ONA Boston launches into Spring with a social event at the Cambridge Brewing Company (by popular request).

We’ll have a casual meetup at 7pm, with a few hours to talk and share ideas and set the world to rights. Hopefully you’ll find time to talk about what’s been working for you, what hasn’t, new tools, and how the NE Red Cross has shot to the top of every journalist’s source list! Watch this space for event details.

The Cambridge Brewing Comany is also well situated for anyone who wants to move on for a game of pool or dinner.

— And in the meantime: Check out the Hacks and Hackers Meetup group which has two interesting looking events at the end of Feb.

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Bring your questions about data and your … lip chap?

We’ll be ‘kissing and mapping’ at this pub night. Our guest will be Chris Kay Fraser of Firefly Creative Writing who created the Canada Kiss Map.

After a brief talk, we’ll open the floor up for a Q&A. The Q&A will be followed by a pub night where you can mingle with your peers to see who’s up to what and where.

We hope to see you there!

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Do you read news on your iPhone more often than on your computer? Are you interested in learning how to think with a mobile-first mindset? If so, join ONA Mizzou at noon Feb. 17 in Walter Williams Hall Room 35 (a conference room off the red-carpeted hallway). They’ll have Amanda Bromwich and Matt Schmertz, 2011 convergence graduates, on hand to talk about their jobs at The Marketing Arm. Both work at this Dallas-based marketing agency as project managers. Topics will include mobile advertising, mobile-first publishing strategies and job hunting.

Do you have questions you’d like answered at the event? Tweet them now to @ONAMizzou or write on our Facebook Wall.

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Amy Webb is the head of Webbmedia Group and an ONA board member. Amy is a leader in emerging tech and digital strategy. Her sessions at the ONA conferences are considered “can’t miss.”

Join @ONAPSUPC on Feb. 15 at 7:30 pm to pick Amy’s brain on all things digital, including social media strategy, hot new digital tools, and advanced Twitter strategy.

For details and to RSVP head to meetup.com.

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How are Austin’s TV stations dealing with the drastic changes that have swept through the journalism industry? What should they be doing to keep up with the changes? How has social media changed broadcast reporting? Come hear answers to these questions directly from the producers, reporters and web editors who are putting it all together in Austin.

As a bonus, everyone who attends will get a free drink on ONA Austin.

Here’s the excellent lineup of panelists:
Sara Talbert, a reporter for Fox Austin
Michael Spurlin, a producer for MyFoxAustin.com
Rebekah Hood, the web editor for KVUE.com
Nick Blackhall, a web editor for KVUE.com
Dale Blasingame, a former producer who studied broadcast journalism’s use of new media for his master’s at Texas State University.

We hope to see you there!!

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LegiStorm’s founder and president Jock Friedly will demonstrate the site’s new premuim Pro product, which brings together a wealth of data on members of Congress and their staff. The non-partisan LegiStorm has provided information on Congress since 2006.

The site was the first to put congressional staff salaries online (and helped spark a national movement to disclose public employee salaries), the first to put all earmarks on the Web (helping to end the practice), and the first to disclose all personal financial disclosures of all members of Congress and staff. This fall, LegiStorm launched its first subscription product, LegiStorm Pro.

That new service offers biographical information on members and staffers, including education, job history and family connections, as well as contact information and real-time tracking of staff positions, updated daily. It has in-depth tracking of the revolving door between K Street and Congress, including data about which companies more than 5,700 staffers and members have lobbied for. And much more, which you will hear about at the meetup.

Drinks and snacks provided, courtesy of LegiStorm. The meetup is at Medill.

Hope to see you there!

- Tiffany, Laura and Matt

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Photography has evolved greatly from the early days of Kodak, to iPhones and Instagram. In the age of social media, sharing and crowdsourcing have been key to reshaping photojournalism – is it for better or worse? Join us at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, February 15 at NBC News in Rockefeller Center for a lively discussion. This ONA NYC monthly meetup is also part of Social Media Week: http://socialmediaweek.org/newyork/

Moderator: Heather Murphy, Photo Editor at Slate | @heathertal

Panel:

• James Estrin, Staff Photographer, New York Times | @JamesEstrin

• Paul Moakley, Deputy Photo Editor at TIME | @PaulMoakley & @TIMEPictures

• Anthony Quintano: Sr. Community Manager, NBC News | @anthonyquintano

• Janis Krums: Co-Founder of Elementz Nutrition | @jkums (Hudson Landing Twitpic: https://twitter.com/#!/jkrums/status/1121915133)

• Jim Collins, New York Photo Desk Manager, Associated Press | @JimCollinsAP

Use this special hashag: #SMWONANYC when tweeting about this event.

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The potential dangers of social media are sometimes veiled by funny status updates and witty tweets. But even online identities can face real-life threats, like stalking and harassment.

Join ONA Mizzou at our next event, focusing on how to use social media safely.

We’ll meet at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 2 in Reynolds Journalism Institute 100A. Three guests will lead the conversation and answer your questions:

Joy Mayer, Columbia Missourian director of community outreach
Columbia Police Sgt. Jill Wieneke
Danica Wolf, Relationship and Sexual Violence Prevention Center coordinator

Do you have questions you’d like answered at the event? Tweet them to us now (@ONAMizzou), so we’ll have a list before it starts. You can also write on our Facebook Wall.

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Join ONA and SPJ for a meetup that highlights tech startups, Tuesday, January 31 at 7pm.

Media startups are defining new paths in journalism by tackling new business models, experimenting with content, and generally just making their own rules. Much of this experimentation has taken place at sites like Techcrunch, GigaOm and others covering the technology industry, and they’re learning lessons that can apply to the rest of the media world.

For this month’s meetup, Tuesday, January 31 at 7 p.m., we welcome representatives from a pair of Seattle-based tech news startups: GeekWire chief business officer Rebecca Lovell and Xconomy senior editor Curt Woodward. They’ll join product and brand strategy consultant Frank Catalano, also a GeekWire guest columnist, to talk about emerging business models, technology and media, and the opportunities, challenges and development of startups.

This is our sixth in a series of #Newsnext meetups, where we’re talking to interesting locals working in the digital space. We bring together writers, editors, photographers, producers, developers, designers, engineers and anyone else with an interest in the production of news. We’ll meet at Jillian’s on Westlake, which offers a cash bar and some great space for discussion and networking.

Cheers,

Tiffany, Monica, Mark and Paul

For more details and to RSVP, head to Meetup.com.

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Join ONA Penn State/State College for an evening of bowling, networking and fun with fellow digital journalism pros.

Head to the Arena at 1521 Martin Street, State College, PA Jan. 18 at 7:30 pm.

RSVP on meetup.com.

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