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Ethics and Trust

ONA23

Powering Trusted News with AI: Navigating the Present and Shaping the Future

AI has arrived and will need to be adopted by newsrooms swiftly to keep up with audiences ever growing expectations when it comes to technology. There are many advantages of AI in...

Do’s and Don’t’s When Working with Whistleblowers in the Digital Age

  • Moderated by Duc Luu

As online news evolves to offer deeper investigations for broader audiences, digital journalists seek sources to help them hold power to account. Whether working in Big Tech,...

Resilience in Combating Misinformation

  • Joy Mayer
  • Norbert Schwarz
  • Gabriella Stern
  • Moderated by Meena Thiruvengadam

Journalists today face disinformation and misinformation challenges as well as the simultaneous eroding of public trust in institutions. They are combating overt tactics to share...

A microphone that is sitting on top of several spiral reporters notebooks.

Information Equity Database (2023)

This updated ONA Information Equity Database is meant to help journalists reach and engage with communities who have been historically under- or misrepresented in journalism....

COVID-19 Misinformation Playbook (2023)

This updated COVID-19 Misinformation Playbook from the Online News Association is designed to help journalists and newsrooms quickly pinpoint COVID-19 facts and COVID-19...

ONA22 Walk In Someone Else's News: Is Reading Across the Spectrum Good for Democracy & Your Bottom Line?

Walk in Someone Else’s News: Is Reading Across the Spectrum Good for Democracy & Your Bottom Line?

  • Curtis Bram
  • Courtney Hurley

Despite its societal impact and significant work being done to understand it, there are few practical solutions addressing the root of political polarization. This archived...

ONA21

Fact-Checking During the Pandemic: How Facebook Partners with Global Fact-Checkers to Tackle Misinformation

  • Aaron Sharockman
  • Keren Goldshlager
  • Moderated by Baybars Örsek

A conversation with Facebook and PolitiFact, moderated by International Fact-Checking Network Director Baybars Örsek, about how fact-checkers and Facebook addressed...

ONA21

Flacks ‘n Hacks: Re-Establishing Trust Between Journalists, Corporate Storytellers, and News Consumers

  • Jon Amar
  • Gregg Castano
  • Shandra Naegle
  • Moderated by Shandra Naegle

The last five years of polarization, media bashing, and misinformation have led to unprecedented levels of media distrust. This distrust has been compounded by shrinking...

ONA21

Leading a Newsroom with Trust at the Center

  • Moderated by Lorie Hearn

In today’s fraught news environment, building trust is journalism’s guiding star — but a newsroom with trust at the center is about more than greater transparency and...