ONA23 | Online News Association | 22 August 2023 | Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Guest Entrance At, 1201 Market Street, 1200 Filbert St, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA

The annual conference gathers the world’s most engaging minds in digital media for an unparalleled blend of learning, networking and inspiration. Dozens of workshops and interactive panels deliver best practices and the latest trends. Provides a platform to learn, connect and contribute to shaping the future of digital journalism.

Why you should attend:
• Audience development and metrics
• Emerging technology
• Innovative news storytelling
• Leadership development
• Revenue models, including content and product strategy

2023 Speakers

Diana Abeleven
Senior Manager, Global Strategic Partnerships | Newsrooms & Media, Canva

Ari Abelson
Head of Strategy and Partnerships, OpenOrigins

Aashna AAAgarwal
Program Assistant, PEN America

Haris HAAgha
Senior Director, New Product Development, Reuters

Hannah Allam
National Security Reporter, The Washington Post

Ashley AAAlvarado
Vice President of Community Engagement + Strategic Initiatives, LAist

Joaquin JAAlvarado
Co-Founder, Executive Producer + Strategy, Studio To Be

Antoine Amann
CEO, Echobox

Maria Arce
Editorial Coach for Latin America, Global Press

Keith Axline
Co-Founder, JournoDAO, Factland

Leonor Ayala Polley
Chief of Business Development and Partnerships, URL Media

Michelle Baker
Associate Producer, LWC Studios, Reno, Nevada, United States

Sofiya A. Ballin
Journalist, Writer, Producer, Black History Untold presenting with Canva, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Denise Rolark Barnes
Publisher, The Washington Informer, Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Jane Barrett
Global Editor, Media News Strategy, Reuters

Jessica Beard
Director of Research, Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting

Melissa Bell
Publisher, Vox Media

Randy Bennett
Executive Director, External Relations, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, Gainesville, Florida, United States

Jahna Berry
Chief Operating Officer, Mother Jones, San Francisco, California, United States

Cary Betagole
Product Manager, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Luisa J. Bider
Product Manager, Flourish (Canva), London, United Kingdom

Kourtney KBBitterly
Global News Partnerships Lead, YouTube

Sarah Blaskey
Investigative Journalist, Miami Herald, Florida, United States

Kim Bode
Head of Audience Product Strategy, Newspack at Automattic

Patrick Boehler
Head of Innovation and Audience Engagement, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, New York City, New York, United States

Cathryn CBBoyes
Social Media Lead, SBS

Meredith Broussard
Associate Professor, Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute of New York University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

Paris M. PBBrown
Associate Publisher, The Baltimore Times, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Tracy L. Brown
Chief Content Officer, Chicago Public Media, Chicago, Illinois, United States

Heather Bryant
Executive Director, Tiny News Collective

Kim Bui
Fellow, JSK

LaSharah S. Bunting
CEO and Executive Director, Online News Association, United States

Kam Burns
Senior Producer, National Geographic, Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Patrick Butler
Senior Vice President, International Center for Journalists, Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Carlos CCCabrera-Lomelí
Community Engagement Reporter/Producer, KQED, Inc., Reno, Nevada, United States

María Fernanda Callejón
Data Visualization Specialist, Flourish (Canva), England, United Kingdom

Jeremy Caplan
Director of Teaching and Learning, CUNY Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, New York, New York, United States

Emma Carew Grovum
Director, Careers and Culture, The Marshall Project

Zachary Carnell
Journalism Senior, University of Florida, Florida, United States

Feli Carrique
Executive Director, News Product Alliance

Eric Carvin
Director of Social Newsgathering, NBC News

Simran Cashyap
VP, Product, Echobox

Sara Catania
Chief Program & Operating Officer, Solutions Journalism Network

Spencer Cavanaugh
Co-Founder, JournoDAO

John JCCelestand
Program Director, Knight x LMA BloomLab, Local Media Association, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States

Julia B. Chan
Editor-In-Chief, The 19th*, United States

Leroy Chapman
Editor-In-Chief, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Paul Cheung
CEO, Center for Public Integrity

Xian XCChiang-Waren
Newsletter writer, THE CITY

Grayson Clary
Staff Attorney, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Lynette Clemetson
Director, Wallace House Center for Journalists, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Dana Coester
Editor-in-Chief, 100 Days in Appalachia

Ariella Cohen
Assistant Managing Editor, News, The Philadelphia Inquirer

David Cohn
Sr. Director of R&D, Cofounder of Subtext, Advance Local, California, United States

John Colucci
Founder & Principal, Blueantenna, United States

Letrell LCCrittenden
Director of Inclusion and Audience Growth, American Press Institute

Liz Danzico
Vice President of Design, Microsoft

Ariane Datil
National Host, VERIFY, United States

John Davidow
Co-Founder, Media Bridge Partners,Orleans, Massachusetts, United States

Laura LDDavis
Founder and CEO, Stylebot

Leela Ldde Kretser
Global Breaking News Editor, Reuters Text, Reuters

Mensah M. Dean
Philadelphia Staff Writer, The Trace, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Pauly D. Denetclaw
Political Correspondent, ICT

Andrew DeVigal
Director, Agora Journalism Center, University of Oregon

Ali Diercks
Whistleblower: #MeToo, former attorney, Arlington, Virginia, United States

Allison Dikanovic
Service journalism and assistant enterprise editor, The Kansas City Star

Matthew DiMera
Publisher and Editor-in-Chief, The Resolve

Carrzi CDDominguez

Gerard GDDonnelly
Co-Founder and CEO, Legitimate

Deborah Douglas
Director/Senior Lecturer, Medill Midwest Solutions Journalism Hub, Chicago, Illinois, United States

Tom Durkin
Education Program Director, James W. Foley Legacy Foundation

Kirsten Eddy
Research Associate, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Arlington, Virginia, United States

Erin EEEinhorn
National Reporter, NBC News

Tony Elkins
Faculty, Poynter Institute, Fletcher, North Carolina, United States

Maite Fernández Simon
Audience Strategy Editor, The Washington Post, Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States

Andrew Fitzgerald
Senior Vice President, Streaming Video Services, Hearst Television

Elizabeth Flynn
Senior Visual Designer, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Pitman, New Jersey, United States

Hillary Frey
Editor-In-Chief, Slate

Jean Friedman-Rudovsky
Co-Founder, Resolve Philly

Sarah Gamard
Researcher (Former), Center for Community News, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Phoebe Gavin
Career and Leadership Coach, Better with Phoebe

Joanna Geary
Sr. Director, Curation, Twitter (Former)

Marie Gilot
J+ Executive Director, Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, New York, New York, United States

Abbey AGGingras
Director of Consulting, News Revenue Hub

Tyrique Glasgow
Executive Director, Young Chances Foundation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Tay Glass
Executive Producer, Back Pocket Media, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

Sarah Glover
Vice President of News & Civic Dialogue, WHYY News, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Anne Godlasky
President, National Press Foundation, Rockville, Maryland, United States

Will Gonzalez
Executive Director, Ceiba, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Teresa Gorman
Associate Director, Public Square, Democracy Fund, Syracuse, New York, United States

Megan Griffith-Greene
Service Journalism Editor, The Washington Post

Zeynep ZGGünbay
Senior Product Designer, The Philadelphia Inquirer

Mark MHHansen
Professor, Columbia School of Journalism

Kyndell Harkness
Assistant Managing Editor of Diversity & Community, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Jonathan Harley
Head of Global Strategic Partnerships, Canva

Dalia Hashim
AI and Media Integrity Research and Program Lead, Partnership on AI

Cassie J. Haynes
Co-Founder, Resolve Philly, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Lorie Hearn
CEO, Editor, inewsource, California, United States

Cristi Hegranes
CEO & Founder, Global Press, District of Columbia, United States

Jarrad Henderson
Artist In Residence, Michigan State University, Mechanicsville, Virginia, United States

Alan Henry
Special Projects Editor, WIRED, New York, New York, United States

Caridad (Cari) Hernandez
News Director, WUSA9-DC, Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States

Robert Hernandez
Professor of Practice, USC Annenberg / JOVRNALISM, Los Angeles, California, United States

Peggy Holman
Co-Founder & Director, Journalism That Matters, Bellevue, Washington, United States

Ryan Howzell
Research Program Coordinator, PEN America

Evelyn Hsu
Co-Executive Director, The Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education, Oakland, California, United States

Imaeyen Ibanga
Presenter, Senior Producer, Documentarian, AJ+/Al Jazeera

Doyle Irvin
Senior Product Marketing Manager, Parse.ly

Shannon Jankowski
Journalism and Disinformation Program Director, PEN America, Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Anna Jay
Head of Audience Development, Thomson Reuters Foundation, United Kingdom

Clyde CJJiles

Sonny SJJiles

Joy Johnston
News SEO Strategist, Trisolute News Dashboard

Ellery Jones
Audience Engagement Specialist, Chicago Sun-Times

S. Mitra Kalita
Publisher, Epicenter-NYC

Manami Kano
Journalism Strategist and Philanthropic Advisor, Kano Advising
Seattle, Washington, United States

Foaad Khosmood
Research Director, Institute for Advanced Technology and Public Policy
San Luis Obispo, California, United States

Trevor Knoblich
Chief Knowledge Officer, Online News Association

Amy Kovac-Ashley
Head of National Programs, Lenfest Institute of Journalism
Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Laura Krantz
Subscriber Products Editor, Chronicle of Higher Education

Ernest Kung
AI Product Manager, The Associated Press

Adriana Lacy
Chief Executive Officer, Adriana Lacy Consulting
Massachusetts, United States

Jonathan Lai
Former Data & Democracy Reporter, The Philadelphia Inquirer

Judith Langowski
Newsletter Editor, Reuters

Juleyka Lantigua
CEO and Founder, LWC Studios
Rockville, Maryland, United States

Amanda Lashbaugh
Audience Engagement Producer, TEGNA - VERIFY

Yvonne Latty
Professor/Director Logan Center, Temple University

Marc Lavallee
Director/Journalism, Knight Foundation

Susan Denise Leath
President and CEO, Leath Consultant Group
Cary, North Carolina, United States

Hyeonock "Mel" Lee
Executive Director, Woori Center

Micah Lee
Director of Information Security, The Intercept

Nico Leone
President and CEO, KERA
Dallas, Texas, United States

David Lesher

John Levitt
General Manager, Parse.ly

Katherine Reynolds Lewis
Author and Founder, The Institute for Independent Journalists

Krista Lewis
Director of Development, International Women's Media Foundation

Scott Lewis
Editor-In-Chief, Voice of San Diego

Anita Li
Publisher and Editor-in-Chief, The Green Line

Gideon Lichfield
Global editorial director, WIRED

Rikki Li
Developmental Editor, Prism Reports

Mark Little
Head of Product Safety Strategy, Spotify
Dublin, Ireland

Sara Lomax-Reese
CEO, WURD Radio

Duc Luu
Director of Sustainability Initiatives/Journalism, Knight Foundation

Eric Mack
Co-Founder, JournoDAO

Rubina Madan Fillion
Director of Strategy, Opinion, The New York Times
Astoria, New York, United States

Shannon Maldonado
Founder & Creative Director, YOWIE
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Adam A. Marshall
Senior Staff Attorney, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

Ashanti M. Martin
General Manager, WURD Radio
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Alma Martinez
Executive Director, Central Valley Journalism Collaborative
Dinuba, California, United States

Meg Martin
Editor, fact-checker, researcher, freelance

Matt Masterson
Director of Information Integrity, Microsoft

Joy Mayer
Director, Trusting News

Kelly McBride
Senior Vice President, Chair of the Craig Newmark Center for Ethics and Leadership, Poynter

Kathleen McElroy
Professor, University of Texas at Austin

Ed Medeles
Audience Engagement Editor, The Associated Press, New York City, New York, United States

Samantha Melbourneweaver
Assistant Managing Editor for Audience, LA Times

Russell Midori

Graciela Mochkofsky
Dean, Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY

Jeje Mohamed
Senior Manager, Digital Safety and Free Expression, PEN America

Robert Moore
Founder and CEO, El Paso Matters, El Paso, Texas, United States

Shawn Mooring
Head of Philadelphia Programs, The Lenfest Institute for Journalism, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Fiona Morgan
Independent Consultant, Branchhead Consulting, North Carolina, United States

Ernesto Mourelo
Vice President, Digital News, Hearst Television, New York, United States

Meg Murphy
Director of Programs, Online News Association

Swatha Nandhakumar
Advocacy and Outreach Specialist, American Council of the Blind, Alexandria, Virginia, United States

Jill Nicholson

Carolyn O'Hara
Sr. Director, Content Discovery, Pocket/Mozilla

Najja Parker
Newsletter Coach, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Kate Parkinson
Co-Founder, Head Set Immersive

Niketa Patel
Senior Director, Executive Programs, Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY

Sarah Patterson
Senior Director of Publishing, McClatchy, Edmond, Oklahoma, United States

Narda Perez
Senior Audience Engagement Editor, Slate, Duncanville, Texas, United States

Rebecca Petras
Head of Operations, The Signals Network

Agnel Philip
Data Reporter, ProPublica

Elaine Piniat
Manager, Newsletter Audience and Revenue Strategy at Reuters, Reuters

Kyle Plantz
Senior Program Manager, Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, New York, New York, United States

Wendell Potter
Whistleblower: Healthcare Industry, Center for Health & Democracy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Tracie MONIQUE. Powell
CEO, The Pivot Fund, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Jennifer Preston
Consultant, Media Impact Funders, Yardley, Pennsylvania, United States

Ryan Prior
Journalist-in-Residence, Century Foundation, Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Kelsey Proud
Learning Director, Online News Association, Indiana, United States

Bruce Putterman
CEO and Publisher, The Connecticut Mirror, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Michelle Faust Raghavan
Executive Director, Claridad Media

Beena Raghavendran
Editor, The New York Times

Samantha Ragland
Vice President, American Press Institute

Mahesh Ramachandran
Vice President Technology, News, Reuters

Kristen B. Reed
Director, Digital Content, TEGNA

Cara K. Reedy
Director, Disabled Journalists Association

Martin G. Reynolds
Co-Executive Director, The Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education

Rachel Richardson
Writer and Consultant (Former), Snap, Venice, California, United States

Steven Rich
Database Editor for Investigations, The Washington Post

Hanaa Rifaey
Partnerships, Online News Association

Aimee L. Rinehart
Senior Product Manager AI Strategy, The Associated Press, New York, United States

Saincome, Matt
CEO, Study Hall + Outvoice, California, United States

Sandoval-Palos, Ricardo
Founding Managing Editor, palabra., SILVER SPRING, Maryland, United States

Schmelzer, Gretchen
Author, Journey Through Trauma,, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Scott, Nicolette
Strategic Partner Manager, News, YouTube

Serven Smith, Ruth
Education Lab Editor, AL.com

Seucharan, Cherise
Reporter, Canadaland Inc., Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Severn, Carly
Senior Editor of Audience News, KQED News

Shah, Angilee
CEO and Editor-in-Chief, Charlottesville Tomorrow

Sharma, Versha
Editor-In-Chief, Teen Vogue

Shearer, Ellen
Board Chair, James W. Foley Legacy Foundation, Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States

Smydra, David
Vice President, Product, Politico

Soma, Jonathan
Knight Chair of Data Journalism, Columbia University

Sosa, Dariela
Founder, COB / Co-founder, Arepita, 10min

Sosby, Micheala
Operations Manager, NASA, Greenbelt, Maryland, United States

Street, Crystal
Director of Community, Consensys

Streicher, Brad
Senior Customer Success Manager, Chartbeat

Sullivan, Mallorie
Senior Audience Development Editor, Strategy, USA TODAY, Columbus, Ohio, United States

Tanner, Jaime
Accessibility Visuals Editor, The New York Times

Tashiro, Kojin
Lead Producer, LWC Studios, Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Thompson, Helen
Multimedia Editor, Science News

Thompson-Morton, Cheryl
Black Media Initiative Director, CUNY, Mount Laurel, New Jersey, United States

Tian, Edward
GPTZero

Trudeau, Christine
President, Indigenous Journalists Association

ul Hadi, Nasr
Executive Director, PROTO Studio, Delhi, India

Vales, Leinz
Section Editor, CNN, New York, New York, United States

Vasiliadis, Joanie
VP, Content, TEGNA

Velasco, Paulina
Managing Producer, LWC Studios, Los Angeles, California, United States

Vilk, Viktorya
Director, Digital Safety and Free Expression, PEN America

Vogt, Adrienne
Breaking News Editor, CNN

Vo, Lam Thuy
Reporter / Associate Professor, The Markup / Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY

Waldman, Steve
Founder and President, Rebuild Local News

Wallace, Lewis Raven.
Abolition Journalism Fellow, Interrupting Criminalization, North Carolina, United States

Walter-Brown, Mary
Founder and CEO, News Revenue Hub

Watson-Ringo, Graham
Senior Director of Client Success, News Revenue Hub

Watts, Richard
Director, Center for Community News, University of Vermont, Hinesburg, Vermont, United States

Wei, Sisi
Editor-in-Chief, The Markup

Wellington Radel, Felecia
Senior Editor, USA Today

Wilson, Benét J.
Director, Poynter-Koch Media and Journalism Fellowship

Wilson, Kinsey
Founder, Newspack

Witt, Lara
Editorial Director, Prism Reports

Young, Evan
Co-Founder and COO, Nota

Yousef, Odette
National Security Correspondent on Extremism, NPR

Zahir, Sorayah
Visuals Producer, The Wall Street Journal

Zak, Elana
Director of Newsletter Strategy, The Washington Post, Arlington, Virginia, United States

Zhang, Chi-Chi
Global Product Lead, Google (Former)

Zommer, Laura
General Director, Chequeado, Argentina - Factchequeado, US, Argentina

2023 Sponsors

PRESENTING:
• Google
• Knight Foudation
• Microsoft
• New Revenue Hub
• Youtube

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• Canva
• The Lenfest Institute
• William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

GOLD SPONSORS:
• American Press Institute
• Democracy Fund
• Chartbeat
• Echobox
• Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellowships
• NBCUniversal
• Reynolds Journalism Institute
• Reuters
• SmartNews
• SnapStream
• Tagboard
• TEGNA
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution
• Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson
• Wall Street Journal
• University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications
• University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism
• Viafoura

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Arc XP
• Letterhead
• PABJ
• WordPress VIP

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• AllSides
• VR
• Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law
• CNN Newsource
• Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York
• Dataminr
• McClatchy
• Muck Rack
• National Press Club Journalism Institute
• News Break
• NewzDash
• Pew Research Center
• Reddit
• Report for America
• E.W. Scripps
• Socialflow
• Spectrum News
• Newhouse School
• Stacker
• Tansa
• Temple University, Klein College of Media and Communication
• Associated Press
• Trisolute News Dashboard
• University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication
• USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
• WHYY

SUPPORTERS:
• 3M
• Agence France-Presse (AFP)
• American University School of Communication
• Back Pocket
• Ballard Spahr
• Columbia Journalism School
• Gannett-USA TODAY
• LWC Studios
• PRConnect
• McKinsey and Company
• Rolli
• Sinclair Broadcast Group
• TEGNA Foundation
• New York Times
• The Philadelphia Inquirer

STARTUP:
• Forth
• JournoDAO
• Legitimate
• The Local
• OpenOrigins
• Outpost
• Study Hall
• Stylebot
• The Diversity Pledge
• YESEO