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Monday, Mar 30th
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM CT
First-Timer's Orientation
Location: Salon C5-6 (Lower Level)
Speaker: Meghan Murphy (she/her/hers) – Online News Association
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Monday, Mar 30th
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CT
The ONA26 Braver Angels Debate
Location: Salon C7-8 (Lower Level)
Moderator: Sam Rechek – Braver Angels
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Monday, Mar 30th
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CT
AI and Leadership: Practical Takeaways on the Ups and Downs of Navigating Change
Location: Salon A5 (Lower Level)
Speaker: Tess Jeffers (she/her/hers) – The Wall Street Journal
Speaker: Jonathan Leff (he/him/his) – Reuters
Speaker: Ryan Struyk (he/him/his) – CNN
Speaker: Giovanny Vega (he/him/his) – El Vocero de Puerto Rico
Adaptive Leadership
Monday, Mar 30th
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CT
Civic Journalism Engages Communities, Informs Audiences, and Empowers Action
Location: Salon A1 (Lower Level)
Speaker: Vanessa Maria Graber (she/her/hers) – Free Press
Speaker: Qing Saville (they/them/theirs) – Free Press
Adaptive Leadership
Monday, Mar 30th
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM CT
Hard-Won Lessons: Global Reporters on Journalism Under Autocracy
Location: Salon A1 (Lower Level)
Speaker: Dana Coester – 100 Days in Appalachia
Speaker: Jin Ding – International Women’s Media Foundation
Speaker: Mohamed Mandour – Committee to Protect Journalists
Speaker: Jeje Mohamed (she/her/hers) – Aegis Safety Alliance
Adaptive Leadership
Monday, Mar 30th
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CT
Founders and Entrepreneurs Meetup
Location: Salon C Alley (Lower Level)
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Monday, Mar 30th
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CT
Building Blocks of Leadership
Location: Salon A3 (Lower Level)
Speaker: Tara Puckey (she/her/hers) – Radio Television Digital News Association
Adaptive Leadership
Tuesday, Mar 31st
8:00 AM - 11:30 AM CT
Interactive Holistic Safety Training Workshop: Part 1 (RSVP)
Location: Salon C5-6 (Lower Level)
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Tuesday, Mar 31st
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
A Whodunit, but for Safety
Location: Salon A3 (Lower Level)
Speaker: Abigail LP – Freedom of the Press Foundation
Speaker: Jeje Mohamed (she/her/hers) – Aegis Safety Alliance
Speaker: Luisa Ortiz Pérez (she/her/hers) – Vita-Activa.Org
Speaker: Viktorya Vilk (she/her/hers) – PEN America
Adaptive Leadership
Tuesday, Mar 31st
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
Getting Your New Project off the Ground: An Interactive Workshop
Location: Salon A5 (Lower Level)
Moderator: Doug Mitchell (he/him/his) – Next Gen Journalism
Speaker: Ryan Y. Kellett (he/him/his) – The Independent Journalism Atlas
Speaker: Kathy Lu – Online News Association
Speaker: Katherine Reynolds Lewis (she/her/hers) – The Institute for Independent Journalists
Speaker: Jodi Rave – Buffalo's Fire
Speaker: Elaine Díaz Rodríguez – Tiny News Collective
Adaptive Leadership
Tuesday, Mar 31st
9:00 AM - 11:30 AM CT
Tackle Your Toughest Challenge with MTC @ ONA (By Application)
Location: Salon A4 (Lower Level)
Speaker: Benjamin Wagner (he/him/his) – Media Transformation Challenge
Speaker: Fran Scarlett – Media Transformation Challenge
Adaptive Leadership
Tuesday, Mar 31st
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM CT
Leading Through Crisis: Newsroom Resilience When It Matters Most
Location: Salon C5-6 (Lower Level)
Moderator: Liliana Velázquez – John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Speaker: Erika Carlos (she/her/hers) – El Tecolote
Speaker: Laura Lee (she/her/hers) – NC Local
Speaker: Jen Sabella – Block Club Chicago
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Tuesday, Mar 31st
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM CT
Friends & Neighbors Documentary Screening
Location: Salon A4 (Lower Level)
Moderator: Benjamin Wagner (he/him/his) – Media Transformation Challenge
Moderator: Angela Pacienza – The Globe and Mail
Adaptive Leadership
Tuesday, Mar 31st
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CT
Building Resilient Newsrooms Without a Safety Net: Lessons from Exile, Immigrant, and Startup Media
Location: Salon A5 (Lower Level)
Speaker: Faisal Karimi (he/him/his) – Nowruz Media
Adaptive Leadership
Tuesday, Mar 31st
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CT
Creating Your Test Kitchen: Small-Batch Innovation for Newsroom Leaders
Location: Salon C7-8 (Lower Level)
Speaker: Jake J. Hylton (he/him/his) – LOOKOUT News
Adaptive Leadership
Tuesday, Mar 31st
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CT
Legal Panel: Practical Law for Journalists
Location: Salon A4 (Lower Level)
Speaker: Alison Schary (she/her/hers) – Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Speaker: Lyndsey Wajert (she/her/hers) – Dentons US
Adaptive Leadership
Wednesday, Apr 1st
10:15 AM - 1:00 PM CT
Interactive Holistic Safety Training Workshop: Part 2 (RSVP)
Location: Salon C5-6 (Lower Level)
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Wednesday, Apr 1st
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CT
Projecting Stability When Everything Is Changing: A Session for CEOs on Funding, Leadership and Getting Shit Done
Location: Boulevard BC (2nd Level)
Speaker: S. Mitra Kalita (she/her/hers) – URL Media | Epicenter-NYC
Adaptive Leadership
Wednesday, Apr 1st
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CT
Open-Access Data and Resource-Sharing Tools For Local Newsroom Collaborations
Location: Salon A5 (Lower Level)
Speaker: George LeVines (he/him/his) – The Trace
Speaker: Ghazala Irshad (she/her/hers) – The Marshall Project
Adaptive Leadership
Wednesday, Apr 1st
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CT
Stepping Down to Allow Others to Step Up
Location: Boulevard BC (2nd Level)
Moderator: Sara Lomax (she/her/hers) – URL Media | WURD Radio
Speaker: Candice Fortman (she/her/hers) – Blue Engine Collaborative
Speaker: Garry Pierre-Pierre (he/him/his) – URL Media
Speaker: Charles Sennott (he/him/his) – GroundTruth
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