ONA Weekly #11

Apply your journalism skills to being an entrepreneur

“As well-informed and often creative individuals, journalists also have the capacity to develop innovative, disruptive ventures — ones that avoid replicating existing businesses,” MJ Bear Fellow Ashley Lohmann writes, describing why journalists make great entrepreneurs.

Using social media to coordinate disaster response

MJ Bear Fellow Armie Garde shares examples of how her team at the Sun.Star used social media to track relief effort campaigns and reach responders and victims of two major disasters in the Philippines.

Insights from the judges of the Online Journalism Awards

We’ve extended the deadline for the Online Journalism Awards until June 20. Before you submit your work, check out OJA Chair Josh Hatch’s tips on what the judges are looking for when they review entries.

Upcoming events:

• ONA DC: Newsweek, June 16
• ONA NYC: Super Summer Social, June 19
• ONA Sacramento: June Mixer, June 26

What we’re reading:

• Four ways you can seek back pay for an unpaid internship, ProPublica
• Who gets press passes? A new survey looks at how journalists are being credentialed, Nieman Journalism Lab
• The fate of the American Prospect and what keeps a journalism ecosystem healthy, Washington Post