Join us at Harvard Law School for a full day of unprecedented immersion in the legal challenges facing digital journalists. ONA, in partnership with Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet & Society and the UNC Center for Media Law and Policy, presents this intensive day of practical legal training that will cover what digital journalists need to know about how the law impacts their profession, both on the editorial and business sides. Classes will be taught by leading media lawyers and journalism educators. Parallel tracks will run during the day, so if you miss a session in the morning, you can catch it in the afternoon.
Check out the full curriculum here.
Transportation: Shuttles will be provided at 8 a.m. from the Boston Marriott Copley Place for ONA11 attendees. Sign-in will be held from 8:30 - 9:15 a.m. at Harvard Law School.
Agile is becoming one of the most important skills in a modern newsroom. This session will teach attendees an agile-inspired, iterative-driven project management style. From idea to scoping to scheduling to execution, you'll walk away with the skills to effectively develop most projects.
Build a simple, special-projects webpage that includes a data visualization. Content will be provided; participants will use code to put it all together. This session is suitable for attendees with an understanding of basic HTML and CSS. Bring laptops; other specifics will be sent to attendees.
Hacks/Hackers hosts a hack day, sponsored by Knight-Mozilla News Tech Partnership. Prototype projects and what's produced will help shape the future of news and civic information. Bring laptops, power bricks and ideas for collaboration and construction.
Local news entrepreneurs need to know more than just how to launch a news startup these days. You need to know when to add satellite sites, how to expand your distribution pipeline and how to bring in new kinds of revenue. J-Lab returns for another daylong workshop that will focus on staying power, growth and expansion, ad networks, content partnerships and even the new ethical minefields in local news ecosystems.
See the full schedule here.
From framing a shot to holding a mic, learn the fundamentals of photography, audio and the power of merging both mediums. In this fully hands-on session, you will go on an audio and visual safari to gather the elements required to build an audio slideshow. This course is a great way to be introduced to multimedia storytelling. Workshop is suitable for beginners and anyone interested in multimedia. Attendees should bring a laptop with Audacity and Soundslides installed.
If you already know how to build and design a website, this is the next step. In this hands-on session, we'll build a simple, special-projects webpage that includes a data visualization using JavaScript and an API. We'll take the data visualization and launch it using a server-side language and introduce the use of dynamic data.
