ONA Weekly #40

ONA London: Mobile 2015

We’ll be opening registration on Jan. 27 for our first conference in London, where we’ll rethink how media approaches mobile news, including mobile design, content and distribution. Meanwhile, you can book your hotel now.

Extended deadline for Challenge Fund: Friday

Educators, your have two more days to submit projects to the Challenge Fund for Innovation in Journalism Education. If you have a project that blends journalism and local news, don’t miss your chance to apply for a $35,000 grant by Friday, Jan. 23.

Apply for ONA-Poynter Women’s Leadership Academy

The ONA-Poynter Leadership Academy for Women in Digital Media is a groundbreaking, tuition-free seminar that will help women gain and polish the skills and knowledge needed to rise to the highest levels of media leadership. Only 25 promising women leaders will be selected for the program, held April 12-17. Apply by Feb. 20.

Upcoming events

• ONA NYC: Mobile apps: Not Just a Small Screen, Jan. 21
• ONA @ OU: Inaugural Meeting, Jan. 21
• ONA DC: Power To Fly, Feb. 3
• ONA Boston: Networking and Beer at the Field, Feb. 10
• ONA London: Mobile, March 6

J O B S

Check out ONA’s Career Center for new opportunities for journalists, editors, producers and developers. Job seekers can browse the latest openings and upload their resumes for free. Recently added jobs include:

• Digital/Broadcast Journalist, NBC4 Southern California
• Visiting Professor of Journalism, CU-Boulder
• Digital Strategy Manager, WSB TV

What we’re reading:

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

• Facebook Says It Will Weed Out Fake News — But Leave the Onion Alone, ReCode
• East of Palo Alto’s Eden: Race and The Formation of Silicon Valley, Tech Crunch
• Refreshing the evergreen, Vox

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