Check out our haul: ONA swag
In addition to all the tips, tricks and connections you picked up this week, ONA has you covered in the swag department.
Think long-form journalism is dead? Think again.
Long-form journalism was supposed to be dead by now. The Internet, with its rapid news cycle and ad-based layouts, was going to be its executioner. With just one quick look around though, you’ll notice: That prophecy never came true. In fact, the industry is currently seeing an enormous growth in narrative storytelling. Online-only publications are…
Is there still a place for professional photojournalists?
In this changing world of multimedia and technology, everyone has access to phones and cameras – in a way, everyone is a photographer. But what skills make someone a photojournalist? While newspapers are laying off entire photo staffs, and turning to freelance photographers, what makes the true photojournalist irreplaceable? Five visual journalists tackle these questions…
Silver: Initially, traffic isn’t main focus of new venture
Nate Silver touted the role of statistics in reporting to an audience of hundreds of journalists at the ONA13 conference on Friday, but he will not be paying much attention to the traffic numbers of his own blog FiveThirtyEight – at least not initially. Silver, who signed a massive deal with ESPN to expand FiveThirtyEight…
Nate Silver schools ONA on stats
Nate Silver has been called many things: a witch, a statistician/journalist and, now, a data rock star who can pack a room at ONA. Speaking to a packed auditorium for today’s ONA Keynote, Silver explained what journalists can learn from statisticians. The auditorium’s capacity was more than 1,400 and almost every seat was filled. As…
Webb: Search will come to you
ONA attendees once again flocked to Webb Media Group CEO Amy Webb’s session, “10 Tech Trends For Journalists” on Friday. Her standing room only interactive talk included drones, a handheld 3D printer and digital personal assistant applications. Webb highlighted what she believes to be next era in technology: ambient search. She said that users will no…
ONA Opening Reception Sights
ONA13 attendees converged on one of Atlanta’s historic venues, The Tabernacle, on Thursday. Ruby Velle and the Soulphonics played as journalists from across the country networked and mingled. The Weather Channel sponsored the opening event. Below is a chronological presentation of the ONA opening reception event.
Personal essay: Girl kicks butt
With Steely Dan and Tommy Tutone playing in the background, we’d jog around the room and do push-ups and 15 jumping jacks to get us stretched and ready. Looking into the studio, you’d think you were looking at a dance studio, complete with a bar against the wall and mirrors. But it wasn’t. Almost every…
How to tell a story without writing a story
In many ways, the Internet has set journalists free. The medium allows journalists to break out of the tried and true written article format and tell stories in richer, more innovative ways. “(The article) is superb at some things, but it’s not the only way to tell stories, particularly online,” said American Press Institute Executive…
Data journalism in the developing world
How do you teach data literacy? How do you convince your editors? How do you protect journalists from retaliation? How do you get data when there are no FOIA laws? These were just a few of the questions addressed at the session “Closing the Digital and Data Divide: Data Journalism in Developing Countries.” There are…