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1:30 pm ET
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TikTok in the Newsroom: A Strategy for Would-Be Users

The Pandemic Tech Stack

Day 2 - Friday, October 02

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9:30 am ET
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[FEATURED] Fireside Chat with Katie Couric

10:30 am ET
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The Member-driven Newsroom: What it Is, How to Become One and How to Make it Stick

12:15 pm ET
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Develop and Implement a TikTok Strategy for News, Even if You’re a Tiny Team

1:00 pm ET
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Table Talks: Addressing Stress, Anxiety, PTSD and Other Mental Health Issues

ONA Local Summit

Day 3 - Tuesday, October 06

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12:15 pm ET
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[FEATURED] Fireside Chat: María Elena Salinas, American Media Icon

1:15 pm ET
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Collaborative Fact Checking 101 (In Spanish)

What About the Money? The Journey to Pay Great Journalists

2:45 pm ET
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IVOW and Cultural AI

Creating a Reckoning: Adaptive Leadership and Inclusionary Spaces

Filling the Gaps Between Podcast Episodes

3:30 pm ET
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Table Talks: Support for Journalists of Color and Dealing with Racism in Newsrooms

Day 4 - Wednesday, October 07

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12:15 pm ET
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[FEATURED] Fireside Chat: Reframing Video News with Jessica Yellin

1:15 pm ET
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Collaborative Fact Checking 101 (in English)

“Under the Hood”: Innovation in Newsletters

2:30 pm ET
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Election 2020: Emergency Scenario Planning with ONA Local and Election SOS

2:45 pm ET
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Bringing Climate Change and Solutions Home to Your Audience

3:30 pm ET
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Table Talks: Media Entrepreneurship Business and Funding Models

Day 5 - Thursday, October 08

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9:30 am ET
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[FEATURED] Behind the Scenes of The FinCEN Files

10:30 am ET
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How Nikkei Improves Subscriber Retention with a Three-question Survey

Journalism’s Technology Problem

Covering American Muslims

Research

11:00 am ET
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Lessons Learned From Launching a Subscription Business for a Legacy Magazine Brand

12:15 pm ET
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Diversity, Mentorship and Leadership: The Important Work of College Newsrooms

Valuing Journalism in a World of Near-infinite Content

1:00 pm ET
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Table Talks: Strategies to Better Handle Misinformation Around Public Health

Day 6 - Friday, October 09

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9:30 am ET
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[Featured] Strategizing Global and Local Coverage for Uncertain Times with Darius Walker

10:30 am ET
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Mapping Local News: An Automated Approach

Mentoring Student Journalists in the Midst of a Pandemic

11:00 am ET
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Publisher 101; NewStart’s First Class

12:15 pm ET
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Moving Beyond the Concept and Incorporating Fault Lines in News Coverage

#JuntasMejores: Addressing Underrepresented Issues through Collaborative Journalism

Experiment and Iterate for Balanced Workflow and Editorial Buy-in

Reframing Economic Mobility Reporting

12:45 pm ET
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Memo to J-Schools: Teach Students to Pivot

1:00 pm ET
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Table Talks: Ensuring Information Access Equity in our Communities

Day 7 - Tuesday, October 13

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12:15 pm ET
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[FEATURED] Expansive, Creative Storytelling With the Hosts of Radiolab

1:15 pm ET
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USAFacts Voter Center, with Poppy MacDonald

A Guide to Immersive Ethics

1:45 pm ET
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Journalism and the Pandemic: Assessing COVID-19's First Impacts While Preparing for the Second Wave

Research

2:45 pm ET
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The Missing Link: Filling Critical Info Gaps with Student Journalists

[REGISTER IN ADVANCE] Speed Skillsharing

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America the Voiceless: A Podcast Diving Deep Into Voter Suppression During the 2020 Election

3:15 pm ET
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U.S. 2020 Elections SEO Battleground

3:30 pm ET
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Table Talks: J-School 2020: Training and Support for the Next Generation

Day 8 - Wednesday, October 14

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12:15 pm ET
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[FEATURED] 13th Annual Tech Trends in Journalism

1:15 pm ET
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Using Physical Space for Storytelling

Designing Climate Havens: The Role of Speculative Fiction in Climate Coverage

2:30 pm ET
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College Newsrooms Serving Local Communities

2:45 pm ET
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How Data Journalism and A Cross-section Strategy is Helping Tell the Climate and Biodiversity Crisis Stories

How to Recreate Relationships with Local Audiences

3:15 pm ET
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How Automated Tweets Can Warn about Fires in the Amazon

3:30 pm ET
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Table Talks: Reporting Our Climate Change Reality

Day 9 - Thursday, October 15

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9:30 am ET
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[FEATURED] The Global State of Engagement: Reader Behavior in a Year Like No Other

Research

10:30 am ET
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COVID Disinformation and the Global Infodemic

Digital Platform Habit-Formation: A News Products Case Study

Scaling Reader Engagement With Machine Learning

Fika med SVT: Culture Change, Over Coffee and Cake

11:00 am ET
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What Local Journalists Need Most to Cover COVID-19 (and How We're Finding Out)

11:45 am ET
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Bolster Your Digital Safety: An Anti-Hacking, Anti-Doxing Workshop

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12:15 pm ET
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[BLANK] is the Future of Journalism

The Emerging Audience and Product Development Playbook for Small/Midsize Newsrooms

Career Advice from the Women's Leadership Accelerator

1:00 pm ET
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Table Talks: Improving Access to Resources Journalists Need to Keep Safe, Convening with A Culture Of Safety Alliance (ACOS)

Day 10 - Friday, October 16

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9:30 am ET
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Gimme Beat?! How Should We Use Music in Journalism?

Creating Loyal Audiences with Pop-up Newsletters

Verifying User Generated Content in Iran: A “Closed Country” Workshop

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10:00 am ET
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Loved and Lost: How Collaborative Journalism Can Help Newsrooms Tell the Stories of COVID-19 Victims

10:30 am ET
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ONA20 Lightning Talks

What if All Covid‑19 Deaths in Brazil Happened in Your Neighborhood?

From Participation to Collaboration: Building Power with Communities

Under the Hood with the New York Times Visual Investigations Team

11:00 am ET
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Lifestyle and Service Journalism in the Age of Covid-19

12:15 pm ET
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ONA20 Closing + [FEATURED] Defending Democracy and News