What We Learned at the 
Online News Association 
Conference 
October 2014
2 
 Submit questions on the right  
 Tweet with #PubTraining 
 Video and list will be on ds.npr.org
3 
#PubMedia at #ONA14
10 Things We Learned at ONA 
4
1. Our audiences are on mobile 
5 by Robert Scoble, Flickr 
#pubtraining
6 
Do a self-audit: 
Interact with 5 stories in different 
scenarios, on different devices, and at 
different times 
- Via Amy Webb’s 10 Tech Trends for Journalists 
bit.ly/10techtrends7
2. Journalists like Twitter. 
But more people are on Facebook 
7 By Jennifer Conley, Flickr CC 
#pubtraining
Tips for journalists to use Facebook: 
8 
media.fb.com 
(yes, the algorithm makes other journalists frustrated, 
too) 
via OPB’s Rebecca Galloway 
@rebeccarrg
3. Invite the audience into your editorial 
process #pubtraining 
9
What is your audience curious about? 
10 
Ask them! 
Go to curiouscity.wbez.org
11 
4. IRL is in 
#pubtraining
Media companies are making money, and building 
relationships with their audiences, by throwing in-real-life 
12 
events 
presented by KQED’s Olivia Allen-Price 
@oallenprice 
bit.ly/irlatona
5. Learn each other’s language 
13 By Egidio Maurizio, Flickr CC 
#pubtraining
14 
Knowing the lingo of the different positions in the 
newsroom can help collaboration work better, even if we 
don’t all learn how to code. 
bit.ly/learncodinglanguages 
via NPR’s Emily Bogle 
@emily_bogle
15 
Dave Mistich 
West Virginia Public Broadcasting 
@DaveMistich
6. You can’t do social alone 
16 By Scallop Holden, Flickr CC 
#pubtraining
17 
Maria Murriel 
WLRN, Miami 
@MariaMurriel
7. Pageviews are not the only metric 
18 By Yuko Honda, Flickr CC 
we should look at 
#pubtraining
19 
Tory Starr 
PRI’s The World 
@ToryStarr3
8. Keep your eyes on chat apps and 
20 #coldsnaps from the Washington Post 
‘ephemeral content’ 
#pubtraining
9. Seek inspiration from something new 
21 By Hoser Dude, Flickr CC 
#pubtraining
10. We’re all experimenting. 
22 By my snapps, Flickr CC 
It is ok to fail. 
And no one has the answers. 
via Laura Wingard, KPBS 
@laura_wingard 
#pubtraining
23 
11. And don’t forget the cheezeborgers in Chicago 
11. Chicago has some pretty 
good doughnuts
24 
Questions? 
tgorman@npr.org 
@gteresa

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What we learned at ONA 14

  • 1. What We Learned at the Online News Association Conference October 2014
  • 2. 2  Submit questions on the right   Tweet with #PubTraining  Video and list will be on ds.npr.org
  • 3. 3 #PubMedia at #ONA14
  • 4. 10 Things We Learned at ONA 4
  • 5. 1. Our audiences are on mobile 5 by Robert Scoble, Flickr #pubtraining
  • 6. 6 Do a self-audit: Interact with 5 stories in different scenarios, on different devices, and at different times - Via Amy Webb’s 10 Tech Trends for Journalists bit.ly/10techtrends7
  • 7. 2. Journalists like Twitter. But more people are on Facebook 7 By Jennifer Conley, Flickr CC #pubtraining
  • 8. Tips for journalists to use Facebook: 8 media.fb.com (yes, the algorithm makes other journalists frustrated, too) via OPB’s Rebecca Galloway @rebeccarrg
  • 9. 3. Invite the audience into your editorial process #pubtraining 9
  • 10. What is your audience curious about? 10 Ask them! Go to curiouscity.wbez.org
  • 11. 11 4. IRL is in #pubtraining
  • 12. Media companies are making money, and building relationships with their audiences, by throwing in-real-life 12 events presented by KQED’s Olivia Allen-Price @oallenprice bit.ly/irlatona
  • 13. 5. Learn each other’s language 13 By Egidio Maurizio, Flickr CC #pubtraining
  • 14. 14 Knowing the lingo of the different positions in the newsroom can help collaboration work better, even if we don’t all learn how to code. bit.ly/learncodinglanguages via NPR’s Emily Bogle @emily_bogle
  • 15. 15 Dave Mistich West Virginia Public Broadcasting @DaveMistich
  • 16. 6. You can’t do social alone 16 By Scallop Holden, Flickr CC #pubtraining
  • 17. 17 Maria Murriel WLRN, Miami @MariaMurriel
  • 18. 7. Pageviews are not the only metric 18 By Yuko Honda, Flickr CC we should look at #pubtraining
  • 19. 19 Tory Starr PRI’s The World @ToryStarr3
  • 20. 8. Keep your eyes on chat apps and 20 #coldsnaps from the Washington Post ‘ephemeral content’ #pubtraining
  • 21. 9. Seek inspiration from something new 21 By Hoser Dude, Flickr CC #pubtraining
  • 22. 10. We’re all experimenting. 22 By my snapps, Flickr CC It is ok to fail. And no one has the answers. via Laura Wingard, KPBS @laura_wingard #pubtraining
  • 23. 23 11. And don’t forget the cheezeborgers in Chicago 11. Chicago has some pretty good doughnuts

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