{"id":36090,"date":"2015-08-27T19:46:55","date_gmt":"2015-08-27T19:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ona15.journalists.org\/?p=36090"},"modified":"2016-09-23T02:24:17","modified_gmt":"2016-09-23T02:24:17","slug":"cant-miss-guide-to-ona-15-program-team-co-chair-julie-westfall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ona15.journalists.org\/2015\/08\/27\/cant-miss-guide-to-ona-15-program-team-co-chair-julie-westfall\/","title":{"rendered":"Can\u2019t-Miss Guide to ONA 15: Program Team co-chair Julie Westfall"},"content":{"rendered":"

Note: This is second\u00a0in a series of posts written by the conference organizers recommending sessions they feel will be particularly interesting. Of course, we hope every session is valuable to the right audience, but with so many things happening at ONA15, \u00a0we want to offer\u00a0guidance from a variety of view points that will give you useful highlights. These\u00a0recommendations\u00a0come from Julie Westfall<\/a>,\u00a0co-chair of the ONA15 Program Team<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Julie Westfall<\/p><\/div>\n

Here\u2019s a common sight\u00a0at the Online News Association\u2019s annual conference: A mass of attendees flooding the common spaces between sessions, flipping through their programs (or scrolling through it on the conference app<\/a>), debating their next moves and being torn between this session or that session: \u201cOn the one hand \u2026 on the other hand.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

A big team worked hard to give you all those choices — \u00a0but sometimes the decisions can be hard to make in the moment, so a number of us are pointing out some of our personal top picks — the ones that most frequently catch our eyes when we peruse the schedule — and here are mine. We can\u2019t wait to see you in Los Angeles.<\/span>
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Developing leaders for the new normal<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Thursday at 1:30 -2:30 p.m. –\u00a0Olympic Ballroom II<\/em><\/p>\n

Digital journalism is about constant change, but change is hard. As such, what it takes to lead a new organization in an era of change, has um, changed, too. At this session, you\u2019ll hear about how the challenges that dynamic presents can be overcome from people who are doing it now, and they\u2019ll be looking for tips from you, too. This is a conversation that applies to almost everyone no matter what kind of news organization they work in.<\/p>\n

2016 Election Coverage, from Mayors to Governors<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Thursday at 3 -4 p.m. –\u00a0Constellation Ballroom II<\/em><\/p>\n

We have a few sessions pointed at 2016 coverage, and this one applies to the kinds of races the most news organizations will be covering — local and state ones. We\u2019ve put together a panel of journalists who have been pursuing creative ways to cover these elections. They\u2019ll talk about how they\u2019re pulling off their approaches, and we hope it inspires your election coverage, too. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Ethics of Food Writing: A Conversation with Jonathan Gold<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Thursday at 4:30-5:30 p.m. –\u00a0<\/b><\/em>Santa Monica Room<\/em><\/p>\n

This session is just one of the ways ONA15 is taking advantage of the City of Angels. Jonathan Gold<\/a>, the Pulitzer Prize winning restaurant critic for the Los Angeles Times, will discuss various aspects of food writing in the digital age, including whether journalists have a responsibility to educate readers about sustainability and how social media has impacted restaurant writing. Here\u2019s his Twitter feed<\/a> for a preview<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Negotiation, Compensation and You: A Workshop From the ONA-Poynter Women\u2019s Leadership Academy<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Friday at 3:30-4:30 p.m. –\u00a0Constellation Ballroom II<\/em><\/p>\n

This has been one of the top conversations regarding work life during the past year, and the conversation continues at ONA. This will be a practical discussion on the how-tos of negotiating a salary and other compensation — an important but frequently awkward task that just requires a little strategizing.<\/p>\n

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