Conference Schedule

10:30 am ET
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12:15 pm ET
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ONA20 Welcome + [Featured] More Equitable Coverage for Black America

1:30 pm ET
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Engaging with Reddit’s Endless Content: Broader Coverage, Better Journalism

The Shift to Loyalty: Evolving Business Models Changing the Metrics that Matter

How Instagram Fellows Are Helping Transform Local Newsrooms [Sponsored]

The Pandemic Tech Stack

TikTok in the Newsroom: A Strategy for Would-Be Users

2:15 pm ET
(18:15 UTC)

ONA20 Everywhere Welcome Reception

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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Semi-closed Groups and Communities: A Best Practice Guide for Reporting

Making Analytics Useful to Journalists: Best Practices and Core Principles

How To Grow Your Reader Revenue by Testing Faster & Better: Lessons from the Facebook Accelerator [Sponsored]

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

11:30 am ET
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A Quick Tutorial on Using Canva in the Newsroom

12:00 pm ET
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Sources, Sources Everywhere — But Who is Actually Reliable?

12:15 pm ET
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Better Together: Merging Newsrooms for a New Public Media

Develop and Implement a TikTok Strategy for News, Even if You’re a Tiny Team

Microsoft AI: Empowering the Art and Science of Journalism [Sponsored]

1:00 pm ET
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ONA Local Summit

How Crosswords and Other Puzzles Can Create More Loyal Readers (and Higher Revenue)

Table Talks: Addressing Stress, Anxiety, PTSD and Other Mental Health Issues

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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Quick + Scrappy Audience Research: Leveraging Newsletters to Learn About Your Audience

Be a Better Partner: Protecting Sources and Their Information

What About the Money? The Journey to Pay Great Journalists

Collaborative Fact Checking 101 (In Spanish)

2:45 pm ET
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Never Let a Crisis Go to Waste: Lessons Learned from Fundraising in a Pandemic

Filling the Gaps Between Podcast Episodes

Creating a Reckoning: Adaptive Leadership and Inclusionary Spaces

IVOW and Cultural AI

How Publishers Are Using CrowdTangle To Cover Elections [Sponsored]

Can You Make a Slide Deck? You Can Create a Video!

3:30 pm ET
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Online Journalism Awards: Video and Visual Storytelling

Table Talks: Support for Journalists of Color and Dealing with Racism in Newsrooms

Meet the JSK Community Impact Fellows for 2020-2021

4:00 pm ET
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Meet Up to Celebrate the Power of Visual Journalism

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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Managing Metrics that Matter for Subscriptions

10 Things to Know about Pitching for Funding

How to Reach New Audiences & Develop Sustainable Revenue with SmartNews [Sponsored]

“Under the Hood”: Innovation in Newsletters

Collaborative Fact Checking 101 (in English)

2:00 pm ET
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A Quick Tutorial on Using Canva in the Newsroom

Reporting as Journalists of Color: Why We Need to Add “Safety” to Our Conversations about Diversity in Our Newsrooms [Sponsored]

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

Content-Sharing is the Media Industry's Response to the Sharing Economy

2:45 pm ET
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Fundraising for Journalism 101: A Crash Course for Developing Philanthropic Support

Template building

Creating a Nimble Newsletter Workflow Optimized for New Ideas

Bringing Climate Change and Solutions Home to Your Audience

3:30 pm ET
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Online Journalism Awards: Newsletters and Audio Storytelling

ONA20 Exclusive: Virtual Tour of Artist Expressions During Social Distancing at Decameron Row

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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Covering American Muslims

Journalism’s Technology Problem

IWMF [Sponsored] - On the Ground in 2020: Before, During and After Unrest

How Nikkei Improves Subscriber Retention with a Three-question Survey

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

11:30 am ET
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2020 State of Digital Publishing Market Report — Sneak Preview!

12:15 pm ET
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What We Learned Studying Push Notifications for a Year

Valuing Journalism in a World of Near-infinite Content

Diversity, Mentorship and Leadership: The Important Work of College Newsrooms

How Local Publishers Are Using COVID Grants [Sponsored]

Election 2020: Combating Misinformation, Disinformation & Deepfakes [Sponsored]

1:00 pm ET
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Online Journalism Awards: Investigative Journalism

ProPublica's Diversity Mentorship Program [Sponsored]

Knight Masterclass: Best Practices for Reporting on Misinformation [Sponsored]

Knight Masterclass: The Two Kinds of Disinformation and You [Sponsored]

Knight Masterclass: Battling Misinformation/Disinformation with Joan Donovan [Sponsored]

Knight Masterclass: Strategies to Identify Misinformation/Disinformation [Sponsored]

Knight Masterclass: Using & Understanding Deepfake Detection Tools with RIT [Sponsored]

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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Automate Your Website without Losing Your Newsroom

Mentoring Student Journalists in the Midst of a Pandemic

Mapping Local News: An Automated Approach

How to Start a News Outlet During a Pandemic [Sponsored]

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

11:30 am ET
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Artists Against an #Infodemic

12:15 pm ET
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Reframing Economic Mobility Reporting

Experiment and Iterate for Balanced Workflow and Editorial Buy-in

Investigating AI and Surveillance Technology in Your Community [Sponsored]

#JuntasMejores: Addressing Underrepresented Issues through Collaborative Journalism

Moving Beyond the Concept and Incorporating Fault Lines in News Coverage

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

1:00 pm ET
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Online Journalism Awards: Sports and Topical Reporting: Climate Change

“Field Trip” with Field Museum Chief Curiosity Correspondent Emily Graslie

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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Leadership in a Series of 2x2 Frameworks

The Choire Sicha Masterclass: A Framework for Reading, Writing and Pitching

A Guide to Immersive Ethics

News Break, Bringing Local News Back: Leveraging Independent Content Creators to Help Irrigate News Deserts [Sponsored]

USAFacts Voter Center, with Poppy MacDonald

Knight Presents: VettNews Cx

Preparing for the Cookieless World: How to Engage and Monetize Content in 2021 + Beyond

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

2:00 pm ET
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#AMA About News SEO and Ranking in Google

Knight Presents: DeFake Project

2:45 pm ET
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Bridging “Church and State” with Integrity: How and When to Work Together

How Canva is Transforming Design for Journalists and Newsrooms [Sponsored]

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

Knight Presents: Anonymous Camera

[REGISTER IN ADVANCE] Speed Skillsharing

The Missing Link: Filling Critical Info Gaps with Student Journalists

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

How to Fight Back When People Discredit Your Political Coverage

3:30 pm ET
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Gaze Into Space Through NASA’s Eyes

Online Journalism Awards: Online Commentary and Student Awards

Table Talks: J-School 2020: Training and Support for the Next Generation

Yoga Session + Wellness Check-In

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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How to Future-Proof Your Career

Managing from Afar: How to Manage Up, Down and Across when the Entire Operation is Decentralized

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

What the Future: A Data-Driven Way Forward for Trust in News [Sponsored]

Knight Presents: The SecureDrop Workstation: The Next Generation of SecureDrop

Using Physical Space for Storytelling

2:00 pm ET
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Knight Presents: Blacklight: Revealing Who is Tracking You Online

Career Opportunity Round Robin

2:30 pm ET
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College Newsrooms Serving Local Communities

Content-Sharing is the Media Industry's Response to the Sharing Economy

Extreme Brand Makeover

2:45 pm ET
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AI in Journalism

How to Recreate Relationships with Local Audiences

Using Insights From Past Events to Understand Reader Behaviors Leading Up to the 2020 Election [Sponsored]

Knight Presents: Mathison: Where Diversity & Dream Jobs Meet

How Data Journalism and A Cross-section Strategy is Helping Tell the Climate and Biodiversity Crisis Stories

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

Correct the Misunderstandings That Drive Some Attitudes About Journalism

3:30 pm ET
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Online Journalism Awards: Immersive Storytelling and Technical Innovation

Table Talks: Reporting Our Climate Change Reality

Dive Deep for an Exclusive Virtual Tour of the Largest Water Habitat in the WORLD – Ocean Voyage at Georgia Aquarium [ONE DAY ONLY]

ONA20 Career Fair + Student Reception

4:00 pm ET
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Meet Up for a Mental Health Check-in

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

10:30 am ET
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Fika med SVT: Culture Change, Over Coffee and Cake

Scaling Reader Engagement With Machine Learning

Digital Platform Habit-Formation: A News Products Case Study

Cover Your Assets: How Not to Get Hacked & Other Essential Security Tips

Introducing Journalist Studio: A Suite of New Tools for Reporters [Sponsored]

Knight Presents: Unlocking the Data Inside Video with TV Kitchen

COVID Disinformation and the Global Infodemic

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

11:15 am ET
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Knight Presents: Letterhead & WhereBy.Us: Email Newsletters

Tell your own story. You're part of "the media" but don't let that define you.

11:30 am ET
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Get Credit for the Ethics and Fairness Behind Your Election Coverage

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

12:00 pm ET
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Knight Presents: VettNews Cx

How and Why We Should Democratize the CMS

12:15 pm ET
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Career Advice from the Women's Leadership Accelerator

NBC: What Have We Learned About Covering the Racial Reckoning? [Sponsored]

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

[BLANK] is the Future of Journalism

1:00 pm ET
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Online Journalism Awards: Breaking News and Explanatory Reporting

Women’s Leadership Networking Event

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

Creating Loyal Audiences with Pop-up Newsletters

Gimme Beat?! How Should We Use Music in Journalism?

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

Knight Presents: Ad Observatory & Other Resources and Tools for Tracking Online Political Advertising

10:30 am ET
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Under the Hood with the New York Times Visual Investigations Team

From Participation to Collaboration: Building Power with Communities

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

How to Use Google Trends to Tell Election stories [Sponsored]

ONA20 Lightning Talks

10:45 am ET
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Knight Presents: DocumentCloud Reloaded

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

11:30 am ET
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Earn Trust to Help You Survive and Thrive Financially (and Retain Subscribers!)

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