ONA Weekly #95

President’s Letter: Planning for our community’s future

New ONA Board President Joshua Hatch charts a course forward for ONA in his first President’s Letter, outlining the training programs, new tools and opportunities for journalists that ONA will offer to “continue to stay ahead of the seismic changes that hit newsrooms every day.”

We’re hiring an Online Journalism Awards Coordinator

We’re looking for a tech-savvy, highly organized consultant to coordinate our high-profile annual awards program. You’ll work closely with staff to manage the application, review and selection process for the Online Journalism Awards (OJA). This is a consultant role, with the majority of work occurring from March through October. ONA is headquartered in Washington D.C., and most work will be virtual. Apply now.

Meet us at Journalism Interactive

We’re pleased to participate in the upcoming Journalism Interactive Conference (J/i), Feb. 26-27 at the University of Florida’s College of Journalism and Communications. The J/i conference gathers hundreds of educators to share best practices teaching digital media in a rapidly changing industry. If you’re attending the conference, meet ONA’s Deputy Director Irving Washington at the Friday Night Reception sponsored by the Challenge Fund for Innovation in Journalism Education and learn how to apply for a grant this year.

Upcoming Events

• ONA Sacramento: Anatomy of a Podcast: Gear, Story, Metrics, Feb. 25
• ONA Ireland: The Election Aftermath: Insights and Analysis, March 3
• ONA SF: New Video Technologies for Journalists, March 9
• ONA Philly: Girl Gamers: Latoya Peterson on Reporting Pop Culture, March 17
• ONA London: Audience Engagement, April 1

Jobs for journalists

Whether you’re focused on getting a new job right now or just interested in seeing what opportunities are out there, ONA’s Career Center is an excellent resource for journalism jobs. It’s free for job seekers to browse. Recent postings include:

• Senior Editor, ASU Now, Arizona State University
• Faculty Position in Multimedia Journalism, Elon University
• Lead Writer – Zapier Blog, Zapier

What We’re Reading

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

• You’ve Got Mail – Again: Rethinking the Role of Email Newsletters, MediaShift
• How Podcast Works, Andrew Smales on Medium
• The Longest Shortest Time Shutters its Huge, Unruly Facebook Moms Group to Focus on the Podcast, Nieman Journalism Labs

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