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Politics and Law

ONA19

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...

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Fireside Chat with Maria Ressa

  • Maria Ressa
  • 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...

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Ideas and Tools to Decode the 2020 Census

  • Ashley Alvarado
  • Michael Cook Sr.
  • D’Vera Cohn
  • Ryan Pitts
  • 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...

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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...

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Government Propaganda and Media Manipulation

  • Jessikka Aro
  • Ruslan Deynychenko
  • Steven Luckert
  • 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...

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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...

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The 2017 Legal Panel

  • Vickie Baranetsky
  • Lauren Fisher
  • Gregg Leslie
  • 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...

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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...

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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...