Full Schedule

8:00 AM - 8:45 AM CDT

AA at ONA25

Location: Strand 10AB (Level 2)

8:30 AM - 3:30 PM CDT

Help Desk & App Support

Location: Empire Foyer (Level 2)

8:30 AM - 3:30 PM CDT

Registration

Location: Empire Foyer (Level 2)

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CDT

Scale Your Visual Identity: Smarter Tools for Consistent Storytelling

Location: Strand 11A (Level 2)

Speaker: – OhSnap!

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9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CDT

Table Talks: Climate

Location: Celestin BC (Level 3)

Moderator: – The Lenfest Institute

Moderator: – Society of Environmental Journalists

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CDT

Table Talks: AI

Location: Celestin D (Level 3)

Moderator: – The New York Times

Moderator: – National Trust for Local News

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CDT

Table Talks: Resilience

Location: Celestin E (Level 3)

Moderator: – Bloomberg Industry Group

Moderator: – Trusting News

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM CDT

Designing for Trust and Attention: The New Rules of Visual Storytelling

Location: Strand 11A (Level 2)

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10:00 AM - 5:00 PM CDT

Check out the Midway

Location: Storyville Hall (Level 3)

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM CDT

Reddit Training Camp for News Publishers: Learn how to use Reddit like a Pro

Location: Strand 13AB (Level 2)

Speaker: – reddit

Audience Development

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10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CDT

Featured Session: Race, Gender and Climate: Reflections on Katrina 20 Years Later

Location: Empire Ballroom (Level 2)

Moderator: – The 19th*

Speaker: – Verite News

Speaker: – Wake Forest University

Speaker: – Verite News

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CDT

Designing Through the Funnel: Turning Audiences Into Communities With Canva

Location: Strand 11A (Level 2)

Speaker: – Deep South Today

Speaker: – LF Voices Collective / The Sip Collective

Lounge Track

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11:30 AM - 12:00 PM CDT

Midway Snack Break

Location: Storyville Hall (Level 3)

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT

EXCLUSIVE - Scotch & Watch

Location: Strand 11A (Level 2)

Speaker: – Online News Association

Speaker: – FutureMedia

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12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT

Media Literacy in the Age of Independent Journalism

Location: Empire A (Level 2)

Moderator: – Harvard University

Speaker: – LNI Media

Entrepreneurship + Creator JournalismLeadership + Strategy + Culture

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT

Defense Against The Dark Arts

Location: Empire B (Level 2)

Moderator: – USC Annenberg / JOVRNALISM

Speaker: – Freedom of the Press Foundation

Speaker: – PEN America

Speaker: – International Women's Media Foundation

Leadership + Strategy + Culture

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT

Mission-Driven Journalism That Works: Turning Climate Coverage into Opportunity

Location: Empire CD (Level 2)

Speaker: – Fathm/Syli

Speaker:

Speaker: – The Dallas Morning News

Speaker: – Great Salt Lake Collaborative

Leadership + Strategy + Culture

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT

The New Community Playbook: Moving Journalism from Monologue to Dialogue

Location: Celestin A (Level 3)

Speaker: – KUT

Speaker: – LOOKOUT News

Speaker: – The New York Times

Audience Development

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT

Attribution Science: Communicating the Link Between Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Location: Celestin BC (Level 3)

Speaker: – Metcalf Institute

Speaker: – Climate Central

Speaker: – Tulane University

Reporting + Editing

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT

Building a Playbook Together for Newsrooms Navigating Polarized Issues

Location: Foster 1 (Level 2)

Speaker: – Listening Post Collective/Quen Media

Speaker: – Documented

Speaker: – Rewire News Group

Leadership + Strategy + Culture

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT

Visual Journalists Meetup

Location: Foster 2 (Level 2)

Reporting + Editing

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT

Social is the New Search

Location: Celestin GH (Level 3)

Speaker: – Chartbeat

Audience Development

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT

Grow Your Newsroom Audience With Impactful Visual Content

Location: Celestin F (Level 3)

Moderator: – CatchLight

Speaker: – CatchLight

Audience Development

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1:00 PM - 1:45 PM CDT

Reddit In Conversation

Location: Strand 13AB (Level 2)

Speaker: – reddit

Speaker: – The Associated Press

Audience Development

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1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT

Your 2026 Toolkit: Energizing the Post-AI Newsroom

Location: Strand 11A (Level 2)

Speaker: – CUNY Newmark Graduate School of Journalism

Speaker: – Hacks/Hackers

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1:00 PM - 3:00 PM CDT

Online Journalism Awards Luncheon and Ceremony

Location: Celestin DE (Level 3)

Presenter: – PBS News Hour Weekend and PBS News Hour

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM CDT

Snack and stroll in the Midway!

Location: Storyville Hall (Level 3)

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CDT

Finding Our Ground: A Climate Café for Journalists Covering the Crisis

Location: Strand 12AB (Level 2)

Speaker: – Solutions Journalism Network

Speaker:

Speaker: – Society of Environmental Journalists

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CDT

Unsiloing Storytelling: Workflows…That Really Work!

Location: Strand 11A (Level 2)

Speaker: – The Associated Press

Speaker: – AP Workflow Solutions

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2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CDT

Documentary Screening: Extremely Normal

Location: Empire B (Level 2)

Speaker: – USA TODAY

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CDT

Outside the Bubble: A Survey Strategy That Goes Beyond Your Super Fans

Location: Empire CD (Level 2)

Speaker: – News Revenue Hub

Audience Development

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2:00 PM - 3:15 PM CDT

Mutual Influence: Building Respectful Creator–Newsroom Partnerships That Work

Location: Empire A (Level 2)

Presenter: – Trusting News

Speaker: – American Press Institute

Entrepreneurship + Creator Journalism

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM CDT

Reddit Training Camp for News Publishers: Learn how to use Reddit like a Pro

Location: Strand 13AB (Level 2)

Speaker: – reddit

Audience Development

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3:00 PM - 3:30 PM CDT

Snack break in the Midway

Location: Storyville Hall (Level 3)

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM CDT

The Canva Happy Hour: BYO Good Vibes

Location: Strand 11A (Level 2)

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3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CDT

Google AI Tools for News: Learn, Explore, Experiment

Location: Celestin GH (Level 3)

Speaker: – Google

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3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CDT

How To Report on the Gendered Impacts of Climate Change

Location: Empire A (Level 2)

Moderator: – The 19th*

Speaker: – Capital B

Speaker: – Freelance

Speaker: – The 19th

Reporting + Editing

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CDT

Real-World Lessons From Custom GPTs In The Newsroom

Location: Empire B (Level 2)

Speaker: – AJ+

Speaker: – NBC Universal Local

Speaker: – Aftonbladet

Technology + Product

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CDT

Build the Case: A Climate Journalism Funding Lab

Location: Foster 2 (Level 2)

Speaker: – Fathm/Syli

Revenue + Sustainability

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CDT

Digital in TV Broadcast Newsrooms Meetup

Location: Foster 1 (Level 2)

Reporting + Editing

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CDT

LGBTQ+ Journalists Meetup

Location: Celestin A (Level 3)

Leadership + Strategy + Culture

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CDT

News Product Meetup

Location: Celestin F (Level 3)

Technology + Product

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CDT

Early Career Journalists Meetup

Location: Empire CD (Level 2)

Leadership + Strategy + Culture

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CDT

Audience Engagement Meetup

Location: Celestin BC (Level 3)

Audience Development

5:15 PM - 6:15 PM CDT

ONA25 Diversity Reception

Location: Celestin E (Level 3)