ONA Weekly #49

Help us create ONA15. Submit an idea.

Submit a session idea to the ONA15 Suggestion Box by April 10! We’re looking for speakers and session ideas that inspire journalists. Tell us what you’ve learned from building new projects, what challenges your newsroom is overcoming and what you can teach your colleagues.

A mobile master class from ONA London

Learn from our expert presenters at ONA London: Mobile through the video, audio, presentations and live blogs. Video recordings and speaker resources are only available to ONA members; audio recordings and live blogs are available to all.

Winners bring Online Journalism Award data lessons to UF

Four 2014 OJA winners — Meg Martin and Madeleine Baran of Minnesota Public Radio (winning project) and Ellen Gabler and Allan Vestal of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (winning project) — will bring lessons learned from their University of Florida Awards in Investigative Data Journalism to UF today. Their visit kicks off the school’s “Breaking Down the Walls: The Fight for Open Government” conference.

Upcoming Events

• ONA LA: March Mixer, March 31
• ONA Singapore: April Social, April 6
• ONA DC: Welcoming SND to Washington, April 8
• ONA PDX: Ken Doctor on Journalism, April 9

New Jobs for Journalists

ONA’s Career Center has hundreds of opportunities for journalists, editors and digital-minded professionals. It’s free to browse and job-seekers can upload their resumes for free. Recent postings include:

• Digital Producer, Cox Media Group
• Managing Editor, Graphics, AAAS
• New Media Web Producer, Capitol Broadcasting Company

What We’re Reading

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

• On Twitter, Local News is Hard to Find, Pew Research Center
• A Blueprint for How to Make J-School Matter, Nieman Reports
• Why Photos Rule the Internet, BuzzFeed News

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