ONA22 Conference Schedule

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The ONA22 conference is organized around five tracks, which are included here for easy filtering of our most popular topics. Participants are not limited to sessions within a specific track.

Day 1 - Wednesday, September 21

Registration & Help Desk

Coffee Break with Alley

We're All Visual Journalists Now: Skilling Up for Multimedia Storytelling, From Social and Video to Data Visualization

ONA Legal Workshop: Media Law in a Year of Major Change

Are You Ready to Transform Your Source Diversity?

How To Use Open Source Intelligence Tools To Uncover Dark Money

Online Journalism Awards: Finalists and Winners Celebration

There’s No “I” in Data: How To Make Analytics a Team Effort

Luncheon — Evolving Journalism Through Visual Analysis and Storytelling

Luncheon — Showcase Your Work To a National Audience (And Win Thousands Doing It)

Coffee Break with Alley

It’s Documentation Day 🎉

Create a Source Tracking Form That’s Actually Used by the Entire Newsroom

Multiplatform Storytelling 101

Build Your Newsroom Strategy for Connecting With Communities of Color

Opportunities for Winning Gen Z and Millennial Audiences

Collaborative Happy Hour

Welcome to LA: The Magic of Media

Day 2 - Thursday, September 22

Registration & Help Desk

Virtual Breakfast — Don’t Guess, Measure: How to Reliably Provide Objective, Balanced News – And Make Money Doing It

Breakfast — ONA22 Leadership Breakfast, hosted by Dataminr

Opening Remarks & FEATURED 15th Annual Tech Trends in Journalism

[Overflow] Opening Remarks & FEATURED 15th Annual Tech Trends in Journalism

Visit the ONA Midway

Coffee Break with Alley

Design Thinking Your Editorial Strategy

Fire Your Bosses: How Workers Relaunched The Appeal

How to Center and Support Indigenous Journalists in News Orgs

FEATURED Inclusive and Equitable News Spaces are the Future: Four Methods To Get You Started Now

22 Lessons for the 2022 Midterms

Centering Community Relationships Through Live Events

Early-Career Tips From Our MJ Bear Fellows

Context For Crisis: Navigating Journalism Through Uncertainty

Make Your Newsletters Sustainable Revenue Builders [Midway]

Equity in Publishing: Black Publishers Session

How the Content Authenticity Initiative Combats Digital Mis/Disinformation

Online Journalism Awards: Finalists and Winners Celebration

Luncheon — More Than a Newsroom: Journalism As a Public Service

Optimizing Your News Experience on YouTube

Coffee Break with Alley

FEATURED Listening to People Who Don’t Trust You To Reach New Audiences

Real Talk With the Women’s Leadership Accelerator

What News Orgs Are Getting Wrong About Social Media

Ready For Launch: Testing Your Next News Product Idea

Vision25: Pay Equity Series Part Three

Artificial Intelligence: Supporting Journalists and Understanding Audiences

Syndication Without Tears: Best Practices in a Distributed World

Even if Web3 Is Full of Scams, the Part That Isn’t Might Just Change Everything [Midway]

More Than Words on the Wall: Drafting and Implementing Strong Operating Principles

Leadership Spotlight: What’s Next in Digital Journalism From ONA Board Candidates

How a Fellowship Can Build Capacity and Spur Innovation for Your Newsroom

Let's Create a Playbook to Make Audience Roles More Human

Using Comics Journalism for Deeper, Broader Engagement

FEATURED Minimizing Misinformation: Conveying Legitimacy in Your Election Coverage

Building an Independent, Yet Interdependent, News Ecosystem [Midway]

No More Scrolling Alone: Retooling for Humanness

ONA22 Welcome Reception

Day 3 - Friday, September 23

Registration & Help Desk

Diversity Mentorship Breakfast

Breakfast — Left Behind & Left Out in the U.S. Economy

Morning Chair Yoga Class

Visit the ONA Midway

Table Talks: Newsletter Strategy

Table Talks: Covering Climate Change

Table Talks: Trans Issues in Media

Table Talks: Trust in News

Table Talks: Web3 Promises and Pitfalls

The Power of Online Communities: How To Cultivate a Loyal and Engaged Audience [Midway]

Table Talks: Combatting Disinformation on Social

The Science Behind Representation in Storytelling

[BLANK] Is the Future of Journalism Returns!

Coffee Break with Alley

How To Build Your Own Interactive Data Story — And Master Scrollytelling Without Coding

Table Talks: There's No "Pipeline Problem"

Table Talks: Connecting with Community Media

Table Talks: Online Safety

Table Talks: Zine Maker Session