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Tuesday, August 22, 2023
6:30pm – 8:30pm EDT
Help Desk + App Support
Location: 5th Floor Help Desk Area
6:30pm – 8:30pm EDT
Registration Open for Early Badge Pick Up
Location: 5th Floor Registration Area
Wednesday, August 23, 2023
8:30am – 5:00pm EDT
Help Desk + App Support
Location: 5th Floor Help Desk Area
8:30am – 5:00pm EDT
Registration Open
Location: 5th Floor Registration Area
9:30am – 5:00pm EDT
First-Time Managers Training (RSVP Required)
Location: Salon J - 5th Floor
Speaker: Kim Bui (she/her/hers) – JSK
Speaker: Evelyn Hsu (she/her/hers) – The Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education
Speaker: Trevor Knoblich – Online News Association
Speaker: Susan Denise Leath – Leath Consultant Group
Speaker: Martin G. Reynolds – The Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education
Speaker: Angilee Shah (she/her/hers) – Charlottesville Tomorrow
Leadership and culture
10:00am – 10:45am EDT
Small Group Career Advice: Early-Career (Sign-Up Required)
Location: 308-309 - 3rd Floor
Networking
10:00am – 10:45am EDT
Small Group Career Advice: Mid-Career (Sign-Up Required)
Location: Conference Suite 2 - 3rd Floor
Networking
10:00am – 11:00am EDT
Career Building: Valuing Yourself, Your Time, Your Ideas (RSVP Encouraged)
Location: Salon K+L - 5th Floor
Speaker: Niketa Patel – Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY
Speaker: Marie Gilot (she/her/hers) – Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY
Speaker: Kyle Plantz (he/him/his) – Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY
Leadership and culture
10:00am – 12:00pm EDT
Transform Your Storytelling and Workflows: The Comprehensive Guide to Canva for Newsroom Teams (RSVP Encouraged)
Location: Salon C-D - 5th Floor
Moderator: Diana Abeleven (she/her/hers) – Canva
Speaker: Jonathan Harley (he/him/his) – Canva
Speaker: Cathryn Boyes (she/her/hers) – SBS
Speaker: Cristi Hegranes (she/her/hers) – Global Press
Speaker: Tay Glass (he/they) – Back Pocket Media
Speaker: Sofiya A. Ballin (she/her/hers) – Black History Untold presenting with Canva
Speaker: Anna Jay (she/her/hers) – Thomson Reuters Foundation
Innovative news storytelling
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11:00am – 11:45am EDT
Small Group Career Advice: Early-Career (Sign-Up Required)
Location: 308-309 - 3rd Floor
Networking
11:00am – 11:45am EDT
Small Group Career Advice: Mid-Career (Sign-Up Required)
Location: Conference Suite 2 - 3rd Floor
Networking
11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
Career Building: Wonder Tools: 23 Ways To Boost Your Productivity and Creativity (RSVP Encouraged)
Location: Salon K+L - 5th Floor
Speaker: Jeremy Caplan (he/him/his) – CUNY Newmark Graduate School of Journalism
Leadership and culture
1:00pm – 2:00pm EDT
Transforming Local Journalism: A Guide to Next-Generation Approaches to Rebuild Capacity (RSVP Encouraged)
Location: Salon K - 5th Floor
Moderator: Joaquin Alvarado (he/him/his) – Studiotobe
Speaker: LaSharah S. Bunting (she/her/hers) – Online News Association
Speaker: Alma Martinez – Central Valley Journalism Collaborative
Speaker: Kinsey S. Wilson (he/him/his) – Newspack
Speaker: Manami Kano (she/her/hers) – Kano Advising
Speaker: Robert Moore (he/him/his) – El Paso Matters
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2:30pm – 3:15pm EDT
Small Group Career Advice: Early-Career (Sign-Up Required)
Location: 308-309 - 3rd Floor
Networking
2:30pm – 3:15pm EDT
Small Group Career Advice: Mid-Career (Sign-Up Required)
Location: Conference Suite 2 - 3rd Floor
Networking
2:30pm – 3:30pm EDT
Career Building: Early Career Tips From ONA’s MJ Bear Fellows (RSVP Encouraged)
Location: Salon L - 5th Floor
Moderator: Benét J. Wilson – Poynter-Koch Media and Journalism Fellowship
Leadership and culture
2:30pm – 3:30pm EDT
Management Training For Small (But Mighty) News Orgs (RSVP Encouraged)
Location: Salon I - 5th Floor
Moderator: Heather Bryant (she/her/hers) – Tiny News Collective
Moderator: Tracie MONIQUE Powell (she/her/hers) – The Pivot Fund, Inc.
Leadership and culture
2:30pm – 3:30pm EDT
Parse.ly How-To: Top Analytics Workflows and New Features (RSVP Encouraged)
Location: Salon K - 5th Floor
Speaker: John Levitt – Parse.ly
Speaker: Doyle Irvin – Parse.ly
Audience development and metrics
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2:30pm – 4:30pm EDT
Engaging Emergence: Advancing the Future of Journalism for All (RSVP Encouraged)
Location: Salon A-B - 5th Floor
Speaker: Ashley Alvarado – LAist
Speaker: Andrew DeVigal (he/him/his) – Agora Journalism Center, University of Oregon
Speaker: Peggy Holman (she/her/hers) – Journalism That Matters
Speaker: Fiona Morgan (she/her/hers) – Branchhead Consulting
Leadership and culture
2:30pm – 4:30pm EDT
Workshop — Beyond Words: Mastering Data Storytelling for Impactful Reporting (RSVP Encouraged)
Location: Salon C-D - 5th Floor
Moderator: Randy Bennett – University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications
Speaker: Steven Rich (he/him/his) – The Washington Post
Speaker: Zachary Carnell (he/him/his) – University of Florida
Speaker: Agnel Philip – ProPublica
Speaker: María Fernanda Callejón (she/her/hers) – Flourish (Canva)
Speaker: Luisa J. Bider (she/her/hers) – Flourish (Canva)
Innovative news storytelling
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3:30pm – 4:15pm EDT
Small Group Career Advice: Early-Career (Sign-Up Required)
Location: 308-309 - 3rd Floor
Networking
3:30pm – 4:15pm EDT
Small Group Career Advice: Mid-Career (Sign-Up Required)
Location: Conference Suite 2 - 3rd Floor
Networking
4:00pm – 5:00pm EDT
ONA23 Orientation: Successfully Navigating a Conference (RSVP Encouraged)
Location: Franklin 5-6 - 4th Floor
Presenter: Meghan Murphy – Online News Association
Leadership and culture
4:00pm – 5:30pm EDT
Career Building: Leadership Skill Mapping (RSVP Encouraged)
Location: Salon K+L - 5th Floor
Presenter: Niketa Patel – Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY
Speaker: Kyle Plantz (he/him/his) – Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY
Speaker: Marie Gilot (she/her/hers) – Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY
Leadership and culture
5:15pm – 6:15pm EDT
NBCUniversal Networking Reception (RSVP Required for Beverage Ticket)
Location: 411-412 - 4th Floor
Networking
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6:00pm – 8:00pm EDT
It’s a Philly Thing: Welcome Reception
Location: Offsite: Lenfest Institute and The Philadelphia Inquirer Headquarters
Networking
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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)
Location: 411-412 - 4th Floor
Speaker: Leroy Chapman, Jr. (he/him/his) – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Revenue, content strategy or product
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8:30am – 9:30am EDT
Breakfast: Hedging the Hedge Fund (RSVP Required)
Location: 302-303 - 3rd Floor
Speaker: Mary Walter-Brown – News Revenue Hub
Speaker: Lorie Hearn (she/her/hers) – inewsource
Speaker: Scott Lewis – Voice of San Diego
Revenue, content strategy or product
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8:30am – 5:00pm EDT
Registration Open
Location: 5th Floor Registration Area
8:30am – 6:00pm EDT
Help Desk + App Support
Location: 5th Floor Help Desk Area
9:30am – 11:00am EDT
Opening Remarks and Featured Session: The Promise and Peril of Artificial Intelligence
Location: Salon E-F-G-H - 5th Floor
Speaker: Liz Danzico – Microsoft
Speaker: Dalia Hashim – Partnership on AI
Speaker: Matt Masterson (he/him/his) – Microsoft
Moderator: Paul Cheung – Center for Public Integrity
Learning
11:00am – 6:00pm EDT
Help Stations
Location: 3rd and 4th Floors
11:00am – 6:30pm EDT
Visit the Midway
Location: Franklin Hall - 4th Floor
Networking
11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
Countering News Avoidance: Drawing Audiences Back To Our Journalism
Location: Franklin 5-6 - 4th Floor
Speaker: Kirsten Eddy – Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
Speaker: Rubina Madan Fillion (she/her/hers) – The New York Times
Speaker: Allison Dikanovic (she/her/hers) – The Kansas City Star
Revenue, content strategy or product
11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
Every Voice, Every Vote: Lessons On Collaborative Elections Coverage From Philadelphia
Location: Salon G-H - 5th Floor
Speaker: Ariella Cohen – The Philadelphia Inquirer
Speaker: Will Gonzalez (he/him/his) – Ceiba
Speaker: Hyeonock "Mel" Lee – Woori Center
Speaker: Ashanti M. Martin (she/her/hers) – WURD Radio
Moderator: Shawn Mooring (he/him/his) – The Lenfest Institute for Journalism
Innovative news storytelling
11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
Experiencing Risk: An Innovative Approach to Journalist Safety Training (RSVP Required)
Location: Salon K - 5th Floor
Speaker: Tom Durkin (he/him/his) – James W. Foley Legacy Foundation
Speaker: Kate Parkinson (she/her/hers) – Head Set Immersive
Speaker: Ellen Shearer (she/her/hers) – James W. Foley Legacy Foundation
Leadership and culture
11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
From Clicks to Connections: Mastering Traffic for Publishers
Location: Salon B - 5th Floor
Speaker: Simran Cashyap – Echobox
Audience development and metrics
11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
From Statehouse to Newsroom: The Role Public Policy Can Play in Rebuilding Local News
Location: Salon C-D - 5th Floor
Moderator: Steve Waldman – Rebuild Local News
Speaker: Graciela Mochkofsky (she/her/hers) – Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY
Speaker: Bruce Putterman (he/him/his) – The Connecticut Mirror
Leadership and culture
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11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
Hey, Boss: It's Your Job To Promote A Healthy Team Culture
Location: Franklin 2 - 4th Floor
Speaker: Eric Carvin (he/him/his) – NBC News
Speaker: Kim Bui (she/her/hers) – JSK
Leadership and culture
11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
How Philanthropy is Changing the Journalism Landscape
Location: Salon L - 5th Floor
Speaker: Teresa Gorman (she/her/hers) – Democracy Fund
Speaker: Tracie MONIQUE Powell (she/her/hers) – The Pivot Fund, Inc.
Speaker: Karen Rundlet
Moderator: Jennifer Preston (she/her/hers) – Media Impact Funders
Revenue, content strategy or product
11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
Incorporating Disabled Voices Across News Coverage
Location: Salon I - 5th Floor
Speaker: Cara K. Reedy (she/her/hers) – Disabled Journalists Association
Speaker: Russell Midori (he/him/his) – Military Veterans in Journalism
Speaker: Ryan Prior (he/him/his) – Century Foundation
Innovative news storytelling
11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
Rooted: Community Powered Solutions Journalism
Location: Salon A - 5th Floor
Speaker: Michelle Faust Raghavan (they/them/theirs) – Claridad Media
Speaker: Deborah Douglas (she/her/hers) – Medill Midwest Solutions Journalism Hub
Innovative news storytelling
11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
The Perils Of Ignoring AI In Your Newsroom
Location: Franklin 3-4 - 4th Floor
Speaker: Ernest Kung (he/him/his) – The Associated Press
Speaker: Adriana Lacy (she/her/hers) – Adriana Lacy Consulting
Speaker: Aimee L. Rinehart (she/her/hers) – The Associated Press
Emerging technology
11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
Finding Your Voice On Vertical Video
Location: Salon J - 5th Floor
Presenter: Sara Roth (she/her/hers) – VERIFY
Presenter: Ariane Datil (she/her/hers) – VERIFY
Presenter: Amanda Lashbaugh – TEGNA - VERIFY
Audience development and metrics
1:00pm – 2:00pm EDT
Luncheon — Elections, Engagement and Efficiency: Create Unbeatable Multi-Platform Coverage (RSVP Required - by Invitation)
Location: 302-303 - 3rd Floor
Speaker: Kristen Rogers – Tagboard
Revenue, content strategy or product
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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)
Location: Franklin 3-4 - 4th Floor
Speaker: Mary Walter-Brown – News Revenue Hub
Speaker: Abbey Gingras – News Revenue Hub
Speaker: Graham Watson-Ringo – News Revenue Hub
Leadership and cultureAudience development and metrics
1:00pm – 2:00pm EDT
YouTube News Shorts Workshop
Location: Salon C-D - 5th Floor
Speaker: Nicolette Scott – YouTube
Speaker: Kourtney Bitterly – YouTube
Innovative news storytelling
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1:00pm – 3:00pm EDT
Ice Cream Social!
Location: Franklin Foyer - 4th Floor
Networking
Hosted by ONA23 Joy Sponsor
2:30pm – 3:30pm EDT
AI Tools Showcase (Midway Programming)
Location: Franklin 3-4 - 4th Floor
Speaker: Gerard Donnelly – Legitimate
Speaker: Ari Abelson – OpenOrigins
Speaker: Ryan Restivo (he/him/his) – YESEO
Speaker: Laura E. Davis (she/her/hers) – Stylebot
Speaker: Eric Mack – JournoDAO
Moderator: Hanaa Rifaey – Online News Association
2:30pm – 3:30pm EDT
Build Your Newsroom Strategy For Dealing With Difference
Location: Franklin 5-6 - 4th Floor
Speaker: Joy Mayer (she/her/hers) – Trusting News
Speaker: Letrell Crittenden – American Press Institute
Leadership and culture
2:30pm – 3:30pm EDT
Encore: Transform Your Storytelling and Workflows: The Comprehensive Guide to Canva for Newsroom Teams
Location: Salon C-D - 5th Floor
Moderator: Diana Abeleven (she/her/hers) – Canva
Speaker: Jonathan Harley (he/him/his) – Canva
Speaker: Cathryn Boyes (she/her/hers) – SBS
Speaker: Cristi Hegranes (she/her/hers) – Global Press
Speaker: Tay Glass (he/they) – Back Pocket Media
Speaker: Sofiya A. Ballin (she/her/hers) – Black History Untold presenting with Canva
Speaker: Anna Jay (she/her/hers) – Thomson Reuters Foundation
Innovative news storytelling
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2:30pm – 3:30pm EDT
Experiencing Risk: An Innovative Approach to Journalist Safety Training (Repeated) (RSVP Required)
Location: Salon K - 5th Floor
Speaker: Tom Durkin (he/him/his) – James W. Foley Legacy Foundation
Speaker: Kate Parkinson (she/her/hers) – Head Set Immersive
Speaker: Ellen Shearer (she/her/hers) – James W. Foley Legacy Foundation
Leadership and culture
2:30pm – 3:30pm EDT
Hacks, Leaks, And Revelations
Location: Salon A - 5th Floor
Speaker: Micah Lee (he/him/his) – The Intercept
Emerging technology
2:30pm – 3:30pm EDT
High Stakes, Measured Takes: Making Sense Of The Latest Developments In Technology And The Law
Location: Salon J - 5th Floor
Speaker: Adam A. Marshall (he/him/his) – Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Speaker: Grayson Clary – Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Speaker: Lam Thuy Vo (she/her/hers) – The Markup / Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY
Emerging technology
2:30pm – 3:30pm EDT
Leading With Confidence When You’re Not The Subject Matter Expert
Location: Salon I - 5th Floor
Speaker: Emma Carew Grovum (she/her/hers) – The Marshall Project
Speaker: Tony Elkins (he/him/his) – Poynter Institute
Moderator: Jahna Berry (she/her/hers) – Mother Jones
Leadership and culture
2:30pm – 3:30pm EDT
REPEAT: Career Building: Wonder Tools: 23 Ways To Boost Your Productivity and Creativity
Location: Salon L - 5th Floor
Speaker: Jeremy Caplan (he/him/his) – CUNY Newmark Graduate School of Journalism
Leadership and culture
2:30pm – 3:30pm EDT
You Have All This Video, Why Isn’t It On TikTok?
Location: Salon B - 5th Floor
Speaker: Ernesto Mourelo (he/him/his) – Hearst Television
Speaker: Joanie Vasiliadis (she/her/hers) – TEGNA
Speaker: John Colucci (he/him/his) – BLUEANTENNA
Moderator: Kristen B. Reed (she/her/hers) – TEGNA
Moderator: Andrew Fitzgerald – Hearst Television
Innovative news storytelling
2:30pm – 3:30pm EDT
Partnerships, Community Engagement, Service, and Trust: What’s Working in Public Media
Location: Franklin 2 - 4th Floor
Speaker: Ashley Alvarado – LAist
Speaker: Sarah Glover – WHYY News
Speaker: Nico Leone – KERA
Moderator: Tracy L. Brown (she/her/hers) – Chicago Public Media
Innovative news storytelling
2:30pm – 3:30pm EDT
From Streaming to Space to South Philly: What Can News Leaders Learn From Leaders in Other Fields?
Location: Salon G-H - 5th Floor
Speaker: Mark Little – Spotify
Speaker: Micheala Sosby (she/her/hers) – NASA
Speaker: Shannon Maldonado – YOWIE
Moderator: Niketa Patel – Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY
Leadership and culture
4:00pm – 5:00pm EDT
ONA Women's Leadership Accelerator Office Hour
Location: Franklin 3-4 - 4th Floor
Speaker: Kelsey Proud (she/her/hers) – Online News Association
4:00pm – 5:00pm EDT
The Transformative Impact of BIPOC Media Collaborations: How to Build True Power and Sustainability for Black and Brown Communities
Location: Salon C-D - 5th Floor
Moderator: Karen Rundlet
Speaker: S. Mitra Kalita (she/her/hers) – Epicenter-NYC
Speaker: Sara Lomax-Reese (she/her/hers) – WURD Radio/URL Media
Speaker: Ricardo Sandoval-Palos – palabra.
Leadership and culture
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4:00pm – 5:00pm EDT
Table Talks: Strategies for Serving Audiences in Tough Economic Times – Recession or Not
Location: Franklin 2 - 4th Floor
Speaker: Carly Severn (she/her/hers) – KQED News
Speaker: Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí (he/him/his) – KQED, Inc.
Leadership and culture
4:00pm – 5:00pm EDT
Table Talks: BINGO Beat Mapping For Yourself And Others
Location: Franklin 5-6 - 4th Floor
Speaker: Ruth Serven Smith (she/her/hers) – AL.com
Leadership and culture
4:00pm – 5:00pm EDT
Table Talks: Building Trust in Times of Uncertainty: Strategies for Fostering Employee Engagement
Location: Salon A - 5th Floor
Speaker: Phoebe Gavin (she/her/hers) – Better with Phoebe
Speaker: John Davidow (he/him/his) – Media Bridge Partners
Leadership and culture
4:00pm – 5:00pm EDT
Table Talks: Fuck You, Go Away: How Newsrooms Should Interact With Outside Vendors
Location: Salon B - 5th Floor
Speaker: David Cohn – Advance Local
Leadership and culture
4:00pm – 5:00pm EDT
Table Talks: Rooted: Community-Powered Solutions Journalism
Location: Salon I - 5th Floor
Speaker: Sara Catania – Solutions Journalism Network
Leadership and culture
4:00pm – 5:00pm EDT
Table Talks: Technology And The Law
Location: Salon J - 5th Floor
Speaker: Adam A. Marshall (he/him/his) – Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Speaker: Grayson Clary – Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Speaker: Lam Thuy Vo (she/her/hers) – The Markup / Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY
Leadership and culture
4:00pm – 5:00pm EDT
Table Talks: Words Mean Things: Stripping Journalism Jargon of Its White Supremacy
Location: Salon L - 5th Floor
Speaker: Imaeyen Ibanga – AJ+/Al Jazeera
Leadership and culture
5:30pm – 6:00pm EDT
ONA Board Candidate Meet-and-Greet
Location: Franklin Hall - 4th Floor
Networking
5:30pm – 7:30pm EDT
ONA23 Welcome Party!
Location: Franklin Hall & Grand Ballroom
Networking
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Friday, August 25, 2023
8:00am – 9:30am EDT
Diversity Mentorship Breakfast (by Invitation Only)
Location: 411-412 - 4th Floor
Networking
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8:00am – 7:00pm EDT
Help Desk + App Support
Location: 5th Floor Help Desk Area
8:00am – 7:00pm EDT
Help Stations
Location: 3rd and 4th Floors
8:30am – 9:30am EDT
Breakfast: A Roundtable Discussion on the Latest in AI Innovation (RSVP required)
Location: 302-303 - 3rd Floor
Speaker: Matt Masterson (he/him/his) – Microsoft
Speaker: Liz Danzico – Microsoft
Speaker: Evan Young (he/him/his) – Nota
Emerging technologyInnovative news storytelling
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9:30am – 4:30pm EDT
Registration Open
Location: 5th Floor Registration Area
10:00am – 11:00am EDT
The Role of News in Combating Extremism Recruiting
Location: Salon E-F-G-H - 5th Floor
Speaker: Hannah Allam (she/her/hers) – The Washington Post
Speaker: Patrick Boehler (he/him/his) – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Speaker: Dana Coester – 100 Days in Appalachia
Speaker: Lewis Raven Wallace (they/ze/he) – Interrupting Criminalization
Speaker: Odette Yousef (she/her/hers) – NPR
Moderator: Ryan Howzell (she/her/hers) – PEN America
Leadership and culture
11:00am – 5:00pm EDT
Visit the Midway
Location: Franklin Hall - 4th Floor
Networking
11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
AI Tools From Before – And Beyond – ChatGPT
Location: Franklin 3-4 - 4th Floor
Speaker: Jonathan Soma (he/him/his) – Columbia University
Emerging technology
11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
Building A Pipeline Of Future Subscribers In A World Of Tightening Paywalls
Location: Salon I - 5th Floor
Speaker: Cary Betagole (he/him/his) – The Philadelphia Inquirer
Audience development and metrics
11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
How to Think Like a Change Agent: Building Your Skills to Spur Innovation with a Journalism Fellowship
Location: Salon C-D - 5th Floor
Speaker: Jarrad Henderson (he/him/his) – Michigan State University
Speaker: Maria Arce – Global Press
Moderator: Lynette Clemetson (she/her/hers) – Wallace House Center for Journalists
Innovative news storytelling
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11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
Present Your Audience With Breaking News Updates On Your Terms
Location: Salon A - 5th Floor
Speaker: Leinz Vales – CNN
Speaker: Adrienne Vogt – CNN
Innovative news storytelling
11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
Real Talk About The Status Of DEI In Journalism
Location: Salon G-H - 5th Floor
Speaker: Kathleen McElroy – University of Texas at Austin
Speaker: Leonor Ayala Polley (she/her/hers) – URL Media
Speaker: Martin G. Reynolds – The Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education
Moderator: Versha Sharma – Teen Vogue
Leadership and culture
11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
The Power of Collaboration
Location: Salon B - 5th Floor
Speaker: Clyde Jiles
Speaker: Paris M. Brown (she/her/hers) – The Baltimore Times
Speaker: Denise Rolark Barnes – The Washington Informer
Speaker: John Celestand – Local Media Association
Speaker: Clyde Jiles (he/him/his) – Defender Network
Revenue, content strategy or product
11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
When They Zig, You Zag: Disrupting The Framework For More Inclusive, Empowered Reporting
Location: Salon L - 5th Floor
Speaker: Rikki Li (she/her/hers) – Prism Reports
Speaker: Lara Witt (They/She) – Prism Reports
Innovative news storytelling
11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
Covering Tribal Government and Federal Government Elections Across the U.S.
Location: Franklin 2 - 4th Floor
Moderator: Pauly D. Denetclaw, III (she/her/hers) – ICT
Speaker: Christine Trudeau (she/her/hers) – Indigenous Journalists Association
Innovative news storytelling
11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
The New Era Of Audience Engagement: Evolution, Trends And Strategies
Location: Franklin 5-6 - 4th Floor
Speaker: Antoine Amann – Echobox
Speaker: Jill Nicholson
Audience development and metrics
11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
How To Win In Newsroom Middle Management
Location: Salon J - 5th Floor
Speaker: Paul Cheung – Center for Public Integrity
Speaker: Kyndell Harkness (she/her/hers) – Minneapolis Star Tribune
Speaker: Caridad (Cari) Hernandez (she/her/hers) – WUSA9-DC
Leadership and culture
11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
Countering Trauma for Everyone in the Newsroom
Location: Salon K - 5th Floor
Speaker: Anne Godlasky (she/her/hers) – National Press Foundation
Speaker: Felecia Wellington Radel (she/her/hers) – USA Today
Speaker: Gretchen Schmelzer (she/her/hers) – Journey Through Trauma,
Leadership and culture
12:30pm – 1:00pm EDT
In Conversation: Nikole Hannah-Jones
Location: Salon E-F-G-H - 5th Floor
Moderator: Versha Sharma – Teen Vogue
Presenter: Nikole Hannah-Jones – The New York Times Magazine
1:00pm – 2:00pm EDT
Do’s and Don’t’s When Working with Whistleblowers in the Digital Age
Location: Salon C-D - 5th Floor
Moderator: Duc Luu (he/him/his) – Knight Foundation
Speaker: Ali Diercks (she/her/hers) – former attorney
Speaker: Wendell Potter (he/him/his) – Center for Health & Democracy
Speaker: Rebecca Petras – The Signals Network
Innovative news storytelling
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1:00pm – 2:00pm EDT
Luncheon: Give Your Audience a Voice (RSVP Required - by Invitation)
Location: 302-303 - 3rd Floor
Audience development and metrics
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1:00pm – 2:00pm EDT
Maximizing Your Conversion Rate: Tips from LA Times, NPR and Reuters (Midway Programming)
Location: Franklin 3-4 - 4th Floor
Moderator: Brad Streicher – Chartbeat
Speaker: Claire Rogers – NPR
Speaker: Samantha Melbourneweaver – LA Times
Speaker: Elaine Piniat – Reuters
Audience development and metrics
2:00pm – 3:00pm EDT
Visit the Start-Up Alley
Location: Franklin Hall - 4th Floor
Emerging technology
2:30pm – 3:30pm EDT
Better Gun Violence Reporting: Lessons from the Ground in Philly
Location: Salon A - 5th Floor
Speaker: Jessica Beard (she/her/hers) – Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting
Speaker: Tyrique Glasgow (he/him/his) – Young Chances Foundation
Speaker: Mensah M. Dean (he/him/his) – The Trace
Speaker: Yvonne Latty (she/her/hers) – Temple University
Moderator: Sarah Glover – WHYY News
Innovative news storytelling
2:30pm – 3:30pm EDT
Beyond The Newsletter Boom: Robust Strategies For Genuine Engagement
Location: Franklin 3-4 - 4th Floor
Speaker: Judith Langowski (she/her/hers) – Reuters
Speaker: Elana Zak – The Washington Post
Speaker: Najja Parker (she/her/hers) – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Moderator: Kim Bode – Newspack at Automattic
Revenue, content strategy or product
2:30pm – 3:30pm EDT
Beyond Trans 101: How to Plan and Manage Better Trans Coverage
Location: Salon I - 5th Floor
Speaker: Kam Burns (he/him/his) – National Geographic
Speaker: Ellery Jones (she/her/hers) – Chicago Sun-Times
Leadership and culture
2:30pm – 3:30pm EDT
Five Diplomacy Tactics To Drive Change
Location: Salon J - 5th Floor
Speaker: Sarah Patterson (she/her/hers) – McClatchy
Speaker: Laura Krantz (she/her/hers) – Chronicle of Higher Education
Speaker: Julia B. Chan (she/they) – The 19th*
Leadership and culture
2:30pm – 3:30pm EDT
In a Post-Platform Media World, Destinations Matter Most
Location: Salon G-H - 5th Floor
Speaker: Hillary Frey – Slate
Leadership and culture
2:30pm – 3:30pm EDT
Outsmarting Abusive Trolls: A Hands-On Safety Clinic
Location: Franklin 5-6 - 4th Floor
Speaker: Viktorya Vilk (she/her/hers) – PEN America
Speaker: Jeje Mohamed (she/her/hers) – PEN America
Speaker: Shannon Jankowski (she/her/hers) – PEN America
Speaker: Aashna Agarwal (she/her/hers) – PEN America
Emerging technology
2:30pm – 3:30pm EDT
Powering Trusted News with AI: Navigating the Present and Shaping the Future
Location: Salon C-D - 5th Floor
Speaker: Haris Agha – Reuters
Speaker: Jane Barrett – Reuters
Speaker: Leela Maryam de Kretser – Reuters
Speaker: Mahesh Ramachandran – Reuters
Emerging technologyInnovative news storytelling
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2:30pm – 3:30pm EDT
So, You're Thinking Of Stepping Down: Succession Planning For Newsroom Leaders (And Their Teams)
Location: Salon K - 5th Floor
Speaker: Jean Friedman-Rudovsky (she/her/hers) – Resolve Philly
Speaker: Cassie J. Haynes (she/her/hers) – Resolve Philly
Speaker: Amy Kovac-Ashley (she/her/hers) – Lenfest Institute of Journalism
Leadership and culture
2:30pm – 3:30pm EDT
The Center Will Not Hold: Why and How Decentralization Will Lead Us Forward (Midway Programming)
Location: Salon B - 5th Floor
Speaker: Eric Mack – JournoDAO
Speaker: Crystal Street – Consensys
Speaker: Keith Axline (he/him/his) – JournoDAO, Factland
Speaker: Spencer Cavanaugh (he/him/his) – JournoDAO
Emerging technology
2:30pm – 3:30pm EDT
How To Get Your Newsroom To Care About Alt Text And Accessibility
Location: Salon L - 5th Floor
Speaker: Beena Raghavendran – The New York Times
Speaker: Swatha Nandhakumar (she/her/hers) – American Council of the Blind
Speaker: Jaime Tanner (she/her/hers) – The New York Times
Leadership and culture
4:00pm – 5:00pm EDT
Educators & Teaching Meetup Potluck
Location: Networking Center - Franklin Hall - 4th Floor
Speaker: Jeremy Caplan (he/him/his) – CUNY Newmark Graduate School of Journalism
4:00pm – 5:00pm EDT
Meetup: Newsletter Innovation & The Changing Landscape
Location: Franklin 3-4 - 4th Floor
Speaker: Dariela Sosa (she/her/hers) – Arepita, 10min
Speaker: Xian Chiang-Waren (she/her/hers) – THE CITY
Moderator: Megan Griffith-Greene (she/her/hers) – The Washington Post
Networking
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4:00pm – 5:00pm EDT
New Tools for Journalists
Location: Salon C-D - 5th Floor
Speaker: Etan Horowitz – Google
Emerging technologyInnovative news storytelling
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4:00pm – 5:00pm EDT
Table Talks: ChatGPT
Location: Salon B - 5th Floor
Speaker: Edward Tian (he/him/his) – GPTZero
Leadership and culture
4:00pm – 5:00pm EDT
Table Talks: Navigating C-18 And The Canadian News Blackout
Location: Franklin 2 - 4th Floor
Speaker: Anita Li – The Green Line
Speaker: Matthew DiMera (they/them/theirs) – The Resolve
Leadership and culture
4:00pm – 5:00pm EDT
Table Talks: Online Safety & Psychological Well Being
Location: Franklin 5-6 - 4th Floor
Speaker: Viktorya Vilk (she/her/hers) – PEN America
Speaker: Jeje Mohamed (she/her/hers) – PEN America
Speaker: Shannon Jankowski (she/her/hers) – PEN America
Leadership and culture
4:00pm – 5:00pm EDT
Table Talks: How To Keep Evolving When Our Industry Never Stops Changing
Location: Salon J - 5th Floor
Speaker: Melissa Bell (she/her/hers) – Vox Media
Leadership and culture
4:00pm – 5:00pm EDT
Table Talks: Trans Coverage
Location: Salon I - 5th Floor
Speaker: Kam Burns (he/him/his) – National Geographic
Speaker: Ellery Jones (she/her/hers) – Chicago Sun-Times
Leadership and culture
4:00pm – 5:00pm EDT
Table Talks: Succession Planning
Location: Salon K - 5th Floor
Speaker: Jean Friedman-Rudovsky (she/her/hers) – Resolve Philly
Speaker: Cassie J. Haynes (she/her/hers) – Resolve Philly
Speaker: Amy Kovac-Ashley (she/her/hers) – Lenfest Institute of Journalism
Leadership and culture
4:00pm – 5:00pm EDT
Table Talks: Alt Text and Accessibility
Location: Salon L - 5th Floor
Speaker: Beena Raghavendran – The New York Times
Speaker: Swatha Nandhakumar (she/her/hers) – American Council of the Blind
Speaker: Jaime Tanner (she/her/hers) – The New York Times
Leadership and culture
5:30pm – 6:30pm EDT
Reception: Amplify Your Live Events with Short-Form Video Moments (RSVP Required for Beverage Ticket)
Location: 302-303 - 3rd Floor
Revenue, content strategy or product
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5:30pm – 6:30pm EDT
RJI Happy Hour (RSVP Required)
Location: 411-412 - 4th Floor
Networking
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6:00pm – 7:30pm EDT
Women's Leadership Accelerator Reception (by Invitation Only)
Location: Portrait Gallery - Lobby Level
Networking
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Saturday, August 26, 2023
9:45am – 4:15pm EDT
Registration Open
Location: 5th Floor Registration Area
9:45am – 5:00pm EDT
Help Desk + App Support
Location: 5th Floor Help Desk Area
Revenue, content strategy or product
10:00am – 11:00am EDT
The Humans Who Power(ed) Your Algorithm: The Untold Story of Big Tech’s Curation, Content, & Editorial Teams
Location: Salon E-F-G-H - 5th Floor
Speaker: Joanna Geary (she/her/hers) – Twitter (Former)
Speaker: Carolyn O'Hara (she/her/hers) – Pocket/Mozilla
Speaker: Rachel Richardson (she/her/hers) – Snap (Former)
Speaker: Chi-Chi Zhang (she/her/hers) – Google (Former)
Moderator: David Smydra – POLITICO
Audience development and metrics
10:00am – 4:00pm EDT
Visit the Networking Center
Location: Networking Center - Franklin Hall - 4th Floor
11:00am – 5:00pm EDT
Help Stations
Location: 3rd and 4th Floors
11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
[BLANK] Is The Future Of Journalism
Location: Franklin 3-4 - 4th Floor
Speaker: Alan Henry (he/him/his) – WIRED
Speaker: Tony Elkins (he/him/his) – Poynter Institute
Speaker: Sisi Wei (she/her/hers) – The Markup
Speaker: Maite Fernández Simon (she/her/hers) – The Washington Post
Moderator: Robert Hernandez (he/him/his) – USC Annenberg / JOVRNALISM
Leadership and culture
11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
Breaking Boundaries: Collaborative Solutions-Mapping For New Storytelling Possibilities
Location: Franklin 5-6 - 4th Floor
Speaker: Elizabeth Flynn (she/her/hers) – The Philadelphia Inquirer
Speaker: Zeynep Günbay (she/her/hers) – The Philadelphia Inquirer
Innovative news storytelling
11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
Bridging The Digital Divide: Collaborating with Students in University-Led Statehouse News Programs
Location: Franklin 7-8 - 4th Floor
Speaker: Sarah Gamard (she/her/hers) – Center for Community News
Speaker: Richard Watts (he/him/his) – Center for Community News, University of Vermont
Innovative news storytelling
11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
Feeling The Feels And Behaving The Behaviors: A Soft-Skills Workshop For Post-Pandemic, Trauma-Informed News Leaders
Location: Salon J - 5th Floor
Speaker: Samantha Ragland – American Press Institute
Leadership and culture
11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
Take a Beat: Prioritizing Self-Care When You’re Booked and Busy
Location: Salon L - 5th Floor
Speaker: Krista Lewis (she/her/hers) – International Women's Media Foundation
Leadership and culture
11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
Product Principles For Equitable And Fair News
Location: Salon I - 5th Floor
Presenter: Feli Carrique (she/her/hers) – News Product Alliance
Revenue, content strategy or product
11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
SEO For News Publishers: Hands-On Tips To Boost Your Traffic
Location: Salon A - 5th Floor
Speaker: Carrzi Dominguez (she/her/hers) – Trisolute News Dashboard
Speaker: Joy Johnston (she/her/hers) – Trisolute News Dashboard
Audience development and metrics
11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
State of Affairs: The Impact of State-Level Investigative Journalism
Location: Salon C-D - 5th Floor
Speaker: Sarah Blaskey (she/her/hers) – Miami Herald
Speaker: Erin Einhorn (she/her/hers) – NBC News
Speaker: Harriet Ryan – Los Angeles Times
Moderator: Randy Bennett – University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications
Innovative news storytelling
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11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
The California Accountability Project: Combining Cutting-Edge AI Technology With Traditional Reporting Methods
Location: Franklin 2 - 4th Floor
Speaker: Marc Lavallee – Knight Foundation
Speaker: David Lesher – CalMatters
Speaker: Sapna Satagopan (she/her/hers) – CalMatters
Emerging technology
11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
The Future Is Freelance: How to Survive and Thrive, Whether You're a Journalist or a Publisher (Midway Programming)
Location: Salon B - 5th Floor
Speaker: Katherine Reynolds Lewis (she/her/hers) – The Institute for Independent Journalists
Speaker: Matt Saincome (he/him/his) – Study Hall + Outvoice
Leadership and culture
11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
How to Create a News Ecosystem Around an Engaging Podcast
Location: Salon K - 5th Floor
Speaker: Cherise Seucharan (she/her/hers) – Canadaland Inc.
Speaker: Paulina Velasco (she/her/hers) – LWC Studios
Speaker: Juleyka Lantigua (she/her/hers) – LWC Studios
Speaker: Kojin Tashiro (he/him/his) – LWC Studios
Speaker: Michelle Baker (she/her/hers) – LWC Studios
Innovative news storytelling
11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
Recognizing Inequities in Artificial Intelligence with Meredith Broussard
Location: Salon G-H - 5th Floor
Speaker: Meredith Broussard (she/her/hers) – Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute of New York University
Moderator: Imaeyen Ibanga – AJ+/Al Jazeera
Emerging technology
1:00pm – 2:00pm EDT
Encore: How to Think Like a Change Agent: Building Your Skills to Spur Innovation with a Journalism Fellowship
Location: Salon C-D - 5th Floor
Speaker: Jarrad Henderson (he/him/his) – Michigan State University
Speaker: Maria Arce – Global Press
Moderator: Lynette Clemetson (she/her/hers) – Wallace House Center for Journalists
Innovative news storytelling
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2:30pm – 3:30pm EDT
Building A Talent Pipeline For Product In The Newsroom
Location: Salon I - 5th Floor
Speaker: Feli Carrique (she/her/hers) – News Product Alliance
Speaker: Marie Gilot (she/her/hers) – Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY
Revenue, content strategy or product
2:30pm – 3:30pm EDT
ChatGPT, Seriously: Real, (Mostly) Non-Cringey Uses That Make Journalism Better
Location: Salon G-H - 5th Floor
Speaker: Andrew Rodriguez Calderón – The Marshall Project
Speaker: Mark Hansen – Columbia School of Journalism
Speaker: Sisi Wei (she/her/hers) – The Markup
Moderator: Gideon Lichfield (he/him/his) – WIRED
Emerging technologyInnovative news storytelling
2:30pm – 3:30pm EDT
Combating Disinformation In Election Campaigns
Location: Franklin 5-6 - 4th Floor
Speaker: Patrick Butler (he/him/his) – International Center for Journalists
Speaker: Laura Zommer (she/her/hers) – Chequeado, Argentina - Factchequeado, US
Speaker: Jonathan Lai – The Philadelphia Inquirer
Speaker: Nasr ul Hadi (he/him/his) – PROTO Studio
Innovative news storytelling
2:30pm – 3:30pm EDT
Tiny, Scrappy And Hungry: How Small Newsrooms Can Launch Products On A Shoestring
Location: Salon A - 5th Floor
Speaker: Kyle Plantz (he/him/his) – Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY
Speaker: Helen Thompson – Science News
Speaker: Nikita Roy (she/her/hers) – Newsroom Robots
Revenue, content strategy or product
2:30pm – 3:30pm EDT
Fixing The Problems With Local Crime Coverage
Location: Salon B - 5th Floor
Speaker: Kelly McBride (she/her/hers) – Poynter
Speaker: Cheryl Thompson-Morton (she/her/hers) – CUNY
Speaker: Kyndell Harkness (she/her/hers) – Minneapolis Star Tribune
Innovative news storytelling
2:30pm – 3:30pm EDT
Reaching Younger, More Diverse Audiences As A Legacy News Org
Location: Franklin 3-4 - 4th Floor
Speaker: Ed Medeles (he/him/his) – The Associated Press
Speaker: Sorayah Zahir (she/her/hers) – The Wall Street Journal
Speaker: Mallorie Sullivan (she/her/hers) – USA TODAY
Speaker: Narda Perez (she/her/hers) – Slate
Audience development and metrics
4:00pm – 5:00pm EDT
Taking it Back Home: Making The Most of Your ONA23 Experience Going Forward
Location: Salon C-D - 5th Floor
Leadership and culture
5:30pm – 7:00pm EDT
Online Journalism Awards Reception Box Office
6:00pm – 7:00pm EDT
Online Journalism Awards Reception
Location: Grand Ballroom Foyer - 5th Floor
Networking
7:00pm – 9:00pm EDT
Online Journalism Awards Ceremony and Banquet
Location: Grand Ballroom - 5th Floor
Networking
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Thursday, September 28, 2023
11:00am – 11:45am EDT
A Keynote Conversation With Katie Drummond, WIRED’s New Global Editorial Director
Speaker: Katie Drummond (she/her/hers) – WIRED
Moderator: Versha Sharma – Teen Vogue
12:00pm – 12:45pm EDT
Approaches In AI Innovation From Two of Europe's Public Broadcasters
Speaker: Uli Köppen – German Public Broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)
Speaker: Miranda Marcus – BBC News Labs
Moderator: Nikita Roy (she/her/hers) – Newsroom Robots
12:00pm – 12:45pm EDT
Encore: Mastering Data Storytelling for Impactful Reporting
Speaker: Luisa J. Bider (she/her/hers) – Flourish (Canva)
Speaker: Georgia Diaconescu (she/her/hers) – Flourish, part of Canva
Emerging technologyInnovative news storytelling
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1:00pm – 1:45pm EDT
Caption This: News, Captions, Accessibility, and Keeping Humans in the Loop
Speaker: Alicia Zuckerman (she/her/hers) – Independent
Speaker: Tom Pritsky (he/him/his) – TranscribeGlass
1:00pm – 1:45pm EDT
Learn How To Use Google Analytics 4
Speaker: Sophie Ho (she/her/hers) – News Revenue Hub
Emerging technology
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Friday, September 29, 2023
11:00am – 11:45am EDT
Karen Hao: Reporting, staffing and using generative AI in newsrooms
Speaker: Karen Hao
Moderator: Imaeyen Ibanga – AJ+/Al Jazeera
11:00am – 11:45am EDT
Transforming Local Journalism: A Discussion of Next-Generation Approaches to Rebuilding Capacity
Moderator: Joaquin Alvarado (he/him/his) – Studiotobe
Speaker: Priscilla Enriquez (she/her/hers) – James B. McClatchy Foundation
Speaker: Ginny Badanes (she/her/hers) – Microsoft
Speaker: Eric Pearson – El Paso Community Foundation
Speaker: LaSharah S. Bunting (she/her/hers) – Online News Association
Leadership and culture
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12:00pm – 12:45pm EDT
Encore: YouTube News Shorts Workshop
Speaker: Nicolette Scott – YouTube
Innovative news storytelling
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12:00pm – 12:45pm EDT
Taylor Lorenz: Looking back to look forward while we're all Extremely Online
Speaker: Taylor Lorenz – The Washington Post
Moderator: Versha Sharma – Teen Vogue
1:00pm – 1:45pm EDT
Misinformation, AI, and Elections: The Role of the News Industry in Safeguarding Democracy in the AI Era
Speaker: Charlie Beckett (he/him/his) – Polis, London School of Economics
Speaker: Munmun De Choudhury – Georgia Tech
Moderator: Nikita Roy (she/her/hers) – Newsroom Robots