ONA Weekly #64

Two days left to apply to be an MJ Bear Fellow

Applications are due Friday for ONA’s MJ Bear Fellowship, which recognizes talented journalists under 30. Fellows receive virtual group coaching by a personal advisory board, a three-year paid ONA membership, the opportunity to present at this year’s Online News Association Conference and Awards in Los Angeles, feedback on projects and more. Apply by Friday, July 10.

Reporting on the Nepali earthquake

MJ Bear Fellow Rajneesh Bhandari was at Shivapuri National Park when the 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook Nepal. In the weeks following, he reported on the aftermath, approaching the story both as a journalist and a survivor. Read his first-hand account of this challenging assignment.

Applications due today for ONA Mobile dCamp

Today is your last chance to apply for our free mobile hack day at Breaking News in Seattle. Work with a team to create ways to better tell stories on mobile devices and learn techniques to bring back to your newsroom to inspire new projects. Apply now for the July 17 workshop.

Upcoming Events

• ONA NYC: Summer Social, July 10
• ONA Rocky Mountains: Show Us Your Apps, July 10
• ONA Pittsburgh: Data Visualization for Journalists and Media, July 10
• ONACamp Mobile dCamp: Seattle, July 17
• ONA Jerusalem: Summer Meetup, July 23

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:

• Online Producer, The Hartford Courant Media Group
• Faculty Position in Journalism & Design, The New School
• Editor-in-Chief, RNS | Religion News Service

What We’re Reading

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

• The cult of Vice, Columbia Journalism Review
• News as collaborative intelligence: Correcting the myths about news in the digital age, Brookings
• When journalists take a vacation, do they actually take a break?, Poynter

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