Board Election: Nominee Application for the ONA Board of Directors

The application below is to be completed by the nominee for 2013-14 term on the Online News Association Board of Directors.

All items should be complete or included when the application is submitted or the application will be not considered. If the nominee is approved for the slate, his/her bio, vision for ONA and photo will be posted online.

Before filling out the form, we suggest you familiarize yourself with the background materials listed to the right.

After completing the application, you will need to email your photo to boardelection@journalists.org.

If you have questions about the nomination process, please email Executive Director Jane McDonnell at director@journalists.org.

Nominations are now closed.

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After Apple booted Google Maps from iOS last year, Daniel Graf led the development of a beautiful, refreshed mapping experience that shot to number one in the iTunes store and kicked Apple’s ass on its own turf. Here’s how Graf made it happen—in his own words:

“We have a very successful Android version of Google Maps, so the easiest thing to do was to say, this is super-successful, users love it, so why don’t we just port it over to iOS? But I wanted to challenge the team. While the Android version is a great product, you can also tell it’s been around for a while. You have to access everything via menus—it’s not really best-use-case driven anymore. I said, let’s take a step back—what if we could start from scratch and forget anything we’ve ever done? We have the foundation—the Google data, the mapping data, the local business data, the imagery, the navigation algorithms—it’s a dream to start with.”

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05/16/13

Board Election: Nominee Application for the ONA Board of Directors

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