{"id":6034,"date":"2016-08-11T17:26:25","date_gmt":"2016-08-11T17:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ona16.journalists.org\/?p=6034"},"modified":"2017-07-19T15:13:07","modified_gmt":"2017-07-19T15:13:07","slug":"how-to-up-your-development-and-tech-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ona16.journalists.org\/2016\/08\/11\/how-to-up-your-development-and-tech-game\/","title":{"rendered":"How to up your development and tech game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This year, a number of our sessions will focus on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ona16.journalists.org\/track\/developer-tools-tech\/\">developer tools and technology that power digital journalism<\/a>. Whether you want to learn how to create projects with a viable future, have meaningful\u00a0conversations with developers and tech experts, find out what\u2019s really going on inside smartphones or get advice about running a newsroom on a small budget, we\u2019ve got you covered.<\/p>\n<p><strong>New this year:<\/strong>\u00a0You can now ask the developers questions in advance of the conference.\u00a0Get answers to your dev and tech\u00a0questions and help speakers understand what you\u2019re most interested in by posting a question on the session page. Just click through to the sessions below and drop your question in the embedded form.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ona16.journalists.org\/sessions\/toolsvsnowflakes\/\">Tools v. Snowflakes.<\/a> A great idea can be the start of a long-term project or a one-time-use creation. If you work with\u00a0interactive news applications or graphics, this is the session for you. We\u2019re excited to have <b>Chris Amico<\/b>, interactive editor at Frontline, and <b>Priya Krishnakumar,<\/b> graphics and data reporter at the Los Angeles Times, lead this session. Whether you worry if your project will have a future, work with future tools, or lead to repeated ideas, this session will show you the way to a middle ground.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ona16.journalists.org\/sessions\/breakandmake\/\">The Break-It-And-Make-It Workshop!<\/a>\u00a0Get an inside look at smartphones, web pages and social streams in this interactive workshop.<b> John Keefe<\/b>, senior editor of data news from WNYC, and <b>Christine Sunu<\/b>, Open Lab fellow from Buzzfeed, will walk you through the \u201cbreak\u201d portion of this session. Here, you\u2019ll have the chance to crack open those black boxes to learn more about the devices and data around us. For the \u201cmake\u201d portion, you will try your hand at building simple information objects and will get a glimpse of other existing examples, such as information-enabled lamps and cuddle toys.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ona16.journalists.org\/sessions\/hiringadeveloper\/\">Small Team, Small Budget? Yes, You Can Hire a Developer.<\/a> With many newsrooms facing small or shrinking budgets, hiring a developer seems like an expense you can\u2019t afford. <b>Thomas Thoren<\/b>, data reporter at The Lens,\u00a0will explain why a developer can benefit the entire newsroom, based on past experiences from a news app team built from the ground up. Keep an eye out for additional speakers.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ona16.journalists.org\/sessions\/tabletalksdevelopers\/\">Table Talks: Developer Tools + Tech.<\/a> Our Table Talks are a chance to meet with industry experts and your peers to talk through the issues you\u2019re most passionate about related to development tools and technology. Note: topics will be announced closer to the conference and we are not taking questions for speakers in advance for Table Talks, since these are participatory conversations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These sessions represent just a small section of what we\u2019ll be focusing on at the conference this year. Be sure to check out the entire\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ona16.journalists.org\/sessions\/\">ONA16 program<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year, a number of our sessions will focus on\u00a0developer tools and technology that power digital journalism. 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