ONA 15 Attendees:
Demographic Breakdown
A Global Contingent
ONA conference has grown from a couple of hundred attendees in its first few years to more than 2,000 journalists from around the world. The conference sold out for its ninth year in a row and broke its record for number of attendees.
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Top Countries
With approximately 300 attendees from other countries, there are three times as many international journalists than last year. They packed their meetup Thursday to standing-room only.
| Rank | Country | Attendees |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 1,811 |
| 2 | Canada | 93 |
| 3 | Norway | 23 |
| 4 | England | 17 |
| 5 | Italy | 14 |
| 6 | Denmark | 12 |
| 7 | Japan | 11 |
| 8 | Brasil | 8 |
| 8 | Germany | 8 |
| 8 | Ukraine | 8 |
Top Organizations
The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times are the most represented organizations, with other media and tech giants also topping the list. Freelancers, however, almost made it to the top 10, coming in at 11.
| Rank | Affiliation | Attendees |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CNN | 40 |
| 2 | The New York Times | 38 |
| 3 | Freelance | 35 |
| 4 | Los Angeles Times | 33 |
| 5 | 27 | |
| 6 | Gannett | 26 |
| 7 | Twitter, Inc. | 23 |
| 8 | NPR | 21 |
| 9 | Associated Press | 19 |
| 10 | The Washington Post | 18 |
Newcomers
More than 42 percent of people at ONA15 are attending the conference for the first time, down from 52 percent last year. More than 10 percent have been to three or more conferences.
| Conference attendended | Attendees | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| This will be my first conference | 899 | 42.4% |
| 1 | 241 | 11.4% |
| 2 | 104 | 4.9% |
| 3 | 105 | 5.0% |
| 4-7 | 166 | 7.8% |
| NO ANSWER | 606 | 28.6% |