Technology
2015’s Tech Trends in Journalism
- Amy Webb
This popular and perennial session features the 10 trends that will have the biggest impact on journalists this year. Amy Webb will demo never-before-seen prototypes, handouts,...
50 Apps in 30 Minutes (+ 30 Minutes of Other Cool Stuff)
- David Ho
Supercharge your smartphone for reporting! The Wall Street Journal’s Executive Mobile Editor David Ho will help you turn your phone into a Swiss Army Knife of journalism...
A Deep Dive into Google with Richard Gingras & Emily Bell
- Richard Gingras
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Moderated by Emily Bell
We kick off ONA15 with a candid conversation on the symbiosis — and tensions — between high tech giant Google and the media. Richard Gingras, head of news at Google, and the...
Big Stories, Baby Screens
- Cory Bergman
- Hailey Persinger
Audiences have moved from paper to desktops to phones to tablets and are now closing in on wearables — for real. The debut of the Apple Watch creates a new paradigm for news...
Build Bots to Boost Your Reporting
Domo arigato, Journo Roboto! They can be invaluable in saving you time and effort in your reporting. We will demo tried-and-true examples to show how bots have assisted in...
Data for Dark Money in the 2016 Elections
- Russ Choma
- Anu Narayanswamy
Money is awash in politics these days, and the internet is a useful tool for making sense of the dark trail. Find out how reporters and developers can work together to create...
Dodging the Memory Hole in Our Digital News Heritage
- Edward McCain
- Ben Welsh
In today’s digital newsrooms, a software or hardware crash can wipe out decades of texts, photos, videos and applications. Further, digital archives can become obsolete if they...
Flying Into New Territory With Drone Journalism
- Ben Kreimer
- Dickens Olewe
- Taylor Owen
- Matt Waite
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Moderated by Valerie Belair-Gagnon
After years of technological experimentation and legal ambiguity, civilian drones are now going mainstream. The new regulatory environment created by the latest FAA decision will...
From Scheherazade to Snapchat: Ancient Storytelling Practices that Win the Internet for Good
- Amy O'Leary
In an age where algorithms are determining much of what we see, there’s a scramble to “reinvent” storytelling for a digital age. But taking the long view (and we mean a...