Five takeaways from the Online News Association 2016 conference

While the war between the presidential candidates and the press rages on, more than 1,000 journalists gathered recently at the 2016 Online News Association conference in Denver (CO) for a conversation on the future of journalism. Here are five takeaways from the conference:

1. Facebook was dominant.
2. Publishers are desperate to connect.
3. Tech companies are lining up to help journalists find that audience.
4. The buzzword is monetization.
5. Trump is still the 10,000-pound gorilla in the room.