{"id":1275,"date":"2017-06-12T18:48:52","date_gmt":"2017-06-12T18:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ona17.journalists.org\/sessions\/tabletalksnewsgathering\/"},"modified":"2018-09-11T05:47:24","modified_gmt":"2018-09-11T05:47:24","slug":"tabletalksnewsgathering","status":"publish","type":"ona_session","link":"https:\/\/ona17.journalists.org\/sessions\/tabletalksnewsgathering\/","title":{"rendered":"Table Talks: Newsgathering Tools + Techniques"},"content":{"rendered":"

Consistently ranked among the best experiences of our conference, this series of participatory, inspiring conversations will address challenging topics in your area of expertise. You'll be able to choose your own conversation from the list of ideas below.<\/p>\n

These discussions will give you an opportunity to collaborate with top minds in the field to explore new ideas on common issues you face.<\/p>\n

Head to the room that has the topics that interest you most, sit anywhere, and our trained facilitators will you give you (very brief!) instructions on how Table Talks will work.<\/p>\n

  • Digital versus Broadcast: Breaking silos in the newsroom<\/i> \u2013 Alisha Ebrahimji<\/li>
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  • How to tackle enterprise reporting in a lean newsroom<\/i> \u2013 Amy Wu<\/li>
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  • Let's develop a pipeline for local news that combines the affordances of digital tools and the physical world<\/i> \u2013 An Xiao Mina<\/li>
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  • Fact-checking and teaching critical thinking to future journalists<\/i> \u2013 Angie Holan<\/li>
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  • How can journalists build a more nuanced, insightful, and responsible alternative to horse-race political opinion polling<\/i> \u2013 Ben deJarnette<\/li>
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  • Covering elections before election day<\/i> \u2013 Derek Willis<\/li>
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  • How do we make sportswriting interesting again?<\/i> \u2013 Elena Bergeron<\/li>
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  • Taking fact-checking local: What are the best practices and audience strategies for elevating facts, debunking falsehoods and building trust in your community?<\/i> \u2013 Eric Carvin<\/li>
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  • How can we overcome the challenges of building a strong local journalism culture in the United States and what are the initiatives in this area that have been prospering?<\/i> \u2013 Fernanda Braune-Brackenrich<\/li>
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  • How to collaborate with non-visual writers\/editors<\/i> \u2013 Kainaz Amaria<\/li>
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  • Creating a Data Commons: using data for cross-newsroom collaboration<\/i> \u2013 James Gray<\/li>
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  • Navigating ever-more restrictive public records laws<\/i> \u2013 Kevin Vaughan<\/li>
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  • What should journalists do to keep earning the public's trust?<\/i> \u2013 Lisa Heyamoto<\/li>
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  • How do you build the paths your stories will take through the communities they impact before you've even produced them?<\/i> \u2013 Monica Guzm\u00e1n<\/li>
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  • Fact-checking around the world<\/i> \u2013 Omar Mohammed<\/li>
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  • How to build trust in the news: What's your idea or project?<\/i> \u2013 Sally Lehrman<\/li>
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  • Understanding Each Other<\/i> \u2013 how reporters and data viz teams can learn to understand each other<\/i> \u2013 Tisha Thompson<\/li>
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  • Localizing national data sets<\/i> \u2013 Troy Thibodeaux<\/li>
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  • Innovation in legacy media<\/i> \u2013 Teresa Frontado<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"start_time":1507284000,"end_time":1507291200,"moderators":[["Meghann Farnsworth","Fergus Bell"]],"hashtag":[],"soundcloud":[],"scribble":[],"viafoura":[],"youtube":[],"vimeo":[],"facebook":[],"trint":[],"slideshare":[],"livestream":[],"resources":["