Join THE CITY, Chalkbeat, and EdNC and learn how they kept their in-person engagement strategies going during the height of the pandemic by adapting the “Open Newsroom” to work in a virtual environment, continuing to listen, produce and share relevant news and information.
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Transformation Under Pressure: How newsrooms pivoted with COVID-19
After three years of Table Stakes, two industry leaders share analysis on how lessons around revenue and business models prepared them for an unexpected pivot.
Managing from afar: How do you manage up, down and across when the entire operation is decentralized
Management styles have to be rethought as newsrooms become decentralized. Learn from best practices of a team who have remained focused and collaborative while they work remotely.
Rapid Fire: Your Burning Tech Questions
All of your Tech questions in 10 seconds or less.
This is fine does not mean this is fine
When the world comes to a near-halt, how to keep your head up and pursue the story
Investigative reporting on what’s going right
A workshop focused on how to report stories that don’t shy away from big problems but help communities see where systemic change might be possible.
Does political bias impact news comprehension?
Insights for journalists from News-Psychology research on whether and how political bias indicators (left, center, right) in news stories impact comprehension and perceptions of credibility.
Community Engagement from 72 inches apart
During a time when social distancing is the law, how do newsrooms keep their communities engaged AND protected. Community newsroom leaders share how they have changed their strategy, explored innovation, and reached new levels of engagement within their communities despite social distancing restrictions.
Never let a crisis go to waste: What local news organizations learned from fundraising during the coronavirus pandemic.
This session will share key takeaways from publishers who successfully crafted fundraising campaigns that emphasized the necessity of public-service journalism while their newsrooms were serving their communities with critical news and information at the height of the coronavirus pandemic.
The shift to loyalty: How evolving business models are changing the metrics that matter
The metrics newsrooms are paying attention to are changing.