ONA Weekly #39

Last chance for $35,000 micro-grants for educators

Applications are due tomorrow, Jan. 15, for the second round of applications for the Challenge Fund for Innovation in Journalism Education, academic/local news experiments that highlight collaboration and invention.

Advancing women in digital media leadership

We’re now accepting applications for the ONA-Poynter Leadership Academy for Women in Digital Media. Twenty-five women will be guided through the tuition-free program by prominent women leaders in the start-up, tech, media and academic fields. Follow #digitalwomenleaders for updates. Applications due Feb. 20.

Why ‘Je Suis Charlie’

Last week, ONA released a statement on the terrorist attacks on Charlie Hebdo, emphasizing that “the only way to keep free speech alive is to stand up for it — and use it.” We also joined 39 other journalism organizations standing in solidarity with the Parisian satire magazine. Photo: AP Photo/Thibault Camus

Upcoming events

• ONA Rocky Mountains: Get to Know Other Online Journalists, Jan. 15
• ONA London: Mobile, March 6

New job openings

Want to make a career move this year? Check out ONA’s Career Center. Job seekers can browse the latest openings and upload their resumes for free. Recently added jobs include:

• Video Journalist, The McClatchy Company
• Data Developer, The Chronicle of Higher Education
• News Reporters, The Buffalo News

What we’re reading:

Some recent posts we’ve highlighted on the ONA Issues Tumblr:

• How to Be Less Distracted in 2015, WNYC
• The Communication Of The Future Is So Real You Can Touch It, Fast Company
• An Old Fogey’s Analysis of a Teenager’s View on Social Media, danah boyd on Medium

Have an interesting article on digital journalism issues to share with us? Tweet it with #ONAissues.