Mastodawn

I can't spell "homeward" today without "ORD." Great seeing y'all, #ONA26 people!

It’s almost time to say goodbye to the @newsmast home for the last two days - the #ONA26 Midway.

We’ve had lots of conversations about audience engagement, community, and building social networks for #journalism.

We look forward to rolling out pilots in the US over the coming year. If you know a small, indie newsroom who’d be interested, send them our way!

Michael Foster 6h ago

It’s almost time to say goodbye to the @[email protected] home for the last two days - the #ONA26 Midway. We’ve had lots of conversations about audience engagement, community, and building social networks for journalism. We look forward to rolling out pilots in the US over the coming year.

Rob Pegoraro 9h ago

A thought-provoking #ONA26 panel had Mónica Guzmán talking about how to reclaim curiosity for readers from polarization among them. Her opening pitch to journalists was about how our curiosity should serve as our foundational strength: "You can aim at the things you don't understand."

Rob Pegoraro 1d ago

Good points about finding a product-market fit from @[email protected] in this #ONA26 panel. "I'm not going to give you gambling advice; I write about nerd stuff," he says of how he covers college sports as a business and policy story. "There are maybe six other FOIA dorks in college sports."

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Rob Pegoraro 1d ago

Reddit advice for journalists from Gabriel Sands, news partnership lead, in an #ONA26 talk: • post about your work under an aboveboard, non-anonymous handle • don't "post and ghost," stay engaged in a thread • accept that some of your posts will get removed • avoid corpspeak; "just don't be weird"

Rob Pegoraro 1d ago

Considering the cinematic history of the #ONA26 venue, somebody at this conference needs to introduce a miracle CMS called Provasic.

Newsmast Foundation 1d ago

Today is the first day of #ONA26 and we have something exciting to share... Building Trust in the Open, written by @[email protected] for the Newsmast Foundation. An in depth look into how open social protocols can help journalism rebuild community and trust. Check it out below... #Journalism

Newsmast Foundation 1d ago

Today is the first day of #ONA26 and we have something exciting to share...

Building Trust in the Open, written by @ben and published by the Newsmast Foundation. An in depth look into how open social protocols can help journalism rebuild community and trust.

Read it here 👇
https://newsmastfoundation.org/app/uploads/2026/03/buildingtrustintheopen.pdf

Or visit https://werd.io/trust/

#OnlineNewsAssociation #Journalism #SocialWeb #SocialMedia #Fediverse #Mastodon

jaz

1d ago

@michael and I are in #Chicago at #ONA26 (Online News Association) to talk about using open social to reclaim audiences for independent newsrooms. If you're attending, come visit us at our booth!