Digital Storytelling Workshop and Kickoff for ONA Northeast Ohio

ONA Local (http://journalists.org/local) is coming to Akron, and we want to meet you!

Join us for a morning of inspiring discussions and meet the people and organizations doing innovative digital journalism in NE Ohio and beyond.

A light breakfast and lunch will be served free of charge. Please RSVP here on Meetup so we know how much food to order.

Schedule:

8:30-9 a.m.

Check-in and Breakfast

9-9:15

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Meghan Murphy, ONA

9:15-10

The Ethics of Social Newsgathering

Mandy Jenkins, Storyful

Learn how to bring social newsgathering into your storytelling safely, accurately and ethically.

10-10:45 a.m.

Cross-Platform Storytelling

Tasha Stewart and Kevin Necessary, WCPO

How do you know which stories are best for which platforms, and how should you adapt them to be told in different ways? WCPO's Tasha Stewart and Kevin Necessary will discuss innovative ways they've approached cross-platform storytelling for a broadcast news organization.

10:45-11 a.m.

Break

11-11:45 a.m.

Community-Powered Journalism

Andrea Hart, City Bureau

Hear from the community director and co-founder of Chicago's City Bureau (http://www.citybureau.org/) on civic journalism program, partnerships and building a nonprofit community-driven news organization.

11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m.

Gathering the digital journalism community in NE Ohio: What’s next?

Maria Young and Glen Flanagan, ONA West Virginia

Stay for lunch and hear from the leadership team from another new ONA Local community, ONA West Virginia, on why they started a digital journalism community and what their plans are for gathering journalists in West Virginia. Then, brainstorm with your colleagues about what networking and training opportunities you’d like to see in Northeast Ohio for the digital journalism community.

12:45-1 p.m.

Wrap Up and Closing Remarks

Meghan Murphy, ONA

This ONA Local program is generously supported by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Thanks also to our host, the Akron-Summit County Public Library.

If you can't make it but would like find out more about getting involved with ONA Local, please contact local AT journalists DOT org.

About ONA Northeast Ohio:

ONA Northeast Ohio is a local meetup group made up of writers, editors, innovators, photographers, producers, academics, entrepreneurs and technologists who produce news for and support digital news delivery systems. We're the Northeast Ohio outpost of the Online News Association, the world’s largest association of digital journalists. ONA’s mission is to inspire innovation and excellence among journalists to better serve the public. ONA Local programs are generously supported by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. For more information, check out http://journalists.org/local .