Politics and Law
Election 2020: Using Data to Report on Votes and Voters
- Hannah Fingerhut
- Emily Swanson
Election 2020 is the meta-story of the moment, and the best political storytelling on November 3, 2020 (and in the days and weeks that follow!) will depend on data. Join...

Fireside Chat with Maria Ressa
- Maria Ressa
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Moderated by Anita Zielina
Recent global shifts toward nationalism have led to a deterioration of press freedom worldwide. Journalist Maria Ressa has been on the front lines of this battle. Her...
Ideas and Tools to Decode the 2020 Census
- Ashley Alvarado
- Michael Cook Sr.
- D’Vera Cohn
- Ryan Pitts
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Moderated by Dorothy Bland
Well-understood as both a constitutional imperative undergirding representative democracy and the rare political flashpoint that rises above the news of the day, the decennial...
Legal Panel: Leaks and Secrets
- Alison Schary
- Kate Bolger
- Meg Marco
- Katie Townsend
Breaking the next Pentagon Papers is the career-making, public interest journalism of reporters’ dreams. But how to actually do it? The ONA19 Legal Panel brings together a team...

Government Propaganda and Media Manipulation
- Jessikka Aro
- Ruslan Deynychenko
- Steven Luckert
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Moderated by Saleem Khan
This critical discussion will focus on how governments have manipulated public perception and the media, past and present. We’ll help provide context to ongoing political...

Innovations in Fact-Checking Your Government
- Angie Holan
- Omar Mohammed
- Eric Carvin
We’ve entered a golden age for fact-checking, with new teams of fact-checkers and digital tools sprouting up around the world. What are the latest digital tools they are using...
The 2017 Legal Panel
- Vickie Baranetsky
- Lauren Fisher
- Gregg Leslie
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Moderated by Alison Schary
Join us for this conversational session, updated each year with fresh, relevant guidance on the unique legal issues surrounding digital journalism and technology. Come prepared...

When Satire Is the Most Effective Political Coverage
- Francesca Fiorentini
- Matt Negrin
- Melinda Taub
In a truly unprecedented political climate, both journalists and audiences can feel fatigued from day-to-day news coverage. Satirical news shows like The Daily Show and Full...
Latinos and the 2016 Election: Reporting on Communities Regardless of Your Background
- Jose Olivares
- Kelly Ann Scott
- Natalie Van Hoozer
- Vanessa Vancour
Noticiero Móvil is an experiment that provides 2016 election coverage to empower Latinos, funded by an ONA/Knight Foundation grant. College students working on the project are...