{"id":1662,"date":"2017-07-27T15:13:04","date_gmt":"2017-07-27T15:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ona17.journalists.org\/?p=1662"},"modified":"2017-09-18T19:10:18","modified_gmt":"2017-09-18T19:10:18","slug":"midway-participants-programming-revamp-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ona17.journalists.org\/2017\/07\/27\/midway-participants-programming-revamp-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Midway participants, programming revamp announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have a 4 1\/2-year-old who has created a very active, imaginary office\/island Lego continent. A significant part of his \u201cwork\u201d is building versions of the Midway. <\/p>\n<p>Before I started working with ONA, the kid had never heard the word. So imagine his surprise when we went to Disney in June and encountered the Toy Story Midway Mania ride. (There&#8217;s plenty of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Fru4WxlrD1g\">POV videos of it on YouTube<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1672\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1672\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1672 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ona17.journalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/07\/IMG_6806-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1672\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">So this is a midway!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Midway went from being something abstract to &#8220;OMG, THE MIDWAY IS LEGIT AWESOME.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And you know what? He\u2019s right. The ONA17 Midway will be an amazing opportunity for attendees to interact with brilliant new tech and be trained by the companies, universities and organizations that have created cutting-edge tools, devices and programs for digital journalists.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the groups that were accepted to participate in the ONA17 Midway:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/alleyinteractive.com\">Alley Interactive <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/cms.bsu.edu\/academics\/collegesanddepartments\/journalism\">Ball State University<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/chatfuel.com\">Chatfuel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/Cinamaker.net\">Cinamaker<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/civimpact.com\">CivImpact Labs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/data.world\/data-journalism\">Data.World<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/Echobox.com\">Echobox<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/hackpack.press\">Hack Pack<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/wearehearken.com\">Hearken<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/hokolinks.com\">HOKO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/icfj.org\">International Center for Journalists<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/Insta360.com\">Insta360<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/luma-touch.com\">Luma Touch<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/Maps4News.com\">Maps4News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/MasterOfCode.com\">Master of Code<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/offercraft.com\/media-entertainment\/\">Offercraft<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/publicgood.com\">Public Good<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/rjionline.org\">Reynolds Journalism Institute<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/Sketchfab.com\">Sketchfab<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/stimuli.us\">Stimuli VR<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/enterprise.stream.live\">Stre.am<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/Trint.com\">Trint<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/tunnelbear.com\">TunnelBear<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/merrill.umd.edu\">University of Maryland<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/Verse.com\">Verse<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/Viar360.com\">Viar360<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/vigilant.cc\">Vigilant Web<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/getwemap.com\">Wemap<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Midway also has a new feature this year: thematic panels to complement the rest of ONA17 programming, focused on:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1674\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1674\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1674 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ona17.journalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/07\/IMG_7101-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1674\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ONA17 Midway plans \u2013 layout subject to change.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Immersive journalism<\/li>\n<li>Video<\/li>\n<li>AI\/bots<\/li>\n<li>Monetization<\/li>\n<li>Analytics<\/li>\n<li>Data visualization<\/li>\n<li>Community + audience engagement<\/li>\n<li>Publishing tools<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I\u2019ll be sharing details about the programming and the nearly 30 participants in the coming weeks. But first, I need to convince the ONA executive team that a splash park will really bring the whole thing together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have a 4 1\/2-year-old who has created a very active, imaginary office\/island Lego continent. A significant part of his \u201cwork\u201d is building versions of the Midway. Before I started working with ONA, the kid had never heard the word. 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