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2016
53 posts
Still much better than dial-up: Google mobile talk stresses Wi-Fi
Were too many people Googling it? The Wi-Fi at ONA16 stumbled a bit Friday morning during the “Google: Dialing Up on Mobile to Reach Readers and Push Performance” session. Craig…
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Vlogging through ONA, Part 2: The Small Talk Challenge
Hei! (Hello!) Denver is definitely treating me well. After 21 hours of traveling from Finland — almost 15 hours of flying — I couldn’t take the goofy smile off my face during the…
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Outside looking in: What’s up with that big blue bear?
In Denver, the elephant in the room is a giant blue bear that is always peering into the Colorado Convention Center. The 40-foot-tall sculpture is one of about 350 pieces…
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Wind ’em up: 6 tips for freelancers on pitching story idea
Pitching your story idea to an editor can be so-o-o-o frightening. You get excited about a topic, maybe fall a bit in love with it and end up pouring your…
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Panama Papers still spurring collaboration
“Hello. This is John Doe. Interested in data?” In 2014, the German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung received his message. Two reporters, Bastian Obermayer and Frederik Obermaier, decided to check it out, intending…
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Coral Project: Reading comments and engaging the audience
The Coral Project believes that creating spaces for our communities to engage with our work is essential to the act of journalism. So they’ve set out to turn the axiom “don’t…
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Dynamic duo: What’s Next for ONA Leaders?
Look who stopped by the student newsroom to talk about what exciting things are happening here in Denver, next year’s conference and the upcoming leadership transition: current executive director Jane McConnell,…
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‘More than PR’: reported.ly’s Andy Carvin talks social media
While reported.ly shut down operations in August, the unique social newswire project hasn’t completely gone away. Founder Andy Carvin and other reported.ly staffers are the featured speakers at ONA’s Saturday…
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VR: A virtually realistic aim for all
By Dana Branham and Phi Do Six hours of training and two weeks of production. That’s all it took for Veda Shastri and a team of other New York University…
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How not to screw up inclusive coverage
I’m gonna be real here: Right now, sitting in front of my graveyard of Reese’s Cups wrappers in the corner of the Student Newsroom, I am painfully aware that I…
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