The Online News Association is a nonprofit membership organization for digital journalists — connecting journalism, technology and innovation.
Take a look at what we do.
Online Journalism Awards
Enter by June 7 to be considered for the 2018 OJAs. Members receive a significant discount!
ONA Local Summit
We’re opening up our workshop for ONA Local organizers to anyone who wants to learn how to lead innovation in their newsroom and in their city’s journalism community.
ONA Fellowships
Applications are now open for the MJ Bear and CNN Diversity Fellowships, which bring fellows to the ONA18 conference.
Events & Opportunities
Recent News
2018 Journalism 360 Challenge now accepting submissions for immersive journalism projects
May 30, 2018Leadership training for women in local news
May 23, 2018Applications open for 2018 MJ Bear Fellowship for stand-out digital journalists under 30
May 23, 2018ONA announces call for entries for 2018 Online Journalism Awards
May 8, 2018ONA Career Center
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Become a Member
Members also receive discounts on entry fees for the Online Journalism Awards, the only annual awards competition that acknowledges the best and the brightest work in digital news, identifying and publicly honoring models of excellence for the profession.
- Career Center: ONA’s online job board, open to the entire digital journalism community, offers access to hundreds of career opportunities. Learn more.
- ONA Local meet-ups: ONA encourages and supports our members in holding regular meet-ups focused on networking, skills and career development, new technology and journalism issues. Check our our growing list of ONA Local cities and activities around the world.
- Social networks: Share, discuss and learn with other members through ONA’s Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn communities that connect educators, students, conference and local event attendees all over the world.
- ONA Issues: Have a burning journalism issue you’d like to learn more about? Join our Tumblr forum, where content — whether breaking news or cool new ideas — is constantly updated.
- Online Media Legal Network: ONA’s partnership with the Citizen Media Law Project at Harvard University’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society points our members to free or reduced-fee legal help, including advice on forming and governing a business, copyright licensing and fair use, freelancer agreements, access to government information, pre-publication review of content and representation in litigation.
Featured Resources
Build Your Own Ethics Code
Use our interactive tool to create a code of ethics that reflects journalism practices in the digital age.
Career Center
Browse through hundreds of open journalism job listings, or post an opening at your organization.
ONA17 Wrap-Up
Explore all the resources from our annual conference, the premier gathering of highly engaged digital journalists.