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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:
Erin McGregor (she/her/hers)
– Online News Association
Speaker:
Meghan Murphy (she/her/hers)
– Online News Association
Adaptive Leadership
Monday, Mar 30th
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
CT
The ONA26 Braver Angels Debate: Too Much News?
Location: Salon C7-8 (Lower Level)
Moderator:
Sam Rechek
– Braver Angels
Adaptive Leadership
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
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
CT
What Matters: Measuring What Moves Your Newsroom Forward
Location: Salon A3 (Lower Level)
Speaker:
Abbey Gingras (she/her/hers)
– News Revenue Hub
Speaker:
Sophie Ho (she/her/hers)
– News Revenue Hub
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 (she/her/hers)
– 100 Days in Appalachia
Speaker:
Jin Ding
– Hybrid Media Stack
Speaker:
Mohamed Mandour (he/him/his)
– 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
Building Blocks of Leadership
Location: Salon A3 (Lower Level)
Speaker:
Tara Puckey (she/her/hers)
– Radio Television Digital News Association
Adaptive Leadership
Monday, Mar 30th
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
CT
Founders and Entrepreneurs Meetup
Location: Salon C Alley (Lower Level)
Entrepreneurship and Creator Journalism
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)
Speaker:
Tat Bellamy-Walker (they/them/theirs)
– International Women’s Media Foundation
Speaker:
Jeff Belzil (he/him/his)
– International Women Media Foundation
Speaker:
Christina Piaia
– ProJourn/Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Adaptive Leadership
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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 (she/her/hers)
– 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
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
CT
Traveling Safely in Uncertain Times
Location: Salon A3 (Lower Level)
Speaker:
Abigail LP (they/them/theirs)
– 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
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
CT
Leading Through Crisis: Newsroom Resilience When It Matters Most (RSVP)
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
Adaptive Leadership
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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: Thinking Like A (Newsroom) Lawyer
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
8:45 AM - 9:15 AM
CT
Featured Session: In Conversation: Mayor of Chicago Brandon Johnson and WBEZ’s Sasha-Ann Simons
Location: Grand Ballroom (2nd Level)
Moderator:
Sasha-Ann Simons
– WBEZ Chicago
Speaker:
Brandon Johnson
Adaptive Leadership
Wednesday, Apr 1st
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM
CT
Featured Presentation: Defending the First Amendment: The Future of Press Freedom
Location: Grand Ballroom (2nd Level)
Moderator:
Sasha-Ann Simons
– WBEZ Chicago
Speaker:
Karen Attiah
– Resistance Studies Series
Speaker:
Versha Sharma (she/her/hers)
– Self-employed
Speaker:
Gunita Singh
– Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Speaker:
Nick Valencia
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)
Speaker:
Tat Bellamy-Walker (they/them/theirs)
– International Women’s Media Foundation
Speaker:
Jeff Belzil (he/him/his)
– International Women Media Foundation
Speaker:
Luisa Ortiz Pérez (she/her/hers)
– Vita-Activa.Org
Adaptive Leadership
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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
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
Adaptive Leadership
Wednesday, Apr 1st
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
CT
Stop Starting From Scratch: Shared Data for Local Criminal Justice Reporting
Location: Salon A5 (Lower Level)
Speaker:
Ghazala Irshad (she/her/hers)
– The Marshall Project
Speaker:
Ava Sasani
– The Trace
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