The ONA17 Program Team is a volunteer group of practitioners, educators and students in news media who help shape the educational programming at the Online News Association annual conference.
The Program Team’s role includes:
- Help ONA determine which topics or sessions are most relevant for this year’s conference
- Review each submission to the ONA Suggestion Box, the public call for pitches to our conference, and recommend the best sessions to be included on our conference schedule
- Help with outreach to ensure high quality, diverse presenters
Members of the Program Team
Michelle Baruchman
University of Georgia
ONA Board
Fergus Bell
Founder; News & Media Consultant
Dig Deeper Media
Evonne Benedict
Audience Engagement Manager
KING Broadcasting (Tegna)
April D. Bethea
Homepage producer
The Washington Post
Julia B. Chan
Producer & Digital Editor
Reveal
Federica Cherubini
International Head of Knowledge Sharing
Condé Nast International
Amy Eisman
Director, Media Entrepreneurship & Special Programs
School of Communication, American University
Marie Gilot
Director of CUNY J+
CUNY Graduate School of Journalism
Monica Guzman
Co-founder
The Evergrey
Andrew Haeg
Founder & CEO
Groundsource
Celeste LeCompte
Director of Business Development
ProPublica
ONA Board of Directors
Samantha McCann
Director of Communities
Solutions Journalism Network
Michael McKisson
Professor of Practice
University of Arizona School of Journalism
Matt Moreno
Digital Content Assistant
Fox Sports Midwest
Micah Peoples
Computer Science Student
The University of Texas at Austin
Adam Smith
Deputy Community Editor
The Economist
Melody Stone
Assistant Professor of Visual Journalism
Reynolds School of Journalism
Amanda Zamora
Chief Audience Officer
Texas Tribune