{"id":610,"date":"2016-09-16T14:19:47","date_gmt":"2016-09-16T20:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journalists-org-develop.go-vip.co\/newsroom\/newsroom16\/?p=610"},"modified":"2021-06-22T18:36:05","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T22:36:05","slug":"hot-topic-sessions-overcrowded-at-ona16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journalists-org-develop.go-vip.co\/newsroom\/2016\/09\/16\/hot-topic-sessions-overcrowded-at-ona16\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot topic sessions overcrowded at ONA16"},"content":{"rendered":"

At some of ONA’s most popular sessions,\u00a0people have to stand outside in the hallways to listen \u2014 the rooms just can’t fit any more people.<\/p>\n

The session on Facebook Live and several other sponsored sessions were filled to capacity, so volunteers could\u00a0only let one person in at a time as one person leaves.<\/p>\n

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Standing room only for the @Facebook<\/a> sponsored session about live video @ONAConf<\/a> #ONA16<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/IZYG8SO3VE<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Cody Boteler (@codyboteler) September 16, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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One person in, one person out. That’s the rule for these overcrowded sessions. #ONA16<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/h22KKFPLwX<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Dana Branham (@danabranham) September 16, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Organizers telling me that this has happened at all the other sponsored sessions today. @ONAConf<\/a> #ona16<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/uP8BQj3owo<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Cody Boteler (@codyboteler) September 16, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here’s one reaction from a ONA attendee who was waiting outside the session room.<\/p>\n

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Talked to @jmreyes831<\/a>, a UC Berkeley student. Here’s his reaction to the super crowded Facebook Live session. #ONA16<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/DIQmfEz9bY<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Dana Branham (@danabranham) September 16, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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