ONA Weekly #79

Introducing ONA’s 2016 Board

A warm welcome to the Boston Globe’s David Skok, who has been elected to the ONA Board of Directors. We’re thrilled to welcome back re-elected incumbents P. Kim Bui, Eric Carvin, David Cohn, Steve Herrmann and Meredith Artley, as well as David Smydra, who was reappointed and will continue to represent the technology sector on the Board. See the full election results and learn more about the directors.

Upcoming Events

Meet local journalists, learn about current trends in digital journalism and share your ideas at upcoming ONA Local events. Find an ONA Local group near you.

• ONA South Florida: ONA assemble!, Oct. 22
• ONA Sacramento: The Longform Legacy: Keeping eyes on the page in the digital age, Oct. 27
• ONA Philly: Meet the new Editor behind Generocity.org, Oct. 27

New digital journalism jobs

Looking for a new job? ONA’s Career Center has hundreds of opportunities for journalists, editors, developers, producers and more. Recent postings include:

• Managing Editor, Broadcast News, KJZZ/KBAQ @ Rio Salado College
• Server administrator and web developer, The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
• Web and Interactive Media, Media School Indiana University

Covering the migration crisis

The 19 Million Project will bring together  “a cadre of journalists, designers, digital strategists, coders, and humanitarians, from around the world, to explore the causes and effects of the Mediterranean refugee crisis in Europe, to identify the issues, to define the problem and to articulate possible solutions,” Nov. 2-13 in Rome. Learn more about the 19 Million Project and how you can follow along.

What We’re Reading

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

• The Future of News is Not an Article, The New York Times R & D Lab
• How Diverse is BuzzFeed in 2015?, BuzzFeed
• Raiders of the Lost Web, The Atlantic

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