The ONA21 Program Team is a volunteer group of digital journalism professionals whose work helps to shape programming for the ONA21 conference.
Among other roles, the Program Team:
- Helps define the topic areas and educational structures that comprise this year’s conference
- Reviews every submission to the public ONA21 Suggestion Box and elevates high-performing pitches to the conference program
- Does research, analysis and outreach to ensure high quality, diverse presenters and session formats
Program Team
- Alicia Bell, Organizing Manager, Free Press
- Ana Graciela Méndez, Special Projects Editor, Lenfest Local
- Bianca Hernandez-Knight, Marketing Consultant
- Chaseedaw Giles, Social Media Manager, Kaiser Health News
- Christina Johannesson, Project Manager, SVT
- Elana Zak, Senior Editor, Programming, CNN Business
- Gonzalo del Peon, Associate, American Journalism Project
- Harlo Holmes, Director of Digital Security, Freedom of the Press Foundation
- Jenny Choi, Director, Equity Initiatives, Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY
- José-Manuel Noguera-Vivo, Professor, UCAM
- Michelle Baruchman, Engagement Editor – Traffic Lab, The Seattle Times
- Omar S. Rashad, CJN Reporting Fellow, CalMatters
- Ryan Pitts, Program Lead for Technology, OpenNews
- Sonali Verma, Director, Customer Success at Sophi.io, Globe and Mail
- Susan Gonzalez, Social Media Strategist, Chalkbeat
- Ted Han, Product Manager, Mozilla