Destinations Matter Most
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm EDT
    Outsmarting Abusive Trolls: A Hands-On Safety Clinic
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm EDT
    Powering Trusted News with AI: Navigating the Present and Shaping the Future
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm EDT
    So, You're Thinking Of Stepping Down: Succession Planning For Newsroom Leaders (And Their Teams)
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm EDT
    The Center Will Not Hold: Why and How Decentralization Will Lead Us Forward (Midway Programming))
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm EDT
    How To Get Your Newsroom To Care About Alt Text And Accessibility
  • 4:00pm – 5:00pm EDT
    Educators & Teaching Meetup Potluck
  • 4:00pm – 5:00pm EDT
    Meetup: Newsletter Innovation & The Changing Landscape
  • 4:00pm – 5:00pm EDT
    New Tools for Journalists
  • 4:00pm – 5:00pm EDT
    Table Talks: ChatGPT
  • 4:00pm – 5:00pm EDT
    Table Talks: Navigating C-18 And The Canadian News Blackout
  • 4:00pm – 5:00pm EDT
    Table Talks: Online Safety & Psychological Well Being
  • 4:00pm – 5:00pm EDT
    Table Talks: How To Keep Evolving When Our Industry Never Stops Changing
  • 4:00pm – 5:00pm EDT
    Table Talks: Trans Coverage
  • 4:00pm – 5:00pm EDT
    Table Talks: Succession Planning
  • 4:00pm – 5:00pm EDT
    Table Talks: Alt Text and Accessibility
  • 5:30pm – 6:30pm EDT
    Reception: Amplify Your Live Events with Short-Form Video Moments (RSVP Required for Beverage Ticket)
  • 5:30pm – 6:30pm EDT
    RJI Happy Hour (RSVP Required)
  • 6:00pm – 7:30pm EDT
    Women's Leadership Accelerator Reception (by Invitation Only)
  • Saturday, August 26, 2023
  • 9:15am – 4:15pm EDT
    Registration Open
  • 9:45am – 5:00pm EDT
    Help Desk + App Support
  • 10:00am – 11:00am EDT
    Featured Session
  • 10:00am – 4:00pm EDT
    Visit the Networking Center
  • 11:00am – 5:00pm EDT
    Help Stations
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
    [BLANK] Is The Future Of Journalism
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
    Breaking Boundaries: Collaborative Solutions-Mapping For New Storytelling Possibilities
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
    Bridging The Digital Divide: Collaborating with Students in University-Led Statehouse News Programs
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
    Feeling The Feels And Behaving The Behaviors: A Soft-Skills Workshop For Post-Pandemic, Trauma-Informed News Leaders
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
    Mental Health Guide for Journalists Facing Online Violence
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
    Product Principles For Equitable And Fair News
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
    SEO For News Publishers: Hands-On Tips To Boost Your Traffic
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
    State of Affairs: The Impact of State-Level Investigative Journalism
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
    The California Accountability Project: Combining Cutting-Edge AI Technology With Traditional Reporting Methods
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
    The Future Is Freelance: How to Survive and Thrive, Whether You're a Journalist or a Publisher (Midway Programming)
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
    How to Create a News Ecosystem Around an Engaging Podcast
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
    Recognizing Inequities in Artificial Intelligence with Meredith Broussard
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm EDT
    Encore How to Think Like a Change Agent: Building Your Skills to Spur Innovation with a Journalism Fellowship
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm EDT
    Building A Talent Pipeline For Product In The Newsroom
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm EDT
    ChatGPT, Seriously: Real, (Mostly) Non-Cringey Uses That Make Journalism Better
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm EDT
    Combating Disinformation In Election Campaigns
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm EDT
    Tiny, Scrappy And Hungry: How Small Newsrooms Can Launch Products On A Shoestring
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm EDT
    Fixing The Problems With Local Crime Coverage
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm EDT
    Reaching Younger, More Diverse Audiences As A Legacy News Org
  • 4:00pm – 5:00pm EDT
    Taking It Back Home: Making The Most of Your ONA23 Experience Going Forward
  • 5:30pm – 7:30pm EDT
    Online Journalism Awards Reception Box Office
  • 6:00pm – 7:00pm EDT
    Online Journalism Awards Reception
  • 7:00pm – 9:00pm EDT
    Online Journalism Awards Ceremony and Banquet
  • Thursday, September 28, 2023
  • 11:00am – 11:45am EDT
    A Keynote Conversation With Katie Drummond, WIRED’s New Global Editorial Director
  • 12:00pm – 12:45pm EDT
    Approaches In AI Innovation From Two of Europe's Public Broadcasters
  • 12:00pm – 12:45pm EDT
    Encore: Mastering Data Storytelling for Impactful Reporting
  • 1:00pm – 1:45pm EDT
    Caption This: News, Captions, Accessibility, and Keeping Humans in the Loop
  • 1:00pm – 1:45pm EDT
    Learn How To Use Google Analytics 4
  • Friday, September 29, 2023
  • 11:00am – 11:45am EDT
    Karen Hao: Reporting, staffing and using generative AI in newsrooms
  • 11:00am – 11:45am EDT
    Transforming Local Journalism: A Discussion of Next-Generation Approaches to Rebuilding Capacity
  • 12:00pm – 12:45pm EDT
    Encore: YouTube News Shorts Workshop
  • 12:00pm – 12:45pm EDT
    Taylor Lorenz: Looking back to look forward while we're all Extremely Online
  • 1:00pm – 1:45pm EDT
    Misinformation, AI, and Elections: The Role of the News Industry in Safeguarding Democracy in the AI Era