About: With newsrooms cutting staff and journalism schools booming, it was bound to happen – the news industry is collaborating with academe for content in brave new ways. The panel explores how the partnerships work and whether the model applies to your newsroom.
• Joe Bergantino, New England Center for Investigative Reporting • Rich Jones, New York University, Arthur L. Carter Journalism Initiative • Josh Meyer, National Security Journalism Initiative, Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University
About: The boundaries of digital journalism were Topic A on July 25, when a little-known Wikileaks released a 92,000-page dump of classified documents relating to the U.S. involvement of the war in Afghanistan. WNYC’s Brooke Gladstone leads the panel in examining what this could mean for journalism and the role of the Internet in news and information. (Video begins around 6:00)
• Brooke Gladstone, On the Media • Gavin MacFadyen, Centre for Investigative Journalism • Jim Michaels, USA TODAY • Clothilde Le Coz, Reporters Without Borders
About: As the government unloads more data — on everything from the stimulus, taxes and spending to the safety of child car seats — developers, designers and journalists have developed show-stopping ways to make the numbers more accessible. See demos, hear cases studies, and learn the secrets of scraping data.
• Bill Allison, Sunlight Foundation • Rufus Pollock, Open Knowledge Foundation
About: Revamping journalism curriculum is a tricky tightrope walk, balancing digital skills, academics and computer science. How do accrediting standards and the arms race for shorter degrees set the boundaries for the new journalism degree? Panelists share what is being lost and what is being gained.
• David Johnson, American University • Emily Bell, Columbia University • Rich Gordon, Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University • Mindy McAdams, University of Florida
About: The web is increasingly moving from the desktop to the palm of your hand. Learn the best practices for creating content for mobile and touch devices.
• Jamie Pallot, Conde Nast Digital • Jim Spencer, Newsy • Liesel Kipp, Thomson Reuters • John-Henry Barac, Barac Consulting
About: In this rapid-fire session, four speakers show the journalistic and technical highlights from some recent news apps, providing insights into the lessons they’ve learned the hard way so you don’t have to.
• Katharine Jarmul, USA TODAY • Matt Waite, St. Petersburg Times • Richard Pope, ScraperWiki.com • Aine McGuire, ScraperWiki.com
About: Professional-level input from a sea of amateurs? Community editorial requires finesse, hard work and a lot of respect for your submitters. Get expert advice on how to encourage high-quality content from a staff of strangers.
• Laura Brunow Miner, Pictory • Alexis Madrigal, Longshot Magazine • Sarah Rich, Longshot Magazine • Robin Sloan, Twitter
About: From the invention of advertorial content to the development of television news, find out how America’s Finest News Source has managed to stay ahead of the competition for the past several hundred years and continues to lead the way with over 4 million social media connections and top ranking mobile applications.
• Marc Lieberman, The Onion • Baratunde Thurston, The Onion
About: Want to hold an ONA meetup in your town or city? Already have, but want to learn how to do it better? Come and listen to ONADC divas Laura Cochran and Tiffany Shackelford talk about their successful events that not only showcase local talent but bring in sponsors.
• Laura Cochran, Gannett • Tiffany Shackelford, Phase2 Technology
The 2010 conference of the Online News Association (ONA) pushed further the debate on how technology is shaping the future of journalism in the evolving web media landscape. The event was held in Washington DC, the US capital, between the 28-30 October, 2010. Read more
