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Fergus is one of 22 candidates for the 2019-20 Board of Directors election. ONA members as of Sept. 9 are eligible to vote between Sept. 11 and Sept 27. Learn more about the election process<\/a> and check out Fergus’ vision for ONA<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Fergus is a journalist and news consultant. He is an experienced editor and leading expert in digital newsgathering and verification. He is also a prominent advocate for higher industry standards relating to the ethical uses of UGC and social newsgathering. He is the founder of Dig Deeper Media and the co-founder of Pop-Up Newsroom, a collaborative news and technology initiative that works with journalists and newsrooms around the world in order to drive innovation.<\/p>\n

Fergus is co-founder of the ONA UGC ethics initiative which in 2016 launched the ONA Social Newsgathering Ethics Code.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3825,"template":"","meta":{"start_time":0,"end_time":0,"moderators":[],"hashtag":[],"soundcloud":[],"scribble":[],"viafoura":[],"youtube":[],"vimeo":[],"facebook":[],"trint":[],"slideshare":[],"livestream":[],"resources":[],"video_embed":[],"first_name":"Fergus","last_name":"Bell","title":"Journalist & Consultant","organization":"Dig Deeper Media & Pop-Up Newsroom","website":"http:\/\/digdeepermedia.com","twitter":"fergb","_sponsor_url":"","_sponsor_tagline":"","_sponsor_level":"","spay_email":""},"event":[],"yoast_head":"\nFergus Bell - ONA18<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ona18.journalists.org\/speaker\/fergus-bell\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fergus Bell - ONA18\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Fergus is one of 22 candidates for the 2019-20 Board of Directors election. ONA members as of Sept. 9 are eligible to vote between Sept. 11 and Sept 27. Learn more about the election process and check out Fergus’ vision for ONA. Fergus is a journalist and news consultant. He is an experienced editor and […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ona18.journalists.org\/speaker\/fergus-bell\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ONA18\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/onlinenewsassociation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/ona18.journalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2018\/06\/Fergus-Bell5.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2002\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2002\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@onaconf\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@onaconf\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" value=\"Written by\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" value=\"Brian Duff\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" value=\"Est. reading time\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" value=\"1 minute\">\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ona18.journalists.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ona18.journalists.org\/\",\"name\":\"ONA18\",\"description\":\"The 2018 ONA Conference & Awards Ceremony \\u2014 Sept. 13-15 \\u2014 Austin, TX\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":\"https:\/\/ona18.journalists.org\/?s={search_term_string}\",\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ona18.journalists.org\/speaker\/fergus-bell\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ona18.journalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2018\/06\/Fergus-Bell5.jpg\",\"width\":2002,\"height\":2002},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ona18.journalists.org\/speaker\/fergus-bell\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ona18.journalists.org\/speaker\/fergus-bell\/\",\"name\":\"Fergus Bell - ONA18\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ona18.journalists.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ona18.journalists.org\/speaker\/fergus-bell\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-06-06T13:48:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-06-06T13:48:19+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/ona18.journalists.org\/speaker\/fergus-bell\/\"]}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ona18.journalists.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/1320"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ona18.journalists.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ona18.journalists.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ona_speaker"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ona18.journalists.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ona18.journalists.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ona18.journalists.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event?post=1320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}