After three days of sessions packed with inspiring speeches, practical tips and hands-on lessons, ONA15 conference attendees have a lot to take back to their newsrooms.
We asked people to share their takeaways. Click the orange SoundCloud file under each response to hear what they had to say:
![Gabrielle Levy, US News and World Report, Washington, D.C.](https://newsroom.home.ona/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2015/09/Gabrielle-Levy_web-1.jpg)
“If a tree falls in a forest and nobody puts it on social media, it didn’t happen.”
![Roberto Tallei, political correspondent, Sky Italia SRL](https://newsroom.home.ona/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2015/09/Roberto-Tallei_web-1.jpg)
Fact checking “is something which in my country is not so popular.”
![Michelle Pekarsky, executive producer for digital content, WDAF-TV, Kansas City, Missouri](https://newsroom.home.ona/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2015/09/Michelle-Pekarsky_web-1.jpg)
The revenue session “gave me insight into new ways that we should probably be making money off what we do.”
![Jason Bernert, editorial experience designer, OPB](https://newsroom.home.ona/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2015/09/Jason-Bernert_web-1.jpg)
“Encrypt everything…”
![Jiquanda Johnson, digital journalist, MLive Media Group/The Flint Journal](https://newsroom.home.ona/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2015/09/Jiquanda-Johnson_web-1.jpg)
“The networking opportunities…”
![Andrea Stone, Director of Career Services, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, New York](https://newsroom.home.ona/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2015/09/Andrea-Stone_web-1.jpg)
The opportunity to recruit internships for students has made for “a really successful conference.”
![Patrick West, CNN Newssource, Atlanta](https://newsroom.home.ona/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2015/09/Patrick-West_web-1.jpg)
“The number of smart, smart people here that are taking a traditional medium and turning it into something digestible.”
![Lauren Whaley, CHCF Center for Health Reporting, USC Annenberg](https://newsroom.home.ona/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2015/09/Lauren-Whaley_web-1.jpg)
“Meeting old friends and meeting new friends.”
![Hiroyasu (Ichi) Ichikawa, consultant, SmartNews, Japan](https://newsroom.home.ona/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2015/09/Hiroyasu-Ichi-Ichikawa_web-1.jpg)
“The practical information, the tools and cutting-edge trend.”
![Jennifer Shrum, executive producer for digital content, KDAF Tribune Media, Dallas](https://newsroom.home.ona/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2015/09/Jennifer-Shrum_web-1.jpg)
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