{"id":596,"date":"2012-07-16T10:56:41","date_gmt":"2012-07-16T14:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ona12.journalists.org\/?page_id=596"},"modified":"2012-07-16T10:56:41","modified_gmt":"2012-07-16T14:56:41","slug":"midway","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ona12.journalists.org\/midway\/","title":{"rendered":"The Midway at ONA12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><br \/>\nHYATT REGENCY SAN FRANCISCO<br \/>\nSEPT. 21-22, 2012<br \/>\n8 a.m. &#8211; 5 p.m.<\/strong><br \/>\nPacific Concourse Level<\/p>\n<p>Going to <a href=\"http:\/\/ona12.journalists.org\">ONA12<\/a>? Come see and support digital journalism start-ups, open-source tools and innovative technology that\u2019s leading the way and enriching storytelling.<\/p>\n<p>A new reason to join us in San Francisco at ONA12: Experience our digital storytelling sandbox &#8212; the Midway.<\/p>\n<p>The Midway is an open-space ecosystem of innovation &#8212; an interactive opportunity for more than 1,300 attendees\/journalists to check out and test the (invite-only) leading-edge products and ideas in digital journalism, ask questions of their creators, hear speakers, experience presentations, network, recharge, experiment and learn.<\/p>\n<p>The up to 60 participants spread throughout the Midway will be hand-picked by ONA for their innovative approaches, products, ideas, vision and entrepreneurial spirit. <\/p>\n<p>Our goal? To support and showcase the many great journalism start-ups, tools and technology and open-source products exploding in the digital marketplace. You\u2019ll get to experiment with pre-launch and in-development news products and projects, big and small, in real time, possibly even help create new ideas or uses.<\/p>\n<p>The Midway will run through the two days of general sessions. Stop by to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>hear about new projects and products and from innovative speakers<\/li>\n<li>find new solutions<\/li>\n<li>connect with digital journalists and creators<\/li>\n<li>encourage new talent and thought<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Featured and supported will be the <strong>Journalism Project and Open-Source Showcase<\/strong>, spotlighting start-ups to watch. Others will be charged an entry fee according to their size and budgets, including industry leaders and established companies and organizations sharing tools, tech and news innovation.<\/p>\n<p>Come to learn about and inform the latest tools and ideas in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Social media<\/li>\n<li>Mobile: phones, tablets, SMS, gadgets, accessories<\/li>\n<li>Internet\/web: development platforms, mesh networks, internet security<\/li>\n<li>Multimedia: platforms, editing, gear<\/li>\n<li>Data: visualization, scraping, mapping<\/li>\n<li>AR\/Immersive reporting<\/li>\n<li>Design, including pre-made tools for journos<\/li>\n<li>Business\/ micro-entrepreneur sites \/ Venture capital\/investment\/funding<\/li>\n<li>Project management, including tools for the digital worker<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss the launch of this interactive forum, free to all ONA12 attendees. <\/p>\n<p>Not registered for ONA12? <a href=\"http:\/\/ona12.journalists.org\/register\/\">Register here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Have you been invited to participate in the Midway? <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ona12.journalists.org\/midway\/journalism-start-ups-faq\/\">Read the Journalism Start-Up FAQ<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ona12.journalists.org\/midway\/vendors-faq\/\">Read the Vendor FAQ<\/a><\/li>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"start_time":0,"end_time":0,"moderators":[],"hashtag":[],"soundcloud":[],"scribble":[],"viafoura":[],"youtube":[],"vimeo":[],"facebook":[],"trint":[],"slideshare":[],"livestream":[],"resources":[],"video_embed":[],"first_name":"","last_name":"","title":"","organization":"","website":"","twitter":"","_sponsor_url":"","_sponsor_tagline":"","_sponsor_level":"","spay_email":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PaaWrX-9C","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ona12.journalists.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/596"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ona12.journalists.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ona12.journalists.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ona12.journalists.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ona12.journalists.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ona12.journalists.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/596\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ona12.journalists.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}